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feat: add handoff context summarization example

Summary

Adds a new example (examples/voice_agents/handoff_context_summarization.py) demonstrating three strategies for passing context between agents during a handoff:

  1. Structured userdata — A typed ConversationData dataclass serialized to YAML and injected as a system message on agent entry.
  2. Chat context copy/truncateBaseAgent.on_enter merges the previous agent's last ~3 turns (excluding instructions/handoff markers) into the new agent's context.
  3. LLM-powered summarization — Before handing off, TriageAgent.transfer_to_specialist calls chat_ctx._summarize() to compress older turns into a short paragraph, keeping token usage low.

The flow is: TriageAgent gathers name/email/topic/sentiment → summarizes context → hands off to SpecialistAgent which picks up with full context awareness.

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  • Private API usage: The example calls chat_ctx._summarize() (underscore-prefixed). Confirm this is acceptable to surface in an example, or whether there's a public-facing summarization API that should be used instead.
  • Monkey-patched _prev_agent: The triage agent stores self.session._prev_agent = self to pass itself to the next agent. The restaurant_agent.py example stores prev_agent on the userdata instead, which is cleaner and uses only public API. Consider whether this example should follow the same pattern for consistency.
  • Runtime verification: This example was lint-checked (make lint passes) but not run end-to-end. Recommend running python handoff_context_summarization.py dev with a LiveKit server and verifying the triage → specialist handoff works, especially that the summarized context actually appears in the specialist's chat context.
  • TriageAgent extends BaseAgent but overrides on_enter entirely — Since the triage agent is the first agent (no previous context to merge), it skips BaseAgent.on_enter. Verify this inheritance is clear enough for readers or if a different structure would be less confusing.

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  • Requested by: @kath0la
  • Link to Devin run
  • A corresponding JS example was also written for livekit/agents-js in a separate PR.

Demonstrates three strategies for passing context between agents:
1. Structured userdata with YAML serialization
2. Chat context copy/truncate for conversational continuity
3. LLM-powered summarization before handoff

Co-Authored-By: kat <[email protected]>
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kath0la commented Feb 26, 2026

Lol...I only meant to ask it a question, not create a PR.

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