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waitbus system achieves single-digit millisecond agent wake-ups

The waitbus system is designed for rapid event-driven agent wake-ups, achieving single-digit millisecond latency by minimizing network overhead. It utilizes four core modules: a listener, a SQLite event store, an eventfd doorbell, and a broadcast fan-out mechanism. Agents interact with waitbus via MCP, enabling efficient querying and event reception. The system prioritizes security by enforcing strict user ID checks and binding listeners to loopback interfaces, ensuring it operates within a single-user trust boundary. AI

IMPACT Enables faster agent response times, potentially improving the performance of AI-driven applications.

RANK_REASON The article describes a specific software system and its technical implementation, rather than a new release from a frontier lab, significant industry move, or academic research.

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waitbus system achieves single-digit millisecond agent wake-ups

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Sankalp Gilda ·

    How waitbus works: from event source to a waiting agent, over MCP

    <blockquote> <p><strong>TL;DR</strong> — How waitbus works, and why it is built the way it is. Four modules — a listener, a SQLite event store, an <code>eventfd</code> doorbell, and a broadcast fan-out — turn an upstream change into a wake in single-digit milliseconds. An agent t…

  2. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Sankalp Gilda ·

    How waitbus works: from event source to a waiting agent, over MCP

    <blockquote> <p><strong>TL;DR</strong> — How waitbus works, and why it is built the way it is. Four modules — a listener, a SQLite event store, an <code>eventfd</code> doorbell, and a broadcast fan-out — turn an upstream change into a wake in single-digit milliseconds. An agent t…