diff --git a/khk/sqs-runner/bot.py b/khk/sqs-runner/bot.py
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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
+#
+
+from loguru import logger
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import aiohttp
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+from typing import Optional
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ValidationError
+
+from pipecat.vad.vad_analyzer import VADParams
+from pipecat.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
+from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
+from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService
+from pipecat.services.deepgram import DeepgramSTTService
+from pipecat.services.cartesia import CartesiaTTSService
+from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
+from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
+from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
+from pipecat.frames.frames import LLMMessagesFrame, EndFrame
+
+from pipecat.processors.aggregators.llm_response import (
+    LLMAssistantResponseAggregator, LLMUserResponseAggregator
+)
+
+from helpers import (
+    ClearableDeepgramTTSService,
+    AudioVolumeTimer,
+    TranscriptionTimingLogger
+)
+
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+load_dotenv(override=True)
+
+logger.remove(0)
+logger.add(sys.stderr, level=os.getenv("LOG_LEVEL", "DEBUG"))
+
+
+class BotSettings(BaseModel):
+    room_url: str
+    room_token: str
+    bot_name: str = "Pipecat"
+    prompt: Optional[str] = "You are a helpful assistant."
+    deepgram_api_key: Optional[str] = os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_API_KEY", None)
+    deepgram_voice: Optional[str] = os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_VOICE", "aura-asteria-en")
+    deepgram_tts_base_url: Optional[str] = os.getenv(
+        "DEEPGRAM_TTS_BASE_URL", "https://api.deepgram.com/v1/speak")
+    deepgram_stt_base_url: Optional[str] = os.getenv(
+        "DEEPGRAM_STT_BASE_URL", "https://api.deepgram.com/v1/speak")
+    openai_api_key: Optional[str] = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", None),
+    openai_model: Optional[str] = os.getenv("OPENAI_MODEL", None),
+    openai_base_url: Optional[str] = os.getenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL", None)
+    vad_stop_secs: Optional[float] = os.getenv("VAD_STOP_SECS", 0.200)
+
+
+async def main(settings: BotSettings):
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        transport = DailyTransport(
+            settings.room_url,
+            settings.room_token,
+            settings.bot_name,
+            DailyParams(
+                audio_out_sample_rate=44100,
+                audio_out_enabled=True,
+                transcription_enabled=False,
+                vad_enabled=True,
+                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(params=VADParams(
+                    stop_secs=settings.vad_stop_secs
+                )),
+                vad_audio_passthrough=True
+            )
+        )
+
+        stt = DeepgramSTTService(
+            name="STT",
+            api_key=settings.deepgram_api_key,
+            url=settings.deepgram_stt_base_url
+        )
+
+        # tts = ClearableDeepgramTTSService(
+        #     name="Voice",
+        #     aiohttp_session=session,
+        #     api_key=settings.deepgram_api_key,
+        #     voice=settings.deepgram_voice,
+        #     **({'base_url': url} if (url := settings.deepgram_tts_base_url) else {})
+        # )
+
+        tts = CartesiaTTSService(
+            api_key=os.getenv("CARTESIA_API_KEY"),
+            voice_id="a0e99841-438c-4a64-b679-ae501e7d6091",  # Barbershop Man
+            sample_rate=44100,
+        )
+
+        llm = OpenAILLMService(
+            name="Groq Llama 3 70B",
+            api_key=settings.openai_api_key,
+            model=settings.openai_model,
+            base_url=settings.openai_base_url,
+        )
+
+        messages = [
+            {
+                "role": "system",
+                "content": settings.prompt,
+            },
+        ]
+
+        avt = AudioVolumeTimer()
+        tl = TranscriptionTimingLogger(avt)
+
+        tma_in = LLMUserResponseAggregator(messages)
+        tma_out = LLMAssistantResponseAggregator(messages)
+
+        pipeline = Pipeline([
+            transport.input(),   # Transport user input
+            avt,                 # Audio volume timer
+            stt,                 # Speech-to-text
+            tl,                  # Transcription timing logger
+            tma_in,              # User responses
+            llm,                 # LLM
+            tts,                 # TTS
+            tma_out,             # Assistant spoken responses
+            transport.output(),  # Transport bot output
+        ])
+
+        task = PipelineTask(
+            pipeline,
+            PipelineParams(
+                allow_interruptions=True,
+                enable_metrics=True,
+            ))
+
+        # When the participant leaves, we exit the bot.
+        @transport.event_handler("on_participant_left")
+        async def on_participant_left(transport, participant, reason):
+            await task.queue_frame(EndFrame())
+
+        # When the first participant joins, the bot should introduce itself.
+        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
+        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
+            # Provide some air whilst tracks subscribe
+            time.sleep(2)
+            messages.append(
+                {
+                    "role": "system",
+                    "content": "Introduce yourself by saying 'hello, I'm FastBot, how can I help you today?'"})
+            await task.queue_frames([LLMMessagesFrame(messages)])
+
+        runner = PipelineRunner()
+        await runner.run(task)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Pipecat Bot")
+    parser.add_argument("-s", "--settings", type=str, required=True, help="Pipecat bot settings")
+
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+
+    try:
+        settings = BotSettings.model_validate_json(args.settings)
+        print(f"settings: {settings.json()}")
+        asyncio.run(main(settings))
+    except ValidationError as e:
+        print(e)
diff --git a/khk/sqs-runner/helpers.py b/khk/sqs-runner/helpers.py
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+from loguru import logger
+import asyncio
+import math
+import struct
+import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import List
+
+
+from pipecat.processors.frame_processor import FrameDirection, FrameProcessor
+from pipecat.frames.frames import (
+    Frame,
+    AudioRawFrame,
+    InterimTranscriptionFrame,
+    TranscriptionFrame,
+    TextFrame,
+    StartInterruptionFrame,
+    LLMFullResponseStartFrame,
+    TTSStoppedFrame,
+    MetricsFrame
+)
+
+from pipecat.vad.vad_analyzer import VADAnalyzer, VADState
+from pipecat.services.deepgram import DeepgramTTSService
+from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMContext, OpenAILLMContextFrame
+
+
+class GreedyLLMAggregator(FrameProcessor):
+    def __init__(self, context: OpenAILLMContext = None, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.context: OpenAILLMContext = context if context else OpenAILLMContext()
+
+    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
+        logger.debug(f"{frame}")
+
+        try:
+            if isinstance(frame, InterimTranscriptionFrame):
+                return
+
+            if isinstance(frame, TranscriptionFrame):
+                # append transcribed text to last "user" frame
+                if self.context.messages and self.context.messages[-1]["role"] == "user":
+                    last_frame = self.context.messages.pop()
+                else:
+                    last_frame = {"role": "user", "content": ""}
+
+                last_frame["content"] += " " + frame.text
+                self.context.messages.append(last_frame)
+
+                oai_context_frame = OpenAILLMContextFrame(context=self.context)
+                logger.debug(f"pushing frame {oai_context_frame}")
+                await self.push_frame(oai_context_frame)
+                return
+
+            await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(f"error: {e}")
+
+
+class ClearableDeepgramTTSService(DeepgramTTSService):
+    def __init___(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init(**kwargs)
+
+    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
+        if isinstance(frame, StartInterruptionFrame):
+            self._current_sentence = ""
+
+
+@dataclass
+class BufferedSentence:
+    audio_frames: List[AudioRawFrame] = field(default_factory=list)
+    text_frame: TextFrame = None
+
+
+class VADGate(FrameProcessor):
+
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            vad_analyzer: VADAnalyzer = None,
+            context: OpenAILLMContext = None,
+            **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.vad_analyzer = vad_analyzer
+        self.context = context
+
+        self._audio_pusher_task = None
+        self._expect_text_frame_next = False
+        self._sentences: List[BufferedSentence] = []
+
+    # queue output from tts one sentence at a time. associate a buffer of audio frames with the content of
+    # each text frame.
+    #
+    # start a coroutine to service the queue and send sentences down the pipeline when possible.
+    # 1. do not send anything when we are not in VADState.QUIET
+    # 2. if we are in VADState.QUIET, send a sentence, estimate how long it will take for that sentence
+    #    to output, sleep until it's time to send another sentence
+    # 3. each time we send a sentence, append it to the conversation context
+    # 3. when the sentence buffer becomes empty, cancel the coroutine
+    # 4. if we get a new LLMFullResponse, treat that as a cancellation, too
+
+    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
+        try:
+
+            # A TTSService will emit a series of AudioRawFrame objects, then a TTSStoppedFrame,
+            # then a TextFrame.
+
+            if self._expect_text_frame_next:
+                self._expect_text_frame_next = False
+                if isinstance(frame, TextFrame):
+                    self._sentences[-1].text_frame = frame
+                else:
+                    logger.debug(f"expected a text frame, but received {frame}")
+                    await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
+                return
+            else:
+                if isinstance(frame, TextFrame):
+                    logger.error(f"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX received a text frame, wasn't expecting it.")
+
+            if isinstance(frame, AudioRawFrame):
+                # if our buffer is empty or has a "finished" sentence at the end,
+                # then we need to start buffering a new sentence
+                if not self._sentences or self._sentences[-1].text_frame:
+                    self._sentences.append(BufferedSentence())
+                self._sentences[-1].audio_frames.append(frame)
+                await self.maybe_start_audio_pusher_task()
+                return
+
+            if isinstance(frame, TTSStoppedFrame):
+                self._expect_text_frame_next = True
+                await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
+                return
+
+            # There are two ways we can be interrupted. During greedy inference, a new
+            # LLM response can start. Or, during playout, we can get a traditional
+            # user interruption frame.
+            if (isinstance(frame, LLMFullResponseStartFrame) or
+                    isinstance(frame, StartInterruptionFrame)):
+                logger.debug(f"{frame} - Handle interruption in VADGate")
+                self._sentences = []
+                if self._audio_pusher_task:
+                    self._audio_pusher_task.cancel()
+                    self._audio_pusher_task = None
+                await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
+                return
+
+            await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(f"error: {e}")
+
+    async def maybe_start_audio_pusher_task(self):
+        try:
+            if self._audio_pusher_task:
+                return
+            self._audio_pusher_task = self.get_event_loop().create_task(self.push_audio())
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(f"Exception {e}")
+
+    async def push_audio(self):
+        try:
+            while True:
+                if not self._sentences:
+                    await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
+                    continue
+
+                if self.vad_analyzer._vad_state != VADState.QUIET:
+                    await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
+                    continue
+
+                # we only want to push completed sentence buffers
+                if not self._sentences[0].text_frame:
+                    await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
+                    continue
+
+                s = self._sentences.pop(0)
+                if not s.audio_frames:
+                    continue
+                sample_rate = s.audio_frames[0].sample_rate
+                duration = 0
+                logger.debug(f"Pushing {len(s.audio_frames)} audio frames")
+                for frame in s.audio_frames:
+                    await self.push_frame(frame)
+                    # assume linear16 encoding (2 bytes per sample). todo: add some more
+                    # metadata to AudioRawFrame, maybe
+                    duration += (len(frame.audio) / 2 / frame.num_channels) / sample_rate
+                await asyncio.sleep(duration - 20 / 1000)
+                if self.context:
+                    logger.debug(f"Appending assistant message to context: [{s.text_frame.text}]")
+                    self.context.messages.append(
+                        {"role": "assistant", "content": s.text_frame.text}
+                    )
+                await self.push_frame(s.text_frame)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(f"Exception {e}")
+
+
+class TranscriptionTimingLogger(FrameProcessor):
+    def __init__(self, avt):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.name = "Transcription"
+        self._avt = avt
+
+    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        try:
+            await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+            if isinstance(frame, TranscriptionFrame):
+                elapsed = time.time() - self._avt.last_transition_ts
+                logger.debug(f"Transcription TTF: {elapsed}")
+                await self.push_frame(MetricsFrame(ttfb={self.name: elapsed}))
+
+            await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(f"Exception {e}")
+
+
+class AudioVolumeTimer(FrameProcessor):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.last_transition_ts = 0
+        self._prev_volume = -80
+        self._speech_volume_threshold = -50
+
+    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
+        if isinstance(frame, AudioRawFrame):
+            volume = self.calculate_volume(frame)
+            # print(f"Audio volume: {volume:.2f} dB")
+            if (volume >= self._speech_volume_threshold and
+                    self._prev_volume < self._speech_volume_threshold):
+                # logger.debug("transition above speech volume threshold")
+                self.last_transition_ts = time.time()
+            elif (volume < self._speech_volume_threshold and
+                    self._prev_volume >= self._speech_volume_threshold):
+                # logger.debug("transition below non-speech volume threshold")
+                self.last_transition_ts = time.time()
+            self._prev_volume = volume
+
+        await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
+
+    def calculate_volume(self, frame: AudioRawFrame) -> float:
+        if frame.num_channels != 1:
+            raise ValueError(f"Expected 1 channel, got {frame.num_channels}")
+
+        # Unpack audio data into 16-bit integers
+        fmt = f"{len(frame.audio) // 2}h"
+        audio_samples = struct.unpack(fmt, frame.audio)
+
+        # Calculate RMS
+        sum_squares = sum(sample**2 for sample in audio_samples)
+        rms = math.sqrt(sum_squares / len(audio_samples))
+
+        # Convert RMS to decibels (dB)
+        # Reference: maximum value for 16-bit audio is 32767
+        if rms > 0:
+            db = 20 * math.log10(rms / 32767)
+        else:
+            db = -96  # Minimum value (almost silent)
+
+        return db
diff --git a/khk/sqs-runner/sqs-runner.py b/khk/sqs-runner/sqs-runner.py
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+# - block while running bot
+# - watchdog timer
+# - build docker and deploy to eks
+
+import boto3
+import json
+import subprocess
+import signal
+import os
+import time
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ValidationError
+from typing import Optional
+
+from bot import BotSettings
+
+from pipecat.transports.services.helpers.daily_rest import DailyRESTHelper, DailyRoomObject, DailyRoomProperties, DailyRoomParams
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+load_dotenv(override=True)
+
+# SQS queue URL
+QUEUE_URL = 'https://sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/955740203061/khk-sqs-launch-day-demos'
+
+# The program to be spawned
+SUBPROCESS_PROGRAM = 'your_subprocess_program.py'
+
+# Timeout in seconds
+TIMEOUT = 620
+
+# ------------ Configuration ------------ #
+
+MAX_SESSION_TIME = 5 * 60  # 5 minutes
+REQUIRED_ENV_VARS = ['DAILY_API_KEY', 'CARTESIA_API_KEY']
+
+daily_rest_helper = DailyRESTHelper(
+    os.getenv("DAILY_API_KEY", ""),
+    os.getenv("DAILY_API_URL", 'https://api.daily.co/v1'))
+
+
+class RunnerSettings(BaseModel):
+    prompt: Optional[
+        str] = "You are a fast, low-latency chatbot. Your goal is to demonstrate voice-driven AI capabilities at human-like speeds. The technology powering you is Daily for transport, Groq for AI inference, Llama 3 (70-B version) LLM, and Deepgram for speech-to-text and text-to-speech. You are running on servers in Oregon. Respond to what the user said in a creative and helpful way, but keep responses short and legible. Ensure responses contain only words. Check again that you have not included special characters other than '?' or '!'."
+    deepgram_voice: Optional[str] = os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_VOICE")
+    openai_model: Optional[str] = os.getenv("OPENAI_MODEL", "gpt-4o")
+    openai_api_key: Optional[str] = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
+    test: Optional[bool] = None
+
+# ----------------- API ----------------- #
+
+
+def setup_sqs():
+    """Set up the SQS client."""
+    return boto3.client(
+        'sqs',
+        region_name='us-west-2',
+        # use an iam user instead of role because passing a role into an eks pod requires
+        # adding an add-on and we don't want to change the eks cluster configuration if we
+        # can avoid it
+        aws_access_key_id=os.environ.get('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'),
+        aws_secret_access_key=os.environ.get('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY')
+    )
+
+
+def receive_message(sqs):
+    """Receive a message from the SQS queue."""
+    response = sqs.receive_message(
+        QueueUrl=QUEUE_URL,
+        MaxNumberOfMessages=1,
+        WaitTimeSeconds=20  # Long polling
+    )
+
+    messages = response.get('Messages', [])
+    if messages:
+        return messages[0]
+    return None
+
+
+def delete_message(sqs, receipt_handle):
+    """Delete a message from the queue after processing."""
+    sqs.delete_message(
+        QueueUrl=QUEUE_URL,
+        ReceiptHandle=receipt_handle
+    )
+
+
+# def run_subprocess(message_body):
+#     """Run the subprocess with the message data."""
+#     process = subprocess.Popen(['python', SUBPROCESS_PROGRAM, message_body])
+
+#     start_time = time.time()
+#     while time.time() - start_time < TIMEOUT:
+#         if process.poll() is not None:
+#             # Process has finished
+#             return True
+#         time.sleep(1)
+
+#     # If we're here, the process has timed out
+#     os.kill(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
+#     return False
+
+def start_bot(room_url):
+    runner_settings = RunnerSettings()
+
+    # Check passed room URL exists, we should assume that it already has a sip set up
+    try:
+        room: DailyRoomObject = daily_rest_helper.get_room_from_url(room_url)
+    except Exception:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=500, detail=f"Room not found: {room_url}")
+
+    # Give the agent a token to join the session
+    token = daily_rest_helper.get_token(room.url, MAX_SESSION_TIME)
+
+    if not room or not token:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=500, detail=f"Failed to get token for room: {room_url}")
+
+    # Spawn a new agent, and join the user session
+    try:
+        bot_settings = BotSettings(
+            room_url=room.url,
+            room_token=token,
+            prompt=runner_settings.prompt,
+            deepgram_voice=runner_settings.deepgram_voice,
+            openai_model=runner_settings.openai_model,
+            openai_api_key=runner_settings.openai_api_key,
+        )
+        bot_settings_str = bot_settings.model_dump_json(exclude_none=True)
+
+        subprocess.Popen(
+            [f"python3 -m bot -s '{bot_settings_str}'"],
+            shell=True,
+            bufsize=1,
+            cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=500, detail=f"Failed to start subprocess: {e}")
+
+
+def main():
+    sqs = setup_sqs()
+
+    while True:
+        message = receive_message(sqs)
+        if message:
+            delete_message(sqs, message['ReceiptHandle'])
+
+            message_body = json.loads(message['Body'])
+            print(f"Received message. {message_body}")
+
+            start_bot(message_body['url'])
+
+            # success = run_subprocess(message_body)
+            # if success:
+            #    print("Subprocess completed successfully.")
+            # else:
+            #     print("Subprocess timed out and was terminated.")
+
+        else:
+            print("No messages received. Continuing to poll...")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Check environment variables
+    for env_var in REQUIRED_ENV_VARS:
+        if env_var not in os.environ:
+            raise Exception(f"Missing environment variable: {env_var}.")
+
+    try:
+        main()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("Pipecat runner shutting down...")