How Consonant Solves This
We replace the monolithic container with a distributed agent runtime composed of three pillars: Independence, Coordination, and Visibility.
The Three Pillars of Consonant
To solve the production disasters, Consonant fundamentally changes the architecture of multi-agent systems. We provide three core capabilities that work together to create a robust production environment.
1. Independent Agent Runtime (KAgent)
We wrap each agent in a specialized Kubernetes Runtime (KAgent). This gives each agent its own IP address, its own resource quota, and its own scaling policy.
- Solves Blast Radius (Failures are isolated)
- Solves Cost Waste (Right-sized resources)
- Solves Deployment Risk (Independent updates)
2. Automatic Coordination (Control Plane)
Once agents are distributed, they need to talk. Consonant's control plane handles all communication, routing requests based on high-level goals and enforcing policies before any action is taken.
- Dynamic Request Routing
- Policy Enforcement (OPA)
- Automatic Retries & Circuit Breaking
3. Complete Visibility (Observability)
Debugging distributed systems is hard. Consonant instruments everything automatically. Get full distributed traces, inputs/outputs for every step, and cost tracking per agent.
- Distributed Tracing (OpenTelemetry)
- Step-by-step Replay
- Cost Attribution
How it comes together
You define your agents in a manifest, and Consonant handles the rest.
apiVersion: consonant/v1
kind: Project
metadata:
name: market-research
spec:
agents:
- name: researcher
image: agents/researcher:v1
resources: { cpu: "2", memory: "4Gi" }
- name: writer
image: agents/writer:v1
resources: { cpu: "0.5", memory: "1Gi" }
policies:
- name: budget-limit
rule: "cost < $10"