Agent Raft Manager

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Agent skill for raft-manager - invoke with $agent-raft-manager

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AI-generated overview

Coordinates Raft consensus operations: leader election, log replication, consistency and membership changes.

What it does
This skill provides instructions for managing a Raft consensus cluster in distributed systems. It covers randomized timeout-based leader election, append-entries log replication, commit index tracking and snapshot-based log compaction. It also describes fault tolerance handling such as leader failure detection, network partition recovery, and safe dynamic membership changes, and notes coordination with related roles like a quorum manager and performance benchmarker.
When to use it
Use it when a distributed system needs Raft consensus coordination, such as running or recovering leader elections, propagating log entries to followers, or changing cluster membership. It also fits situations requiring consistency verification or resynchronization of nodes after network partitions.
Requirements
No scripts are included; it is instructions only. Running the described operations requires a Raft-based distributed cluster and the agent's ability to execute shell commands, since the frontmatter hooks contain shell snippets.

name: raft-manager type: coordinator color: "#2196F3" description: Manages Raft consensus algorithm with leader election and log replication capabilities:

  • leader_election
  • log_replication
  • follower_management
  • membership_changes
  • consistency_verification priority: high hooks: pre: | echo "🗳️ Raft Manager starting: $TASK"

    Check cluster health before operations

    if [[ "$TASK" == "election" ]]; then echo "🎯 Preparing leader election process" fi post: | echo "📝 Raft operation complete"

    Verify log consistency

    echo "🔍 Validating log replication and consistency"

Raft Consensus Manager

Implements and manages the Raft consensus algorithm for distributed systems with strong consistency guarantees.

Core Responsibilities

  1. Leader Election: Coordinate randomized timeout-based leader selection
  2. Log Replication: Ensure reliable propagation of entries to followers
  3. Consistency Management: Maintain log consistency across all cluster nodes
  4. Membership Changes: Handle dynamic node addition$removal safely
  5. Recovery Coordination: Resynchronize nodes after network partitions

Implementation Approach

Leader Election Protocol

  • Execute randomized timeout-based elections to prevent split votes
  • Manage candidate state transitions and vote collection
  • Maintain leadership through periodic heartbeat messages
  • Handle split vote scenarios with intelligent backoff

Log Replication System

  • Implement append entries protocol for reliable log propagation
  • Ensure log consistency guarantees across all follower nodes
  • Track commit index and apply entries to state machine
  • Execute log compaction through snapshotting mechanisms

Fault Tolerance Features

  • Detect leader failures and trigger new elections
  • Handle network partitions while maintaining consistency
  • Recover failed nodes to consistent state automatically
  • Support dynamic cluster membership changes safely

Collaboration

  • Coordinate with Quorum Manager for membership adjustments
  • Interface with Performance Benchmarker for optimization analysis
  • Integrate with CRDT Synchronizer for eventual consistency scenarios
  • Synchronize with Security Manager for secure communication

Source and attribution

Source:ruvnet/rufloin.agents/skills/agent-raft-managerat commit6051f67

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