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Introduction
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The EVP Agent is a runtime that orchestrates
applications called *modules* and connects them
to an MQTT-based Hub.

The hub can request the agent
to spawn zero or more *module instances*
of a *module*.

EVP is an abstraction layer
between devices the Hubs,
so that user applications (modules)
do not have to worry about
Hub-specific interfaces
or implementation details.

More specifically,
EVP is a set of interfaces and protocols
supported by the EVP Agent.

.. toctree::
	:maxdepth: 1

	agent_features
	../platforms/index
	release_process