# Breath Companion

> Build a guided breathing and voice-agent experience with Agora.

Use the Next.js Breath Companion starter to create a branded wellness experience with live transcript, a voice-agent visualizer, and real-time pipeline latency feedback powered by Agora Conversational AI.

- Author: anandwana001
- Updated: 2026-06-22
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Categories: voice-ai
- Platforms: TypeScript
- Use cases: Wellness, Voice AI
- Capabilities: Conversational AI, Voice Agent, Next.js
- [Recipe page](https://recipes.agora.io/recipes/agora-breath-companion)
- [Implementation repository](https://github.com/anandwana001/agora-breath-companion)
- [Source recipe](https://github.com/anandwana001/agora-breath-companion/blob/main/docs/ai/RECIPE.md)
- [Raw source Markdown](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anandwana001/agora-breath-companion/main/docs/ai/RECIPE.md)
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## Implementation guide

---
recipe_version: 0.1.0
recipe_status: stable
extension_points:
  - api.routes
  - prompts.system
  - pipeline.providers
  - ui.conversation
invariants:
  - baseline.official-sample
  - tokens.rtc-rtm
  - lifecycle.strict-mode
  - transcript.uid-remap
stable_contracts:
  - env.required
  - api.token
  - api.invite-agent
  - api.stop-conversation
---

# Breath Companion Recipe Profile

This repo is a reusable Breath Companion sample for building browser voice-agent experiences with Agora Conversational AI Engine.

## Recipe Role

- Role: `base` recipe.
- Target audience: developers bootstrapping a production-style Next.js voice agent app.
- Reuse model: clone, bind project, run, then customize prompt/pipeline/UI.

## Recipe Scope

This base recipe provides a copyable browser voice-agent starter with:

- browser RTC audio and RTM event transport
- server-side token, invite, stop, and optional custom LLM routes
- managed default STT, LLM, and TTS provider configuration
- pre-call, in-call, transcript, metrics, and connection-status UI

## Baseline Implementation Guidance

This repository is the official Breath Companion baseline for this recipe. Agents should use this repo's source and progressive disclosure docs as the starting point, then customize.

Do not recreate Agora ConvoAI integration from memory. Provider schemas, SDK builder fields, token behavior, and RTM event details can drift. For a new baseline implementation, follow [L1/L2/from_scratch_bootstrap.md](https://github.com/anandwana001/agora-breath-companion/blob/main/docs/ai/L1/L2/from_scratch_bootstrap.md) while copying verified patterns from this repo.

## Extension Points

- `api.routes`: add browser-facing routes under `app/api`, with shared request/response types in `types/conversation.ts` when the client consumes them.
- `prompts.system`: edit `ADA_PROMPT` and `GREETING` in `app/api/invite-agent/route.ts`.
- `pipeline.providers`: adjust the `DeepgramSTT`, `OpenAI`, and `MiniMaxTTS` builder chain, or enable the commented BYOK blocks.
- `ui.conversation`: customize the `breath-companion` shell/home/session components and the in-call `QuickstartConversationLayout`, `QuickstartTranscriptPanel`, and `QuickstartPipelineMetrics`.

## Invariants

- Keep `RtcTokenBuilder.buildTokenWithRtm` for RTM-capable tokens.
- Treat this repo as the official baseline; customize after preserving a working token, invite, RTC, RTM, and transcript flow.
- Preserve StrictMode `isReady` guard for join/mic initialization.
- Preserve UID remap (`uid="0"`) and `INTERRUPTED` message-list inclusion.
- Keep documentation synchronized when workflows/contracts change.

## Stable Contracts

- `GET /api/generate-agora-token` returns `{ token, uid, channel }`.
- `POST /api/invite-agent` accepts `{ requester_id, channel_name }` and returns the agent id/state payload.
- `POST /api/stop-conversation` accepts `{ agent_id }` and treats already-stopping sessions as success.
- Required env vars are `NEXT_PUBLIC_AGORA_APP_ID` and `NEXT_AGORA_APP_CERTIFICATE`.
- `components/LandingPage.tsx` owns pre-call bootstrap and RTM client lifecycle.
- `components/ConversationComponent.tsx` owns joined-session RTC/toolkit lifecycle.
- `lib/conversation.ts` owns transcript normalization helpers.

## Internal / Subject to Change

- Visual styling and copy in the Breath Companion UI.
- The exact reseller defaults for STT, LLM, and TTS models.
- Connection issue display heuristics and metric chip presentation.

## Consumer Onboarding Recipe

1. Clone or scaffold from template.
2. Bind Agora project and write `.env.local`.
3. Run `pnpm run doctor` and `pnpm run dev`.
4. Validate with `pnpm run verify` before sharing modifications.
5. Customize agent behavior and UI using the supported surfaces above.


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https://github.com/anandwana001/agora-breath-companion

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