Build a Real-Time Conversational AI Avatar That Can See You (Full Tutorial)

Build a real-time conversational AI avatar from scratch - one you can talk to out loud, that sees you through your camera, books real appointments, and answers from its own knowledge base. We build a healthcare intake & scheduling agent end to end with Akapulu, then ship it live in the browser. 🔗 Code (clone it): https://github.com/Akapulu/akapulu-ex... 📚 Walkthrough this example in our docs: https://docs.akapulu.com/examples/sce... 📝 Learn about Akapulu Labs' flagship avatar rendering model AKA-1: https://blog.akapulu.com/p/aka-1 🤖 Akapulu: https://akapulu.com What we build: • The conversation as a scenario — the "brain" (5 nodes) • Vision, so the avatar can see you through the camera • A Flask backend exposed with ngrok • HTTP endpoint tools — get availability + book appointment • A secret to lock down the backend • A knowledge base for grounded answers (RAG) • Testing the whole flow in test mode • Shipping to a real browser with the SDK (connect route + demo client) • Running it live + the conversation details page Tools used: Akapulu · VS Code · Python / Flask · ngrok · Whisper Flow (voice dictation) CHAPTERS 0:00 — Demo 4:11 — Dashboard tour 5:19 — Building the scenario 8:35 — Adding vision 9:37 — Booking, Q&A & end nodes 13:40 — Backend: Flask + ngrok 19:07 — Securing the backend (secrets) 19:47 — Creating the endpoint tools 21:39 — Template variables 25:06 — Wiring the tools into the scenario 27:30 — Knowledge base (RAG) 29:25 — Testing in test mode 32:56 — Shipping to the browser (the SDK) 40:56 — Editing the connect route/code 42:56 — Running it live 48:16 — Conversation Details page 50:36 — Wrap-up If this helped, don't forget to subscribe, i post tutorials on building real-time AI agents!