Swarm Orchestrator

The Swarm Orchestrator manages the lifecycle of the multi-agent cognitive swarm, coordinating between the Trident components and AI agent nodes.

Architecture

The orchestrator is the central coordinator. It receives scan requests, delegates to the Agent Governor, and aggregates results.

Key Components

Component	Responsibility
Orchestrator API	HTTP/WS entry point for all client requests
Agent Governor	Routes tasks, manages state, enforces data access
Circuit Breaker	AIMD-based failure prevention (3-retry limit per agent)
Session Manager	End-to-end encrypted communication channels

Agent State Management

Each agent maintains a state vector for load balancing and fault detection:

class AgentState(BaseModel):
    id: str
    cognitive_load: float         # Current load (0.0 - 1.0)
    active_missions: List[str]
    last_trace_id: Optional[str]
    circuit_breaker_status: str   # OPEN, HALF_OPEN, CLOSED

Execution Flow

1. Client submits scan → Orchestrator API
2. TENSOR generates attack chain schema
3. Schema validated, inputs sanitized via ABLATION
4. KINETIC executes scanners based on schema
5. Findings sent to TOKAMAK for sandbox validation
6. If CRITICAL → HITL pause for human approval
7. BurhanTrace generated, WORM logged, presented to UI

AIMD Circuit Breaker

When an agent API fails, the request rate is halved immediately. When requests succeed, the rate increases linearly. This prevents cascading failures when local LLM inference is overwhelmed.

For complete implementation details, see System Design & State Machine and Design Patterns.