https://brianscaturro.com/ Recent content on Brian Scaturro's Blog Hugo en-us Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:58:42 -0500 https://brianscaturro.com/posts/cogs-agents-as-channels/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:58:42 -0500 https://brianscaturro.com/posts/cogs-agents-as-channels/ <p><img src="channel.gif" alt="Two cog agents passing a value across a Clojure core.async channel"></p> <p>LLM based applications are inherently workflow oriented. All of our favorite tools and services in this new glorious age are predicated upon us messaging an agent and then waiting for a response. Sometimes we have to wait for a while because those agents are using tools or messaging other agents that have access to different tools.</p> <p>Clojure&rsquo;s <a href="https://clojure.github.io/core.async/rationale.html">core.async</a> was made for this sort of coordination. It provides an excellent set of tools for creating async workflows. The stated purpose being &ldquo;to provide facilities for independent threads of activity, communicating via queue-like channels&rdquo;.</p>