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@reaatech/agent-mesh-router

Dispatch over MCP or in-process (type: 'inprocess', via registerInProcessAgent). A metadata passthrough carries host context (e.g. a tenant orgId) into the ContextPacket.

Status: Pre-1.0 — APIs may change in minor versions. Pin to a specific version in production.

MCP-based agent dispatch layer for the agent-mesh orchestrator. Builds context packets, routes requests to registered agents via the Model Context Protocol (StreamableHTTP transport), validates responses against Zod schemas, and manages connection pooling with circuit breaker integration.

Installation

npm install @reaatech/agent-mesh-router
# or
pnpm add @reaatech/agent-mesh-router

Feature Overview

• MCP StreamableHTTP transport — communicates with agents using the standard MCP protocol over HTTP
• Connection pooling — up to 5 pooled connections per agent with timeout-based eviction
• Request timeouts — configurable timeout per dispatch with Promise.race
• Automatic retries — configurable retry attempts (default 3) for transient failures
• Circuit breaker integration — gates dispatch on per-agent circuit state before sending
• Response validation — parses MCP tool results against AgentResponseSchema, handling string/JSON/structured formats
• Metric recording — emits dispatch duration histograms and error counters per agent

Quick Start

import { dispatchToAgent, buildTurnEntry } from "@reaatech/agent-mesh-router";

const response = await dispatchToAgent(servalAgent, {
  sessionId: "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  employeeId: "emp-123",
  displayName: "John Doe",
  rawInput: "Reset my password",
  intentSummary: "Password reset request",
  entities: { account_type: "okta" },
  detectedLanguage: "en",
  turnHistory: [],
  workflowState: {},
});

console.log(response.content);
// → "I've initiated your password reset. Check your email."

API Reference

Dispatch

dispatchToAgent(agent, input): Promise<AgentResponse>

The main entry point. Checks the circuit breaker, builds a ContextPacket, dispatches via MCP, records success/failure, and returns a validated AgentResponse.

async function dispatchToAgent(
  agent: AgentConfig,
  input: {
    sessionId: string;
    employeeId: string;
    displayName: string;
    rawInput: string;
    intentSummary: string;
    entities: Record<string, unknown>;
    detectedLanguage: string;
    turnHistory: TurnEntry[];
    workflowState: Record<string, unknown>;
  },
): Promise<AgentResponse>

Throws

• Circuit breaker OPEN for agent <id> — if the circuit is open
• MCP request timeout after <ms>ms — if the dispatch exceeds the timeout
• Agent response did not match AgentResponseSchema — if the response can't be validated
• Failed to dispatch request to agent <id> — if all retries are exhausted

Turn Helpers

buildTurnEntry(role, content, intentSummary?): TurnEntry

Creates a timestamped turn entry for session history.

formatAgentResponse(response): string

Extracts the content string from an AgentResponse.

shouldCloseSession(response): boolean

Returns true if workflow_complete is true.

getUpdatedWorkflowState(current, response): Record<string, unknown>

Returns the agent's workflow_state if provided, otherwise the current state.

MCP Client

mcpClientFactory (singleton)

Manages a pool of McpClient instances, one per agent ID. Reuses existing clients on subsequent calls.

import { mcpClientFactory } from "@reaatech/agent-mesh-router";

// Get or create a client for an agent
const client = mcpClientFactory.getClient(agentConfig);

// Close all pooled connections (graceful shutdown)
await mcpClientFactory.closeAll();

// Remove a specific agent's client
mcpClientFactory.removeClient("serval");

McpClient (class)

Method	Description
sendMessage(context)	Sends a ContextPacket via MCP and returns a validated AgentResponse
close()	Closes all pooled connections for this agent
isConnected()	Returns true if at least one pooled connection is active

Connection pooling behavior:

• Up to 5 connections per agent
• Expired connections (>5s idle) are evicted
• Automatic retry with MCP_MAX_RETRIES attempts
• 50ms backoff when pool is saturated

Context Packet Shape

The ContextPacket built by dispatchToAgent and sent to agents:

interface ContextPacket {
  session_id: string;           // UUID
  request_id: string;           // UUID (generated per dispatch)
  employee_id: string;
  display_name: string;
  raw_input: string;
  intent_summary: string;
  entities: Record<string, unknown>;
  detected_language: string;
  turn_history: TurnEntry[];
  workflow_state: Record<string, unknown>;
}

Configuration

Variable	Default	Description
MCP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS	30000	Dispatch timeout in milliseconds
MCP_MAX_RETRIES	3	Max retry attempts for failed dispatches
ENABLE_CIRCUIT_BREAKER	true	Whether to check circuit breaker before dispatching

Usage Patterns

Full Dispatch Pipeline

import { dispatchToAgent, shouldCloseSession, getUpdatedWorkflowState } from "@reaatech/agent-mesh-router";

async function routeRequest(agent: AgentConfig, session: SessionRecord, classification: ClassifierOutput, input: string) {
  const response = await dispatchToAgent(agent, {
    sessionId: session.session_id,
    employeeId: session.employee_id,
    displayName: "User",
    rawInput: input,
    intentSummary: classification.intent_summary,
    entities: classification.entities,
    detectedLanguage: classification.detected_language,
    turnHistory: session.turn_history,
    workflowState: session.workflow_state,
  });

  if (shouldCloseSession(response)) {
    await closeSession(session.session_id, "completed");
  } else {
    const updatedState = getUpdatedWorkflowState(session.workflow_state, response);
    await updateWorkflowState(session.session_id, updatedState);
  }

  return response.content;
}

Graceful Shutdown

import { mcpClientFactory } from "@reaatech/agent-mesh-router";

process.on("SIGTERM", async () => {
  await mcpClientFactory.closeAll();
  process.exit(0);
});

Related Packages

• @reaatech/agent-mesh — Core types (ContextPacket, AgentResponse, MCP constants)
• @reaatech/agent-mesh-registry — Agent config types
• @reaatech/agent-mesh-utils — Circuit breaker (used for health gating)
• @reaatech/agent-mesh-observability — Metrics (dispatch duration, errors)

License

MIT