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Event-Driven Blackboard(EDB)
Shared knowledge base through event streaming for asynchronous collaboration
In 30 seconds
- What
- Agents post events to a shared knowledge base; other agents subscribe, react asynchronously, and post new events, creating a persistent audit trail of contributions.
- When to use
- Multiple agents must collaborate on evolving problems where intermediate results inform others, and you need to track how conclusions formed over time.
- Watch out
- Event ordering and timing bugs multiply quickly; agents may act on stale data or miss critical events, causing inconsistent final states.
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Event-Driven Blackboard: Overview
Shared knowledge base through event streaming for asynchronous collaboration
- Event-sourced shared knowledge
- Asynchronous agent collaboration
- Knowledge evolution tracking
- Multi-agent contributions
- Event-based triggers and reactions
- Persistent collaboration history
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