EmProps Job Queue

Welcome ​

EmProps Job Queue is a distributed AI workload broker designed for elastic scaling across ephemeral machines (SALAD, vast.ai). This documentation is organized to help you quickly find what you need based on your goal.

I want to... ​

Learn the system

• Quickstart Guide - Get your first job running in 5 minutes
• Core Concepts - Understand distributed architecture and design principles
• Why EmProps Job Queue? - Business context and problems solved

Solve a specific problem

• Operations Guides - Monitoring, debugging, scaling
• Development Guides - Testing, contributing, adding features
• Integration Guides - Webhooks, custom workflows, EmProps API

Look up technical details

• Architecture Reference - System design and data flow
• API Reference - WebSocket, REST, and internal APIs
• Observability - Telemetry, logging, metrics

Understand the future

• North Star Architecture - Strategic vision
• Specialized Pools - Phase 1 evolution
• Roadmap - Timeline and milestones

Documentation Philosophy ​

This documentation follows the Diátaxis framework:

• Tutorials (Getting Started) - Learning-oriented, hands-on guidance
• How-To Guides - Task-oriented, practical solutions
• Reference - Information-oriented, technical specifications
• Explanation (Concepts) - Understanding-oriented, background and context

For Contributors: See Contributing Guidelines and Architecture Decision RecordsFor Operators: Start with Operations GuidesFor Developers: Check Development Guides and Local Setup

Archive ​

Looking for the previous documentation structure? All content has been preserved during the restructure:

📦 Archived Documentation - Original numbered sections (01-10) and historical content available for reference