diff --git a/chrs-agent/Cargo.toml b/chrs-agent/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "chrs-agent"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+ucxl = { path = "../UCXL" }
+chrs-mail = { path = "../chrs-mail" }
+chrs-graph = { path = "../chrs-graph" }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1"
+thiserror = "1"
+uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4"] }
+chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/chrs-agent/src/main.rs b/chrs-agent/src/main.rs
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+use chrs_graph::DoltGraph;
+use chrs_mail::{Mailbox, Message};
+use chrono::Utc;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::time::sleep;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+struct CHORUSAgent {
+    id: String,
+    mailbox: Mailbox,
+    graph: DoltGraph,
+}
+
+impl CHORUSAgent {
+    async fn init(id: &str, base_path: &Path) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        let mail_path = base_path.join("mail.sqlite");
+        let graph_path = base_path.join("state_graph");
+        
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&graph_path)?;
+        
+        let mailbox = Mailbox::open(mail_path)?;
+        let graph = DoltGraph::init(&graph_path)?;
+        
+        // Ensure table exists
+        let _ = graph.create_table("task_log", "id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, topic TEXT, payload TEXT, received_at TEXT");
+        
+        Ok(Self {
+            id: id.to_string(),
+            mailbox,
+            graph,
+        })
+    }
+
+    async fn run_loop(&self) {
+        println!("Agent {} starting run loop...", self.id);
+        loop {
+            match self.mailbox.receive_pending(&self.id) {
+                Ok(messages) => {
+                    for msg in messages {
+                        println!("Received message: {:?}", msg.topic);
+                        let log_entry = serde_json::json!({
+                            "id": msg.id.to_string(),
+                            "topic": msg.topic,
+                            "payload": msg.payload.to_string(),
+                            "received_at": Utc::now().to_rfc3339()
+                        });
+                        if let Err(e) = self.graph.insert_node("task_log", log_entry) {
+                            eprintln!("Failed to log task to graph: {}", e);
+                        } else {
+                            let _ = self.graph.commit(&format!("Logged task: {}", msg.id));
+                            let _ = self.mailbox.mark_read(msg.id);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(e) => eprintln!("Mailbox error: {}", e),
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let agent_id = "agent-001";
+    let base_path = Path::new("/home/Tony/rust/projects/reset/CHORUS/data/agent-001");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(base_path)?;
+    
+    let agent = CHORUSAgent::init(agent_id, base_path).await?;
+    agent.run_loop().await;
+    
+    Ok(())
+}