livekit-plugins-google-extended 0.1.1

Agent Framework plugin for services from Google Cloud

LiveKit Plugins - Google Extended

This is an extended version of LiveKit's official livekit-plugins-google plugin with additional support for
Anthropic/Claude models.

About

This plugin extends the official LiveKit Google plugin to enable access to Anthropic's Claude models through Google Cloud's Vertex AI, while maintaining full compatibility with the original plugin's
functionality.

Original Plugin: livekit-plugins-google
License: Apache 2.0
Copyright: Original work © 2023 LiveKit, Inc. | Modifications © 2026 Harsh Mahajan

New Features

This extended version adds the following capabilities:

1. Anthropic Model Support via Vertex AI

   • Access Claude models (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku) through Google Cloud Vertex AI

2. Prompt Caching for Anthropic Models

   • Cache system prompts (agent instructions)
   • Configurable cache TTL (5 minutes or 1 hour)

Installation

pip install livekit-plugins-google-extended

Additional Dependencies

For Anthropic model support, you'll need:

pip install 'anthropic[vertex]'

Usage

Using Claude Models via Vertex AI

from livekit.plugins import google

# Initialize with Anthropic model llm = google.LLM( model="claude-sonnet-4-5@20250929", vertexai=True, use_anthropic=True, project="your-gcp-project", location="us-central1", anthropic_caching=True, # Enable prompt caching anthropic_cache_ttl="5m" # 5 minute cache duration )

Available Claude Models

• claude-opus-4-5@20251101
• claude-sonnet-4-5@20250929
• claude-haiku-4-5@20251001
• claude-3-haiku@20240307
• claude-sonnet-4@20250514
• claude-opus-4@20250514

Original Features

All original features from livekit-plugins-google are fully supported:

• Google Gemini models
• Cloud Speech-to-Text
• Cloud Text-to-Speech
• Vertex AI integration

See the https://docs.livekit.io/agents/integrations/google/ for details.

Attribution

This project is based on the https://github.com/livekit/agents/tree/main/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-google developed by LiveKit, Inc.

Original work Copyright © 2023 LiveKit, Inc.
Modifications Copyright © 2026 Harsh Mahajan

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE for details.

Contributing

This is a personal extension of the official plugin. For issues related to:

• Original functionality: Please report to https://github.com/livekit/agents/issues
• Anthropic integration features: Open an issue in this repository

Links

• https://docs.livekit.io/agents/
• https://github.com/livekit/agents/tree/main/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-google
• https://github.com/livekit/agents