diff --git a/agent/Cargo.toml b/agent/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "nanometrics-agent"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[lib]
+name = "nanometrics_agent"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "nanometrics-agent"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[profile.release]
+strip = true
+opt-level = "z"
+lto = true
+codegen-units = 1
+
+[dependencies]
+sysinfo = { version = "0.30", default-features = false, features = ["system", "networks", "disk"] }
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1"
+toml = "0.8"
+rumqttc = { version = "0.24", default-features = false, features = ["use-native-tls"] }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/agent/config.toml.example b/agent/config.toml.example
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+[server]
+ip = "10.0.0.50"
+port = 9999
+
+[protocols.udp]
+enabled = true
+
+[protocols.mqtt]
+enabled = false
+host = "10.0.0.3"
+port = 1883
+topic_base = "nanometrics/agents"
+auto_discovery = true
+birth_message = true
+last_will = true
+
+[metrics.cpu]
+udp = true
+mqtt = true
+
+[metrics.memory]
+udp = true
+mqtt = true
+
+[metrics.disk]
+udp = true
+mqtt = false
+
+[metrics.network]
+udp = false
+mqtt = false
+
+[metrics.uptime]
+udp = true
+mqtt = false
+
+[metrics.temperature]
+udp = false
+mqtt = false
+
+[metrics.smart]
+udp = true
+mqtt = false
diff --git a/agent/src/lib.rs b/agent/src/lib.rs
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+pub mod config;
+pub mod metrics;
+pub mod payload;
+pub mod transport;