Using object storage (Tigris) as a message queue via object notifications eliminates the need to deploy and manage a dedicated broker like Kafka or RabbitMQ. When an object is written to a bucket, Tigris fires a webhook to a configured endpoint, enabling a writer/watcher pattern where agents coordinate without knowing about each other. A content moderation pipeline example demonstrates two agents: one classifies posts using Claude and writes results to a bucket, another routes them based on classification confidence. Key gotchas include at-least-once delivery requiring idempotent handlers, mandatory webhook auth, returning HTTP 500 to trigger retries, and unordered delivery. The pattern applies broadly to image processing, document indexing, CI artifact distribution, log analysis, and multi-step research workflows.
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Webhooks are the 2007 pattern your agents need The writer/watcher pattern: agents that never talk Example: content moderation with two agents Things that bit me so they don't bite you Where else silent agents beat chatty ones Sort: