leader-election

What problem does it solve?

This Skill prevents multiple instances of a service from running critical tasks simultaneously, ensuring only one instance processes jobs or performs actions at any given time, and automatically handles failover if the leader instance becomes unavailable.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Singleton Execution: Guarantees that only one instance of a service runs scheduled jobs, consumes from a queue, or acts as a coordinator.
• Automatic Failover: If the current leader instance fails, another instance automatically takes over leadership.
• Use Case: Running a daily report generation script where only one process should execute at a time to avoid duplicate reports or race conditions.

Quick Start

Use the leader-election skill to start the election process for the 'report-generator' service with the candidate ID 'worker-1'.