User Guide

This guide covers how to build with Pulsing. For design rationale, see Architecture & Design.

Suggested order: start with Actor Basics (what an Actor is, spawn, methods), then Communication Patterns (ask / tell / streaming), then Remote Actors (cluster and resolve).

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Topics

• Actor Basics

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  What an Actor is, @remote, spawn, and core patterns for robust distributed applications

  Actor Guide

• Communication Patterns

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  When to use sync, async, streaming, and fire-and-forget (ask / tell)

  Communication Patterns

• Remote Actors

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  Cluster setup: resolve, named actors, multi-node

  Remote Actors

• CLI Operations

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  Run, inspect, and benchmark your cluster

  Operations

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Quick Links

Goal	Link
New to Pulsing?	Quick Start
Actor basics first	Actor Guide
Choose communication pattern	Communication Patterns
Reliability patterns	Reliability
Secure your cluster	Security
Run LLM inference	LLM Inference
API details	API Overview
Full API contract	Complete Reference