A file-based work-bus for orchestrating a fleet of agent CLIs — coordination without a message broker

Short summary

Build AI agent fleets without a message broker: use a file-based work-bus where the conductor decomposes goals into subtasks, writes atomic Task files, and polls for Results. Workers advertise capabilities; the conductor routes dynamically. Atomic filesystem writes ensure consistency; missing workers skip tasks gracefully rather than fail. Ideal for small, heterogeneous fleets; avoid for high-throughput systems.

• •Use filesystem atomicity and durable Task/Result files instead of message brokers for agent coordination
• •Workers advertise capabilities; conductor routes dynamically based on availability
• •Pattern excels for small operator-managed fleets; avoid for high-throughput systems

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