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XSDR – Real-time event monitoring infrastructure for agents

XSDR – Real-time event monitoring infrastructure for agents

by wcrann3·Jun 29, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidShip ItSolve My Problem

Unified X and Firehose webhooks so agents skip polling and cron jobs.

Strengths
  • •Natural language rules convert prompts into syntax-compliant filters automatically.
  • •Handles connection lifecycle, reconnects, and retries without developer maintenance.
  • •Real-time webhook delivery beats polling for agent-triggered workflows.
Weaknesses
  • •Competes with established webhook platforms like Zapier and n8n.
  • •Unclear technical novelty beyond wrapping existing X API and crawling infrastructure.
Target Audience

AI agent developers, automation engineers

Similar To

Zapier · n8n · Make.com

Post Description

XSDR is a unified pipeline for monitoring activity on X and the web. I built it because I wanted my agent to do things based on real-time events that were taking place instead of polling the web or scheduling cron jobs.

With XSDR, you can trigger agentic loops based on real-time events. All you need is an API key, a webhook that can receive POST requests, and an idea of what you’re looking for.

It currently supports X and Firehose (aka a persistent web crawler).

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