Babysitter consensus-mechanisms

Multi-protocol consensus for agent swarms supporting Raft leader election, Byzantine fault tolerance, Gossip state propagation, and CRDT conflict-free merging.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/library/methodologies/ruflo/skills/consensus-mechanisms" ~/.claude/skills/a5c-ai-babysitter-consensus-mechanisms && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: library/methodologies/ruflo/skills/consensus-mechanisms/SKILL.md

Consensus Mechanisms

Overview

Implement distributed consensus among agent swarms. Select the appropriate protocol based on fault tolerance requirements, swarm size, and communication topology.

When to Use

Multiple agents have produced independent solutions needing reconciliation
Byzantine fault tolerance is required (untrusted or unreliable agents)
State synchronization across distributed agent swarms
Conflict-free data merging in concurrent operations

Protocols

Protocol	Use Case	Fault Tolerance	Complexity
Raft	Leader-based consensus, ordered log	Crash faults (f < n/2)	Medium
Byzantine	Untrusted agents, adversarial conditions	Byzantine faults (f < n/3)	High
Gossip	Eventual consistency, state propagation	Partition tolerant	Low
CRDT	Conflict-free replicated data types	Always convergent	Low

Weighted Voting

Queen agents: 3x weight multiplier
Worker agents: 1x weight
Configurable consensus threshold (majority, supermajority, unanimous)

Agents Used

```
agents/swarm-coordinator/
```
- Protocol orchestration
```
agents/strategic-queen/
```
- Weighted voting leadership

Tool Use

Invoke via babysitter process:

methodologies/ruflo/ruflo-swarm-coordination