DX improvements: uv CI, DeprecationWarning for legacy session_kwargs, CHANGELOG, issue templates, Makefile, .env.example

.env.example

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+# OpenRTC environment variables
+# Copy this file to .env and fill in the values for your setup.
+# python-dotenv is used in the examples: `from dotenv import load_dotenv; load_dotenv()`
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# LiveKit connection (required for dev / start / connect / console)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIVEKIT_URL=ws://localhost:7880
+LIVEKIT_API_KEY=devkey
+LIVEKIT_API_SECRET=secret
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Provider API keys — set only the keys for providers your agents use
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# OpenAI (STT: gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, LLM: gpt-4.1-mini, TTS: gpt-4o-mini-tts)
+OPENAI_API_KEY=
+
+# Deepgram (STT: deepgram/nova-3:multi)
+DEEPGRAM_API_KEY=
+
+# Cartesia (TTS: cartesia/sonic-3)
+CARTESIA_API_KEY=
+
+# ElevenLabs (TTS: elevenlabs/*)
+ELEVEN_API_KEY=
+
+# Azure OpenAI (if using azure provider strings)
+AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=
+AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT=
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Optional: remote end-of-turn model (LiveKit Cloud)
+# Set this to enable multilingual remote turn detection via LIVEKIT_REMOTE_EOT_URL
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIVEKIT_REMOTE_EOT_URL=
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Logging level passed through to the LiveKit worker
+# One of: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIVEKIT_LOG_LEVEL=INFO

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

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+name: Bug report
+description: Report a reproducible bug in OpenRTC
+labels: ["bug"]
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        Thanks for taking the time to report a bug. Please fill in as much detail as possible so we can reproduce and fix it quickly.
+
+  - type: input
+    id: version
+    attributes:
+      label: OpenRTC version
+      description: Output of `python -c "import openrtc; print(openrtc.__version__)"`
+      placeholder: "e.g. 0.0.15"
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: input
+    id: python-version
+    attributes:
+      label: Python version
+      description: Output of `python --version`
+      placeholder: "e.g. 3.12.2"
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: input
+    id: livekit-agents-version
+    attributes:
+      label: livekit-agents version
+      description: Output of `python -c "import livekit.agents; print(livekit.agents.__version__)"`
+      placeholder: "e.g. 1.4.3"
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: description
+    attributes:
+      label: Description
+      description: A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: reproduce
+    attributes:
+      label: Steps to reproduce
+      description: Minimal steps to reproduce the issue.
+      placeholder: |
+        1. Create a pool with `AgentPool(...)`
+        2. Call `pool.add(...)`
+        3. Start with `pool.run()`
+        4. See error
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: expected
+    attributes:
+      label: Expected behaviour
+      description: What did you expect to happen?
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: actual
+    attributes:
+      label: Actual behaviour
+      description: What actually happened? Include the full traceback if applicable.
+      render: python
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: extra
+    attributes:
+      label: Additional context
+      description: |
+        Any other context, environment details, or screenshots that may help.
+        For example: OS, deployment environment (Docker, bare metal, cloud), provider plugins in use.
+    validations:
+      required: false

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

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+name: Feature request
+description: Propose an improvement or new capability for OpenRTC
+labels: ["enhancement"]
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        Thanks for suggesting an improvement! Please describe the problem you're solving and the solution you have in mind.
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: problem
+    attributes:
+      label: Problem statement
+      description: |
+        What problem are you trying to solve? Describe the use case that is not well-served today.
+      placeholder: "I'm trying to do X, but OpenRTC currently doesn't support it because..."
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: proposed-solution
+    attributes:
+      label: Proposed solution
+      description: |
+        Describe the feature or change you'd like. Include example code if helpful.
+      placeholder: |
+        Add a `pool.add_async()` method that accepts an async factory so providers
+        can be lazily initialised on first call.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: alternatives
+    attributes:
+      label: Alternatives considered
+      description: |
+        Are there workarounds you've already tried? Why aren't they sufficient?
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    id: breaking
+    attributes:
+      label: Does this require a breaking API change?
+      options:
+        - "No — purely additive"
+        - "Yes — existing callers would need to update"
+        - "Not sure"
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: extra
+    attributes:
+      label: Additional context
+      description: Links, prior art, related issues, or any other context.
+    validations:
+      required: false

.github/workflows/lint.yml

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       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - name: Set up uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
         with:
+          enable-cache: true
+          cache-dependency-glob: "uv.lock"
           python-version: "3.11"
 
-      - name: Install lint dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install ruff "mypy>=1.19.1"
-          python -m pip install -e ".[cli,tui]"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: uv sync --group dev
 
       - name: Check formatting
-        run: ruff format --check .
+        run: uv run ruff format --check .
 
       - name: Run lint checks
-        run: ruff check .
+        run: uv run ruff check .
 
       - name: Run mypy
-        run: mypy src/
+        run: uv run mypy src/

.github/workflows/publish.yml

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       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
+        # Use a PAT so the changelog commit can trigger deploy-docs.yml.
+        # Falls back to GITHUB_TOKEN if the secret is absent (docs won't
+        # auto-deploy in that case, but the publish still succeeds).
+        token: ${{ secrets.CHANGELOG_PUSH_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+    - name: Set up uv
+      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
       with:
         python-version: "3.12"
 
-    - name: Install build dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install build
-
     - name: Build package
-      run: |
-        python -m build
+      run: uv build
 
     - name: Publish to PyPI
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
       with:
         password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
         packages-dir: dist/
+
+    - name: Update docs/changelog.md
+      env:
+        RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+        RELEASE_BODY: ${{ github.event.release.body }}
+        RELEASE_DATE: ${{ github.event.release.published_at }}
+      run: |
+        python3 - <<'PYEOF'
+        import os, re
+
+        tag  = os.environ["RELEASE_TAG"]
+        body = os.environ["RELEASE_BODY"].strip()
+        # published_at is ISO-8601; keep only the date part
+        date = os.environ["RELEASE_DATE"][:10]
+
+        new_section = f"## [{tag}] - {date}\n\n{body}\n\n---\n\n"
+
+        path = "docs/changelog.md"
+        with open(path) as f:
+            content = f.read()
+
+        marker = "<!-- releases -->"
+        if marker not in content:
+            raise SystemExit(f"Marker '{marker}' not found in {path}")
+
+        # Insert the new release section right after the marker line
+        content = content.replace(
+            marker + "\n",
+            marker + "\n\n" + new_section,
+            1,
+        )
+
+        with open(path, "w") as f:
+            f.write(content)
+
+        print(f"Prepended {tag} ({date}) to {path}")
+        PYEOF
+
+    - name: Commit and push changelog
+      run: |
+        git config user.name  "github-actions[bot]"
+        git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+        git add docs/changelog.md
+        git commit -m "docs(changelog): add ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} release notes [skip ci]"
+        git push origin HEAD:main

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -18,18 +18,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - name: Set up uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
         with:
+          enable-cache: true
+          cache-dependency-glob: "uv.lock"
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install -e ".[cli,tui]" pytest pytest-asyncio pytest-cov
+        run: uv sync --group dev
 
       - name: Run tests with coverage
-        run: pytest --cov=openrtc --cov-report=xml --cov-fail-under=80
+        run: uv run pytest --cov=openrtc --cov-report=xml --cov-fail-under=80
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5

Makefile

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+# OpenRTC developer convenience targets.
+# All commands delegate to `uv run` so they pick up the locked dev environment.
+# Run `uv sync --group dev` once to set up the environment, then use these targets.
+
+.PHONY: help install test lint format typecheck dev clean
+
+help: ## Show this help message
+	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) \
+		| awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "  \033[36m%-14s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+install: ## Install package and dev dependencies via uv
+	uv sync --group dev
+
+test: ## Run the test suite with coverage
+	uv run pytest --cov=openrtc --cov-report=term-missing --cov-fail-under=80
+
+test-fast: ## Run tests without coverage (faster feedback loop)
+	uv run pytest -q
+
+lint: ## Run Ruff lint checks
+	uv run ruff check .
+
+format: ## Auto-format code with Ruff
+	uv run ruff format .
+
+format-check: ## Check formatting without making changes (used in CI)
+	uv run ruff format --check .
+
+typecheck: ## Run mypy type checks on the source tree
+	uv run mypy src/
+
+dev: ## Validate agent discovery without a LiveKit server (set --agents-dir as needed)
+	uv run openrtc list ./examples/agents \
+		--default-stt "deepgram/nova-3:multi" \
+		--default-llm "openai/gpt-4.1-mini" \
+		--default-tts "cartesia/sonic-3"
+
+clean: ## Remove build artefacts and __pycache__ directories
+	find . -type d -name __pycache__ -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null || true
+	rm -rf dist build .coverage coverage.xml htmlcov .mypy_cache .ruff_cache

docs/.vitepress/config.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
             { text: 'AgentPool API', link: '/api/pool' },
             { text: 'CLI', link: '/cli' },
             { text: 'Examples', link: '/examples' },
+            { text: 'Changelog', link: '/changelog' },
             { text: 'GitHub Pages Deployment', link: '/deployment/github-pages' },
           ],
         },