metrics_llm

title	LLM Metrics
category	metrics
tags	metrics deepgram openai cartesia
difficulty	beginner
description	Shows how to use the LLM metrics to log metrics to the console for all of the different LLM models.
demonstrates	Using the LLM metrics to log metrics to the console Inspecting fields like type, label, request ID, timestamps, duration, time to first token, cancellation, token counts, and throughput

This example shows how to capture token and latency metrics emitted by the LLM pipeline and print them as a Rich table whenever the agent responds. It's a quick way to see prompt/response token counts and time-to-first-token during a live call.

Prerequisites

• Add a .env in this directory with your LiveKit and OpenAI credentials:

  LIVEKIT_URL=your_livekit_url
  LIVEKIT_API_KEY=your_api_key
  LIVEKIT_API_SECRET=your_api_secret
  OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_key
  

• Install dependencies:

  pip install python-dotenv rich "livekit-agents[silero]"

Load configuration and logging

Set up dotenv, a logger, and a Rich console for the metrics table.

import logging
import asyncio
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from livekit.agents import JobContext, JobProcess, Agent, AgentSession, inference, AgentServer, cli
from livekit.agents.metrics import LLMMetrics
from livekit.plugins import silero
from rich.console import Console
from rich.table import Table
from rich import box
from datetime import datetime

load_dotenv()

logger = logging.getLogger("metrics-llm")
logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)

console = Console()

server = AgentServer()

Prewarm VAD for faster connections

Preload the VAD model once per process to reduce connection latency.

def prewarm(proc: JobProcess):
    proc.userdata["vad"] = silero.VAD.load()

server.setup_fnc = prewarm

Create the metrics-enabled agent

Keep the agent lightweight with just instructions. In on_enter, attach an on("metrics_collected") listener to the session's LLM so every response triggers your metrics handler.

class LLMMetricsAgent(Agent):
    def __init__(self) -> None:
        super().__init__(
            instructions="""
                You are a helpful agent.
            """
        )

    async def on_enter(self):
        def sync_wrapper(metrics: LLMMetrics):
            asyncio.create_task(self.on_metrics_collected(metrics))

        self.session.llm.on("metrics_collected", sync_wrapper)
        self.session.generate_reply()

Render metrics with Rich

When metrics arrive, format them into a table with timestamps, TTFT, durations, and token counts.

    async def on_metrics_collected(self, metrics: LLMMetrics) -> None:
        table = Table(
            title="[bold blue]LLM Metrics Report[/bold blue]",
            box=box.ROUNDED,
            highlight=True,
            show_header=True,
            header_style="bold cyan"
        )

        table.add_column("Metric", style="bold green")
        table.add_column("Value", style="yellow")

        timestamp = datetime.fromtimestamp(metrics.timestamp).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

        table.add_row("Type", str(metrics.type))
        table.add_row("Label", str(metrics.label))
        table.add_row("Request ID", str(metrics.request_id))
        table.add_row("Timestamp", timestamp)
        table.add_row("Duration", f"[white]{metrics.duration:.4f}[/white]s")
        table.add_row("Time to First Token", f"[white]{metrics.ttft:.4f}[/white]s")
        table.add_row("Cancelled", "✓" if metrics.cancelled else "✗")
        table.add_row("Completion Tokens", str(metrics.completion_tokens))
        table.add_row("Prompt Tokens", str(metrics.prompt_tokens))
        table.add_row("Total Tokens", str(metrics.total_tokens))
        table.add_row("Tokens/Second", f"{metrics.tokens_per_second:.2f}")

        console.print("\n")
        console.print(table)
        console.print("\n")

Set up the session

Configure the AgentSession with STT, LLM, TTS, and prewarmed VAD. The LLM's metrics events will be captured by the listener attached in on_enter.

@server.rtc_session()
async def entrypoint(ctx: JobContext):
    ctx.log_context_fields = {"room": ctx.room.name}

    session = AgentSession(
        stt=inference.STT(model="deepgram/nova-3-general"),
        llm=inference.LLM(model="openai/gpt-4.1-mini"),
        tts=inference.TTS(model="cartesia/sonic-3", voice="9626c31c-bec5-4cca-baa8-f8ba9e84c8bc"),
        vad=ctx.proc.userdata["vad"],
        preemptive_generation=True,
    )
    agent = LLMMetricsAgent()

    await session.start(agent=agent, room=ctx.room)
    await ctx.connect()

Run the server

Start the agent server with the CLI.

if __name__ == "__main__":
    cli.run_app(server)

Run it

python metrics_llm.py console

How it works

1. The agent runs with standard STT/LLM/TTS and Silero VAD.
2. The LLM emits metrics_collected after each generation.
3. A wrapper in on_enter schedules on_metrics_collected so you can await inside it.
4. Rich renders the metrics in a readable table showing latency and token stats.

Full example

import logging
import asyncio
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from livekit.agents import JobContext, JobProcess, Agent, AgentSession, inference, AgentServer, cli
from livekit.agents.metrics import LLMMetrics
from livekit.plugins import silero
from rich.console import Console
from rich.table import Table
from rich import box
from datetime import datetime

load_dotenv()

logger = logging.getLogger("metrics-llm")
logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)

console = Console()

class LLMMetricsAgent(Agent):
    def __init__(self) -> None:
        super().__init__(
            instructions="""
                You are a helpful agent.
            """
        )

    async def on_enter(self):
        def sync_wrapper(metrics: LLMMetrics):
            asyncio.create_task(self.on_metrics_collected(metrics))

        self.session.llm.on("metrics_collected", sync_wrapper)
        self.session.generate_reply()

    async def on_metrics_collected(self, metrics: LLMMetrics) -> None:
        table = Table(
            title="[bold blue]LLM Metrics Report[/bold blue]",
            box=box.ROUNDED,
            highlight=True,
            show_header=True,
            header_style="bold cyan"
        )

        table.add_column("Metric", style="bold green")
        table.add_column("Value", style="yellow")

        timestamp = datetime.fromtimestamp(metrics.timestamp).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

        table.add_row("Type", str(metrics.type))
        table.add_row("Label", str(metrics.label))
        table.add_row("Request ID", str(metrics.request_id))
        table.add_row("Timestamp", timestamp)
        table.add_row("Duration", f"[white]{metrics.duration:.4f}[/white]s")
        table.add_row("Time to First Token", f"[white]{metrics.ttft:.4f}[/white]s")
        table.add_row("Cancelled", "✓" if metrics.cancelled else "✗")
        table.add_row("Completion Tokens", str(metrics.completion_tokens))
        table.add_row("Prompt Tokens", str(metrics.prompt_tokens))
        table.add_row("Total Tokens", str(metrics.total_tokens))
        table.add_row("Tokens/Second", f"{metrics.tokens_per_second:.2f}")

        console.print("\n")
        console.print(table)
        console.print("\n")

server = AgentServer()

def prewarm(proc: JobProcess):
    proc.userdata["vad"] = silero.VAD.load()

server.setup_fnc = prewarm

@server.rtc_session()
async def entrypoint(ctx: JobContext):
    ctx.log_context_fields = {"room": ctx.room.name}

    session = AgentSession(
        stt=inference.STT(model="deepgram/nova-3-general"),
        llm=inference.LLM(model="openai/gpt-4.1-mini"),
        tts=inference.TTS(model="cartesia/sonic-3", voice="9626c31c-bec5-4cca-baa8-f8ba9e84c8bc"),
        vad=ctx.proc.userdata["vad"],
        preemptive_generation=True,
    )
    agent = LLMMetricsAgent()

    await session.start(agent=agent, room=ctx.room)
    await ctx.connect()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    cli.run_app(server)