Task Server

The Task Server is a distributed task processing component in Canso's AI Agentic System that empowers AI agents the ability with to execute long running or computationally intensive tasks asynchronously.

The diagram below illustrates how the task server integrates with your AI Agent.

The tools provided by Canso integrate seamlessly with the Task Server. All you need to do is set up the Broker and the Task Server, which involves executing a simple CLI command, and add the Canso tools to your AI Agent.

Core Design Philosophy

The Task Server implements a fundamental architectural principle: the separation between agent decision-making and task execution. This separation provides several key advantages:

1. Clean Separation of Concerns

   • Agents focus purely on decision-making and workflow orchestration

   • Task execution is handled independently by specialized workers

   • Clear boundaries between thinking (agents) and doing (tasks)

2. Scalability and Resource Optimization

   • Agent processes remain lightweight and responsive

   • Compute-intensive tasks are offloaded to appropriate workers

   • Independent scaling of agent instances and task workers

3. Enhanced Reliability

   • Task failures don't impact agent stability

   • Retry mechanisms are handled separately from agent logic

   • Better error isolation and recovery

This architecture enables AI agents to orchestrate complex workflows while maintaining responsiveness and reliability, making it ideal for production deployments.

Setting up the Task Server

To set up the task server, define a YAML file:

task_server:
  type: celery
  name: task_server
  replicas: 4
  concurrency_per_replica: 1
  broker_resource_name: redis

The table below explains the configuration attribues:

Attribute	Description	Example
type	Type of task server being used	celery
name	Unique name of the task server	agent-task-server
replicas	Number of worker replicas	4
concurrency_per_replica	Tasks per worker	1
broker_resource_name	Associated broker instance	redis

Note: Before setting up a task server, setting up a Broker is a prerequisite. See Broker for more details.

Run the gru command to to set up the task server:

gru component setup --cluster-name <cluster-name> --config-file config.yaml

Tool Tips

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