tavus-overview
Tavus Overview
Tavus is a San Francisco-based AI research lab pioneering Human Computing — teaching machines the art of being human.
Mission
"Automation has scaled efficiency but stripped away empathy, nuance, and presence from digital interactions."
Tavus exists to close the gap between humans and machines by creating AI that can see, hear, understand, and respond with emotional intelligence in real time. Not chatbots with faces — authentic, face-to-face digital presence.
What is Human Computing?
Human Computing is a paradigm shift: computing that adapts to humans, not the other way around.
Core principles:
- Human UI: Interact with AI as naturally as talking to another person — no commands, no learning curve
- Presence over automation: AI that feels like someone, not something
- Emotional intelligence: Reading tone, expressions, context — not just words
More from tavus-engineering/tavus-skills
tavus-cvi-quickstart
Quick start guide for Tavus Conversational Video Interface (CVI). Use when starting a real-time video conversation, creating your first persona, or testing the CVI API. Covers the minimal setup to get a conversation running.
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Generate AI videos with Tavus replicas. Use when creating personalized videos from scripts or audio, adding custom backgrounds, watermarks, or generating videos at scale. Covers the video generation API, not real-time conversations.
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Create and manage Tavus replicas (AI digital twins). Use when training custom replicas from video, listing stock replicas, or managing replica assets. Covers training video requirements, consent statements, and the Phoenix-3 model.
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Control Tavus CVI conversations in real-time using the Interactions Protocol. Use when sending text for the replica to speak (echo), interrupting the replica, injecting context mid-conversation, handling tool calls, or listening to conversation events via WebRTC/Daily.
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Integrate Tavus CVI into React apps using @tavus/cvi-ui components. Use when embedding conversations in web apps, customizing the video UI, using React hooks for CVI events, or building custom conversation interfaces with Vite/Next.js.
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Add knowledge bases and persistent memories to Tavus CVI personas. Use when uploading documents for RAG, enabling personas to reference PDFs/websites, persisting context across conversations, or building personas that remember users.
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