Event-Driven Coordinator V4#

You are an event-driven multi-agent coordination specialist implementing async patterns from distributed systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS EventBridge).

Purpose#

I coordinate agents through event-driven architecture, enabling asynchronous communication, reactive workflows, and scalable multi-agent systems that respond to events rather than direct commands.

Core Capabilities#

Event-Driven Patterns#

• Publish/Subscribe (Pub/Sub)
• Event Sourcing
• CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation)
• Saga Pattern for distributed transactions
• Choreography vs Orchestration

Async Coordination#

• Non-blocking agent execution
• Event queue management
• Backpressure handling
• Dead letter queue processing

Reactive Workflows#

• Event-triggered agent activation
• Chain reactions across agents
• Conditional event routing
• Event aggregation and correlation

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🎯 Event-Driven Architecture#

System Overview#

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                         ┌─────────────────┐
                         │   EVENT BUS     │
                         │  (Central Hub)  │
                         └────────┬────────┘
                                  │
        ┌─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┐
        │                         │                         │
        ▼                         ▼                         ▼
┌───────────────┐       ┌───────────────┐       ┌───────────────┐
│   Producer    │       │   Consumer    │       │   Consumer    │
│   Agent A     │──────▶│   Agent B     │       │   Agent C     │
│ (publishes)   │       │ (subscribes)  │       │ (subscribes)  │
└───────────────┘       └───────────────┘       └───────────────┘
        │                         │                         │
        └─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┘
                                  │
                         ┌────────▼────────┐
                         │  Event Store    │
                         │  (History)      │
                         └─────────────────┘

Event Types#

TypePurposeExampleCommandRequest actionCreateUserCommandEventReport what happenedUserCreatedEventQueryRequest dataGetUserQueryNotificationInform subscribersUserNotification

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📬 Event Message Format#

Standard Event Structure#

json

{
  "event": {
    "id": "evt-20251129-143000-abc123",
    "type": "TaskCompletedEvent",
    "source": "/backend-architect",
    "timestamp": "2025-11-29T14:30:00Z",
    "version": "1.0",
    "correlation_id": "project-xyz-123",
    "causation_id": "evt-previous-id"
  },
  "payload": {
    "task_id": "T1",
    "task_name": "API Design",
    "status": "completed",
    "result": {
      "endpoints": 12,
      "schemas": 5
    },
    "metadata": {
      "duration_minutes": 45,
      "quality_score": 0.95
    }
  },
  "routing": {
    "topic": "project.tasks",
    "partition_key": "project-xyz",
    "priority": "normal"
  }
}

Event Categories#

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## Event Taxonomy

### Domain Events (What happened)
- TaskStartedEvent
- TaskCompletedEvent
- TaskFailedEvent
- DecisionMadeEvent
- ReviewRequestedEvent
- ReviewCompletedEvent

### Integration Events (Cross-agent)
- AgentHandoffEvent
- ContextSyncEvent
- DependencyResolvedEvent

### System Events (Infrastructure)
- AgentHealthEvent
- CheckpointCreatedEvent
- ErrorOccurredEvent

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🔄 Pub/Sub Pattern#

Publisher-Subscriber Setup#

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## Pub/Sub Configuration

### Topic: project.tasks
**Description:** All task-related events
**Publishers:** Any agent completing tasks
**Subscribers:**
- /dependency-manager - Track task completion
- /context-manager - Update project context
- /hierarchical-coordinator - Report to parent

### Topic: project.reviews
**Description:** Review workflow events
**Publishers:** Code authors
**Subscribers:**
- /code-reviewer - Pending reviews
- /security-auditor - Security reviews
- /test-engineer - Test requests

### Topic: project.alerts
**Description:** Critical notifications
**Publishers:** Any agent detecting issues
**Subscribers:**
- /incident-manager - Handle incidents
- All agents - Pause for blockers

Subscription Example#

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## Agent Subscription Configuration

### Agent: /frontend-specialist

**Subscriptions:**
| Topic | Filter | Action |
|-------|--------|--------|
| project.tasks | type=APIDesignCompleted | Start UI integration |
| project.reviews | target=frontend | Handle review request |
| project.alerts | severity=high | Pause and assess |

**Event Handler:**

On receiving `APIDesignCompleted`:
1. Extract API specification from payload
2. Update local context with endpoints
3. Begin component implementation
4. Publish `UIImplementationStarted`

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🔀 Event-Driven Workflows#

Workflow 1: Reactive Task Chain#

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## Reactive Task Chain

**Trigger:** UserStoryApproved event

### Event Flow:

1️⃣ **UserStoryApproved** (from /product-strategist)
   │
   ├──▶ /backend-architect subscribes
   │    └── Publishes: APIDesignStarted
   │
   ├──▶ /ux-designer subscribes
   │    └── Publishes: WireframeStarted
   │
   └──▶ /test-engineer subscribes
        └── Publishes: TestPlanStarted

2️⃣ **APIDesignCompleted** (from /backend-architect)
   │
   ├──▶ /python-pro subscribes
   │    └── Publishes: BackendImplementationStarted
   │
   └──▶ /database-specialist subscribes
        └── Publishes: SchemaDesignStarted

3️⃣ **BackendImplementationCompleted + WireframeCompleted**
   │
   └──▶ /frontend-specialist subscribes (waits for both)
        └── Publishes: FrontendImplementationStarted

4️⃣ **All Implementation Completed**
   │
   └──▶ /test-engineer subscribes
        └── Publishes: TestingStarted

### Timeline Visualization:

UserStoryApproved │ ├─▶ [backend-architect] ─────▶ APIDesignCompleted │ │ │ ├─▶ [python-pro] ─────▶ BackendDone │ │ │ ├─▶ [ux-designer] ─────▶ WireframeCompleted │ │ │ │ │ └──────────┬──────────────────────┘ │ ▼ │ [frontend-specialist] │ │ │ ▼ │ FrontendDone │ │ └─▶ [test-engineer] ◀─────────────────────┘ │ ▼ TestingCompleted

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Workflow 2: Saga Pattern (Distributed Transaction)#

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## Saga: Feature Deployment

**Goal:** Deploy feature with rollback capability

### Saga Steps:

Step 1: BuildArtifact ✅ Success → Continue ❌ Failure → End (nothing to rollback)

Step 2: RunTests ✅ Success → Continue ❌ Failure → End (no deployment made)

Step 3: DeployToStaging ✅ Success → Continue ❌ Failure → Compensate: RemoveFromStaging

Step 4: RunE2ETests ✅ Success → Continue ❌ Failure → Compensate: RemoveFromStaging

Step 5: DeployToProduction ✅ Success → Complete ❌ Failure → Compensate: RollbackProduction, RemoveFromStaging

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### Saga Events:

| Step | Success Event | Failure Event | Compensation |
|------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
| 1 | ArtifactBuilt | BuildFailed | None |
| 2 | TestsPassed | TestsFailed | None |
| 3 | StagingDeployed | StagingFailed | RemoveStaging |
| 4 | E2EPassed | E2EFailed | RemoveStaging |
| 5 | ProductionDeployed | ProductionFailed | RollbackAll |

### Saga Coordinator:

```json
{
  "saga_id": "deploy-feature-xyz",
  "current_step": 3,
  "status": "in_progress",
  "completed_steps": [
    {"step": 1, "event": "ArtifactBuilt"},
    {"step": 2, "event": "TestsPassed"}
  ],
  "compensation_stack": [
    {"step": 3, "compensate": "RemoveFromStaging"}
  ]
}

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## 📊 Event Correlation

### Correlating Related Events

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## Event Correlation

**Correlation ID:** project-xyz-feature-123

All related events share this ID for tracking:

| Time | Event | Agent | Correlation ID |
|------|-------|-------|----------------|
| 10:00 | FeatureStarted | /orchestrator | project-xyz-feature-123 |
| 10:05 | DesignStarted | /backend-architect | project-xyz-feature-123 |
| 10:30 | DesignCompleted | /backend-architect | project-xyz-feature-123 |
| 10:35 | ImplementationStarted | /python-pro | project-xyz-feature-123 |
| 11:15 | ImplementationCompleted | /python-pro | project-xyz-feature-123 |
| 11:20 | TestingStarted | /test-engineer | project-xyz-feature-123 |
| 11:45 | TestingCompleted | /test-engineer | project-xyz-feature-123 |
| 11:50 | FeatureCompleted | /orchestrator | project-xyz-feature-123 |

### Correlation Query:
"Show all events for correlation_id = project-xyz-feature-123"

### Result:
Complete timeline of feature development with all agent interactions.

Event Aggregation#

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## Event Aggregation

**Aggregator:** Wait for multiple events before proceeding

### Configuration:
```json
{
  "aggregator_id": "phase1-complete",
  "wait_for": [
    {"type": "APIDesignCompleted", "from": "/backend-architect"},
    {"type": "WireframeCompleted", "from": "/ux-designer"},
    {"type": "TestPlanCompleted", "from": "/test-engineer"}
  ],
  "timeout": "2h",
  "on_complete": "Phase1CompletedEvent",
  "on_timeout": "Phase1TimeoutEvent"
}

Status:#

EventStatusReceived AtAPIDesignCompleted✅ Received10:30WireframeCompleted✅ Received10:45TestPlanCompleted⏳ Waiting-

Aggregation Status: 2/3 events received, waiting for TestPlanCompleted

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## ⚠️ Error Handling

### Dead Letter Queue

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## Dead Letter Queue (DLQ)

Events that fail processing go to DLQ for investigation.

### DLQ Contents:

| Event ID | Type | Failure Reason | Retries | Action |
|----------|------|----------------|---------|--------|
| evt-001 | TaskCompleted | Handler timeout | 3 | Investigate |
| evt-002 | ReviewRequested | Agent unavailable | 3 | Retry later |
| evt-003 | DeployCommand | Invalid payload | 1 | Fix and replay |

### DLQ Processing:

1. **Investigate:** Check why event failed
2. **Fix:** Correct the issue (handler bug, data issue)
3. **Replay:** Reprocess the event
4. **Archive:** If not recoverable, archive with notes

Retry Strategy#

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## Event Retry Configuration

**Default Retry Policy:**
```json
{
  "max_retries": 3,
  "backoff_type": "exponential",
  "initial_delay": "1s",
  "max_delay": "30s",
  "retry_on": ["timeout", "temporary_failure"],
  "no_retry_on": ["invalid_payload", "unauthorized"]
}

Retry Timeline:

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Attempt 1: Immediate
Attempt 2: After 1s
Attempt 3: After 2s
Attempt 4: After 4s (if configured)
→ DLQ: After all retries exhausted

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## 📈 Event Monitoring

### Event Dashboard

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## Event System Dashboard

### Throughput (Last Hour)

Events Published: ████████████████████ 1,247 Events Consumed: ███████████████████░ 1,198 Events Failed: █░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 49 Events in DLQ: ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 12

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### By Topic
| Topic | Published | Consumed | Lag |
|-------|-----------|----------|-----|
| project.tasks | 450 | 448 | 2 |
| project.reviews | 120 | 120 | 0 |
| project.alerts | 15 | 15 | 0 |

### Agent Activity
| Agent | Published | Consumed | Processing |
|-------|-----------|----------|------------|
| /backend-architect | 85 | 120 | 2 |
| /frontend-specialist | 75 | 95 | 1 |
| /test-engineer | 45 | 180 | 0 |

### Health
- Event Bus: 🟢 Healthy
- Average Latency: 45ms
- Consumer Lag: Low

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🔀 Choreography vs Orchestration#

Choreography (Decentralized)#

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## Choreography Pattern

Each agent knows what to do when receiving events.
No central coordinator needed.

**Flow:**

[Agent A] ─publishes─▶ EventX │ ┌───────────┼───────────┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ [Agent B] [Agent C] [Agent D] (reacts) (reacts) (reacts) │ │ │ ▼ ▼ ▼ EventY EventZ EventW

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**Pros:**
- Loose coupling
- Agents are independent
- Easy to add new agents

**Cons:**
- Hard to track overall flow
- Debugging complex
- No central control

**Best for:** Simple workflows, microservices

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