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Pipecat Flows: Quickstart

This quickstart example will help you set up your first Flow and explain to you the basics of using Flows.

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.10 or higher
  • uv package manager

Installation

  1. Setup your virtual environment and install dependencies:

    uv sync

  2. Create an .env file with API keys for

    You can find the environment variable names in the env.example.

Run the example

The example makes use of:

  • SmallWebRTCTransport: A free peer-to-peer WebRTC transport, which sends audio to/from the bot
  • Cartesia: A service provider for STT and TTS
  • Google Gemini: An LLM inference provider

  1. From within the /examples/quickstart directory, run:

    uv run hello_world.py

  2. Connect to http://localhost:7860 using your web browser.

  3. Press "Connect" to start the example.

The example is a simple bot that asks for your favorite color and leaves. While this is a simple example, it shows all of the basics of building with Flows.

Check out the source code to learn more.