Create PoC demo of the Background agents and SM approach.
>>> [!note] Migrated issue <!-- Drupal.org comment --> <!-- Migrated from issue #3560792. --> Reported by: [harivansh](https://www.drupal.org/user/3678656) >>> <p>[Tracker]<br> <strong>Update Summary: </strong>Two proof of concepts have been made and need to be presented to the community. Aim is to record a video explaining them.<br> <strong>Short Description: </strong>Create working PoCs of moving AI Agents to Symfony Messenger to show how it could be done and create buyin for why it should be done.<br> <strong>Check-in Date: </strong>12/08/2025<br> <strong>Additional Collaborators:</strong> @harivansh, @lussoluca,<br> <em>Metadata is used by the <a href="https://www.drupalstarforge.ai/" title="AI Tracker">AI Tracker.</a> Docs and additional fields <a href="https://www.drupalstarforge.ai/ai-dashboard/docs" title="AI Issue Tracker Documentation">here</a>.</em><br> [/Tracker]</p> <h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>We need a working Proof of Concept (PoC) to validate how Background Agents can run long-running or scheduled tasks outside the main </p><ol> <li>Drupal request lifecycle while being orchestrated via a State Machine (SM).</li> <li>The PoC will help us confirm:</li> <li>How an agent is triggered (cron, queue, or external webhook).</li> <li>How its state transitions are managed via SM.</li> <li>How progress, errors, and retries are logged and handled.</li> <li>Whether this pattern fits our upcoming automation and integration workflows.</li> <li>This PoC will serve as a technical foundation before expanding to production-grade workflows.</li> </ol> <h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce (required for bugs, but not feature requests)</h4> <p>Please provide information like AI modules enabled, which AI provider, browser, etc.</p> <h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3> <p>There are two Proof of concepts that exist and ideally links to them / branches of the AI module should go here:</p> <ul> <li>lussoluca's here: <a href="https://github.com/lussoluca/ai_react_agent">https://github.com/lussoluca/ai_react_agent</a></li> <li>harivansh's: example with flowdrop</li> </ul> <p>TBD</p> <h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3> <h3>Optional: Other details as applicable (e.g., User interface changes, API changes, Data model changes)</h3> <p><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/flowdrop">https://www.drupal.org/project/flowdrop</a><br> <a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/eca">https://www.drupal.org/project/eca</a><br> <a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/ai_integration_eca">https://www.drupal.org/project/ai_integration_eca</a></p> > Related issue: [Issue #3560619](https://www.drupal.org/node/3560619)
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