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Event-Driven Agent Architecture

Reviewed 9 April 2026 Canonical definition

An event-driven agent architecture is a design pattern where AI agents are triggered by events — such as a new message, a database change, or a scheduled signal — rather than polling for work or receiving direct calls. Events are produced to a message bus and consumed by agents, enabling loose coupling, horizontal scaling, and full event-sourced audit trails.