Paddock

Paddock Agent Skill

Paddock is an AI agent orchestration dashboard with real-time SSE/WebSocket, a skill registry, framework adapters, and RBAC. This skill teaches agents how to interact with Paddock APIs programmatically.

Quick Start

Base URL: http://localhost:3000 (default Next.js dev) or your deployed host.

Auth header: x-api-key: <your-api-key>

Register + heartbeat in two calls:

# 1. Register
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/adapters \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: $MC_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "framework": "generic",
    "action": "register",
    "payload": { "agentId": "my-agent-01", "name": "My Agent" }
  }'

# 2. Heartbeat (repeat every 5 minutes)
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/adapters \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: $MC_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "framework": "generic",
    "action": "heartbeat",
    "payload": { "agentId": "my-agent-01", "status": "online" }
  }'

Authentication

Paddock supports two auth methods:

Roles (hierarchical): viewer < operator < admin

• viewer — Read-only access (GET endpoints)
• operator — Create/update agents, tasks, skills, use adapters
• admin — Full access including user management

API key auth grants admin role by default. The key is set via API_KEY env var or the security.api_key DB setting.

Agents can identify themselves with the optional X-Agent-Name header for attribution in audit logs.

Agent Lifecycle

register → heartbeat (5m interval) → fetch assignments → report task status → disconnect

All lifecycle actions go through the adapter protocol (POST /api/adapters).

1. Register

{
  "framework": "generic",
  "action": "register",
  "payload": {
    "agentId": "my-agent-01",
    "name": "My Agent",
    "metadata": { "version": "1.0", "capabilities": ["code", "review"] }
  }
}

2. Heartbeat

Send every ~5 minutes to stay marked as online.

{
  "framework": "generic",
  "action": "heartbeat",
  "payload": {
    "agentId": "my-agent-01",
    "status": "online",
    "metrics": { "tasks_completed": 5, "uptime_seconds": 3600 }
  }
}

3. Fetch Assignments

Returns up to 5 pending tasks sorted by priority (critical → low), then due date.

{
  "framework": "generic",
  "action": "assignments",
  "payload": { "agentId": "my-agent-01" }
}

Response:

{
  "assignments": [
    { "taskId": "42", "description": "Fix login bug\nUsers cannot log in with SSO", "priority": 1 }
  ],
  "framework": "generic"
}

4. Report Task Progress

{
  "framework": "generic",
  "action": "report",
  "payload": {
    "taskId": "42",
    "agentId": "my-agent-01",
    "progress": 75,
    "status": "in_progress",
    "output": "Fixed SSO handler, running tests..."
  }
}

status values: in_progress, done, failed, blocked

5. Disconnect

{
  "framework": "generic",
  "action": "disconnect",
  "payload": { "agentId": "my-agent-01" }
}

Core API Reference

Agents — /api/agents

GET response shape:

{
  "agents": [{
    "id": 1, "name": "scout", "role": "researcher", "status": "online",
    "config": {}, "taskStats": { "total": 10, "assigned": 2, "in_progress": 1, "completed": 7 }
  }],
  "total": 1, "page": 1, "limit": 50
}

Tasks — /api/tasks

Priority values: critical, high, medium, low

Status values: backlog, inbox, assigned, awaiting_owner, in_progress, review, quality_review, ready_for_owner, done, failed

Note: Moving a task to done via PUT requires an Aegis quality review approval.

POST response:

{
  "task": {
    "id": 42, "title": "Fix login bug", "status": "assigned",
    "priority": "high", "assigned_to": "scout", "ticket_ref": "GEN-001",
    "tags": ["bug"], "metadata": {}
  }
}

Skills — /api/skills

Skill sources: user-agents, user-codex, project-agents, project-codex, openclaw

Status — /api/status

Adapters — /api/adapters

Framework Adapter Protocol

All agent lifecycle operations use a single endpoint:

POST /api/adapters
Content-Type: application/json
x-api-key: <key>

{
  "framework": "<adapter-name>",
  "action": "<action>",
  "payload": { ... }
}

Available frameworks: generic, openclaw, crewai, langgraph, autogen, claude-sdk

Available actions: register, heartbeat, report, assignments, disconnect

All adapters implement the same FrameworkAdapter interface — choose the one matching your agent framework, or use generic as a universal fallback.

Payload shapes by action:

Environment Variables

Real-Time Events

Paddock broadcasts events via SSE (/api/events) and WebSocket. Key event types:

• agent.created, agent.updated, agent.status_changed
• task.created, task.updated, task.status_changed

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