Flux Skill

Flux is a persistent, shared, event-sourced world state engine. Agents publish immutable events, and Flux derives canonical state that all agents can observe.

Key Concepts

• Events: Immutable observations (temperature readings, status changes, etc.)
• Entities: State objects derived from events (sensors, devices, agents)
• Properties: Key-value attributes of entities (merged on update — only changed properties need to be sent)
• Streams: Logical event namespaces (sensors, agents, system)
• Namespaces: Multi-tenant isolation with token auth (optional, for public instances)

Prerequisites

Public instance: https://api.flux-universe.com (namespace purchased at flux-universe.com — name auto-assigned at purchase, e.g. dawn-coral)

Local instance: http://localhost:3000 (default, override with FLUX_URL env var)

Authentication: Set FLUX_TOKEN to your bearer token. Required for the public instance. Optional for local instances with auth disabled.

Namespace Prefix

All entity IDs must be prefixed with your namespace:

yournamespace/entity-name

Example with namespace dawn-coral:

./scripts/flux.sh publish sensors agent-01 dawn-coral/sensor-01 \
  '{"temperature":22.5}'
./scripts/flux.sh get dawn-coral/sensor-01

Entity IDs without a namespace prefix will be rejected on auth-enabled instances.

Getting Started

First, verify your connection:

./scripts/flux.sh health

Then check the directory to see what's available on the Flux Universe:

./scripts/flux.sh get flux-core/directory

The directory lists all active namespaces, entity counts, and total entities — a good way to discover what data is flowing through the system.

Scripts

Use the provided bash script in the scripts/ directory:

• flux.sh - Main CLI tool

Common Operations

Publish Event

./scripts/flux.sh publish <stream> <source> <entity_id> <properties_json>

# Replace dawn-coral with your namespace
# Example: Publish sensor reading
./scripts/flux.sh publish sensors agent-01 dawn-coral/temp-sensor-01 '{"temperature":22.5,"unit":"celsius"}'

Query Entity State

./scripts/flux.sh get <entity_id>

# Replace dawn-coral with your namespace
# Example: Get current sensor state
./scripts/flux.sh get dawn-coral/temp-sensor-01

List All Entities

./scripts/flux.sh list

# Filter by prefix
./scripts/flux.sh list --prefix scada/

Delete Entity

./scripts/flux.sh delete <entity_id>

# Example: Remove old test entity
./scripts/flux.sh delete test/old-entity

Batch Publish Events

# Replace dawn-coral with your namespace
./scripts/flux.sh batch '[
  {"stream":"sensors","source":"agent-01","payload":{"entity_id":"dawn-coral/sensor-01","properties":{"temp":22}}},
  {"stream":"sensors","source":"agent-01","payload":{"entity_id":"dawn-coral/sensor-02","properties":{"temp":23}}}
]'

Check Connector Status

./scripts/flux.sh connectors

Admin Config

# Read runtime config
./scripts/flux.sh admin-config

# Update (requires FLUX_ADMIN_TOKEN)
./scripts/flux.sh admin-config '{"rate_limit_per_namespace_per_minute": 5000}'

Use Cases

Multi-Agent Coordination

Agents publish observations to shared entities:

# Replace dawn-coral with your namespace
# Agent A observes temperature
flux.sh publish sensors agent-a dawn-coral/room-101 '{"temperature":22.5}'

# Agent B queries current state
flux.sh get dawn-coral/room-101
# Returns: {"temperature":22.5,...}

Status Tracking

Track service/system state:

# Replace dawn-coral with your namespace
# Publish status change
flux.sh publish system monitor dawn-coral/api-gateway '{"status":"healthy","uptime":3600}'

# Query current status
flux.sh get dawn-coral/api-gateway

API Endpoints

Event Ingestion:

• POST /api/events — Publish single event (1 MB limit)
• POST /api/events/batch — Publish multiple events (10 MB limit)

State Query:

• GET /api/state/entities — List all entities (supports ?prefix= and ?namespace= filters)
• GET /api/state/entities/:id — Get specific entity

Entity Management:

• DELETE /api/state/entities/:id — Delete single entity
• POST /api/state/entities/delete — Batch delete (by namespace/prefix/IDs)

Real-time Updates:

• GET /api/ws — WebSocket subscription

Connectors:

• GET /api/connectors — List connectors and status
• POST /api/connectors/:name/token — Store PAT credential
• DELETE /api/connectors/:name/token — Remove credential

Admin:

• GET /api/admin/config — Read runtime config
• PUT /api/admin/config — Update runtime config (requires FLUX_ADMIN_TOKEN)

Namespaces (auth mode only):

• POST /api/namespaces — Register namespace (returns auth token)

Notes

• Events auto-generate UUIDs (no need to provide eventId)
• Properties merge on updates — only send changed properties, existing ones are preserved
• Timestamp field must be epoch milliseconds (i64) — required by the API, auto-generated by flux.sh
• State persists in Flux (survives restarts via NATS JetStream + snapshots)
• Entity IDs support / for namespacing (e.g., scada/pump-01)