Voice-first PC Builder Agent Built on Gemini Live API

This post was written for my submission to the Gemini Live Agent Challenge hackathon. #GeminiLiveAgentChallenge Inspiration I've built PCs before and know the pain firsthand from squinting at tiny connectors, pausing YouTube every 10 seconds with greasy fingers, and second-guessing whether you're about to break your build. But the real breaking point was trying to help a friend build their first PC remotely over a video call. I'm watching a shaky camera feed, trying to describe which cable goes where, and they can't find the front panel headers or find the parts I'm referencing unless I pull up pictures. I realized what they needed wasn't me on a video call, it was an AI that could see what they see, talk them through it hands-free, and not lose patience on the 15th, "which one is the 8-pin?" What it does BuildBuddy is a hands-free, voice-first AI assistant that guides users through a PC build in real time. You talk to it, it talks back, no typing, no pausing, no touching your phone wi