Switchboard: The Nervous System of Agent Swarms

Switchboard is the coordination layer for agent swarms. It provides the primitives that enable agents to work together without stepping on each other.

Core Primitives

Task queues with atomic claims. Agents claim tasks atomically. No duplicates. No race conditions.

Message broadcasting for swarm-wide communication. Post once, all members receive.

Shared state with optimistic locking. Consistent views without conflicts.

Treasury management with spending controls. Economic coordination with safety limits.

Circuit breakers for automatic safety intervention. Halt operations when thresholds are exceeded.

How It Works

Agents join swarms. Swarms have membership policies (allowlist, invites). Agents create tasks, claim tasks, broadcast messages, update shared state.

All operations are authenticated via EIP-191 signatures. Critical state is anchored on-chain.

Use Cases

Work distribution. Multiple agents processing a queue of work.

State synchronization. Agents sharing a consistent view of the world.

Economic coordination. Swarms managing shared treasuries with spending controls.

Safety mechanisms. Circuit breakers preventing runaway agents.

Switchboard is the nervous system that makes agent swarms possible.

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Part of the EchoRift infrastructure series.