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The Global Event Bus enables decoupled communication between core systems and plugins through a type-safe event system. Core systems emit events when important actions occur, and plugins can react without direct coupling to business logic. Note: This documentation covers the internal backend event bus for plugin communication. If you’re looking for the satellite events system (incoming events from satellites), see Satellite Events.

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Overview

Key features:
  • Type Safety: Full TypeScript integration with strongly-typed event data
  • Plugin Isolation: Secure event listener registration with error isolation
  • Performance: Fire-and-forget event processing
  • Security: Events cannot be intercepted or modified by plugins

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Event Naming Convention

Events follow the domain.action pattern, aligned with the permission structure:
  • user.registered, user.login, user.logout, user.updated, user.deleted
  • team.created, team.updated, team.member_added, team.member_removed
  • settings.updated, settings.smtp_configured, settings.github_configured
  • mcp.server_installed, mcp.server_uninstalled, mcp.server_configured

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Event Data Structure

interface EventData<T = any> {
  userId?: string;
  teamId?: string;
  data: T;
}

interface EventContext {
  db: AnyDatabase | null;
  logger: FastifyBaseLogger;
  user?: { id: string; email: string; roleId: string; };
  request?: { ip: string; userAgent?: string; requestId: string; };
  timestamp: Date;
}

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Event Constants

import { EVENT_NAMES } from '../events';

EVENT_NAMES.USER_REGISTERED    // 'user.registered'
EVENT_NAMES.TEAM_CREATED       // 'team.created'
EVENT_NAMES.SETTINGS_UPDATED   // 'settings.updated'

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Usage in Core Routes

Emit events after successful operations: 
// After successful user registration
server.eventBus?.emitWithContext(
  EVENT_NAMES.USER_REGISTERED,
  { userId: newUser.id, data: { user: newUser, source: 'email_registration' } },
  eventContext
);

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Plugin Event Listeners

Plugins register event listeners in their configuration: 
class EmailNotificationPlugin implements Plugin {
  eventListeners: EventListeners = {
    [EVENT_NAMES.USER_REGISTERED]: this.handleUserRegistered.bind(this)
  };

  private async handleUserRegistered(eventData: EventData, context: EventContext) {
    await this.sendWelcomeEmail(eventData.data.user);
  }
}
For detailed plugin event listener examples, see the Plugin System Documentation.

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Available Events

Events are emitted for user lifecycle (user.*), team management (team.*), settings changes (settings.*), and MCP operations (mcp.*). Each event includes relevant data and context. For complete event schemas and data structures, see the event type definitions.