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feat(discord): voice-channel mixer — ambient idle bed + verbal acks that overlap TTS (#39659)
* feat(discord): voice-channel mixer — ambient idle bed + verbal acks that overlap TTS

Discord voice mode can now feel conversational: the bot speaks a short
acknowledgement before it starts working, and a subtle ambient 'thinking' bed
plays underneath while tools run, ducking under speech and swelling back — the
Grok-voice-mode feel.

discord.py plays only one audio stream per voice connection, so this adds a
software mixer (VoiceMixer, a discord.AudioSource) installed once per guild on
join. It sums an ambient loop, verbal acks, and TTS replies into that single
20ms/48kHz/stereo stream (numpy int16 add + clip), so they overlap instead of
stop-and-swap. Speech ducks the ambient gain down and releases it smoothly.

- plugins/platforms/discord/voice_mixer.py: VoiceMixer + MixerChild (gain,
  loop, fade, duck/release), decode_to_pcm (ffmpeg), synth_ambient_pcm (no
  asset needed — synthesised pad).
- adapter: install mixer on join, tear down on leave, route
  play_in_voice_channel through the mixer (legacy one-shot path kept as
  fallback), play_ack_in_voice, voice_mixer_active. Defensive getattr for the
  object.__new__ test helpers.
- gateway/run.py: tool_start_callback fires a one-time verbal ack on the first
  tool call of a turn when in a voice channel (independent of the text
  tool-progress gate). No system-prompt or message-flow changes.
- config: discord.voice_fx.* (OFF by default; ambient/duck/speech gains, ack
  phrases). All in config.yaml, not .env.
- docs + tests (mixer unit + adapter integration).

Verified: 19 new tests pass, existing voice suite green (2 pre-existing
davey-module env failures unchanged), and a real-mixer E2E confirms ambient
streams, TTS overlaps it, acks layer in, and teardown is clean.

* fix(discord): make voice mixer numpy import lazy (numpy is voice-extra-only)

numpy ships in the optional 'voice' extra, not [all,dev], so a module-level
'import numpy' broke CI test collection (and would break the always-imported
Discord adapter on any install without the voice extra). Defer numpy to the
functions that actually mix audio via _require_numpy(); guard the test module
with pytest.importorskip('numpy').
2026-06-05 03:10:40 -07:00
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docs feat(discord): voice-channel mixer — ambient idle bed + verbal acks that overlap TTS (#39659) 2026-06-05 03:10:40 -07:00
i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current fix(docs): update all install instructions everywhere 2026-06-04 21:07:45 -04:00
scripts feat(skills): fix browse cap, add source links + copy buttons + category cleanup (#37143) 2026-06-01 19:52:28 -07:00
src feat(skills): fix browse cap, add source links + copy buttons + category cleanup (#37143) 2026-06-01 19:52:28 -07:00
static feat(models): add qwen/qwen3.7-plus to nous + openrouter catalogs (#39409) 2026-06-04 17:29:45 -07:00
.gitignore feat(skills-hub): health checks, freshness badge, and a watchdog cron (#32345) 2026-05-25 23:10:45 -07:00
docusaurus.config.ts fix(docs): update all install instructions everywhere 2026-06-04 21:07:45 -04:00
package-lock.json fix(website): pin serialize-javascript and uuid via npm overrides 2026-05-28 00:07:54 -07:00
package.json fix(website): pin serialize-javascript and uuid via npm overrides 2026-05-28 00:07:54 -07:00
README.md docs: replace ASCII diagrams with Mermaid/lists, add linting note 2026-03-21 17:58:30 -07:00
sidebars.ts refactor(skills): clean up bundled skill set + add environments: relevance gate (#39028) 2026-06-04 06:11:22 -07:00
tsconfig.json feat: add documentation website (Docusaurus) 2026-03-05 05:24:55 -08:00

Website

This website is built using Docusaurus, a modern static website generator.

Installation

yarn

Local Development

yarn start

This command starts a local development server and opens up a browser window. Most changes are reflected live without having to restart the server.

Build

yarn build

This command generates static content into the build directory and can be served using any static contents hosting service.

Deployment

Using SSH:

USE_SSH=true yarn deploy

Not using SSH:

GIT_USER=<Your GitHub username> yarn deploy

If you are using GitHub pages for hosting, this command is a convenient way to build the website and push to the gh-pages branch.

Diagram Linting

CI runs ascii-guard to lint docs for ASCII box diagrams. Use Mermaid (````mermaid`) or plain lists/tables instead of ASCII boxes to avoid CI failures.