diff --git a/agents/src/inference_runner.ts b/agents/src/inference_runner.ts
index 005eb0cd..3a2cd04a 100644
--- a/agents/src/inference_runner.ts
+++ b/agents/src/inference_runner.ts
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ export abstract class InferenceRunner {
   }
 
   abstract initialize(): Promise<void>;
-  abstract run(data: any): Promise<any>;
+  abstract run(data: unknown): Promise<unknown>;
 }
diff --git a/agents/src/ipc/inference_executor.ts b/agents/src/ipc/inference_executor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c01d82f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/src/ipc/inference_executor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 LiveKit, Inc.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+export abstract class InferenceExecutor {
+  abstract doInference(method: string, data: unknown): Promise<unknown>;
+}
diff --git a/agents/src/ipc/inference_proc_executor.ts b/agents/src/ipc/inference_proc_executor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9724a803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/src/ipc/inference_proc_executor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 LiveKit, Inc.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/agents/src/ipc/job_executor.ts b/agents/src/ipc/job_executor.ts
index 10080b99..a3838cf9 100644
--- a/agents/src/ipc/job_executor.ts
+++ b/agents/src/ipc/job_executor.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ export interface ProcOpts {
   agent: string;
   initializeTimeout: number;
   closeTimeout: number;
+  memoryWarnMB: number;
+  memoryLimitMB: number;
+  pingInterval: number;
+  pingTimeout: number;
+  highPingThreshold: number;
 }
 
 export abstract class JobExecutor {
-  PING_INTERVAL = 2.5 * 1000;
-  PING_TIMEOUT = 90 * 1000;
-  HIGH_PING_THRESHOLD = 0.5 * 1000;
-
   abstract get started(): boolean;
   abstract get runningJob(): RunningJobInfo | undefined;
 
diff --git a/agents/src/ipc/message.ts b/agents/src/ipc/message.ts
index 5eba3e18..d1dbcd0e 100644
--- a/agents/src/ipc/message.ts
+++ b/agents/src/ipc/message.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ import type { LoggerOptions } from '../log.js';
 export type IPCMessage =
   | {
       case: 'initializeRequest';
-      value: { loggerOptions: LoggerOptions };
+      value: {
+        loggerOptions: LoggerOptions;
+        pingInterval?: number;
+        pingTimeout?: number;
+        highPingThreshold?: number;
+      };
     }
   | {
       case: 'initializeResponse';
@@ -29,6 +34,14 @@ export type IPCMessage =
       case: 'shutdownRequest';
       value: { reason?: string };
     }
+  | {
+      case: 'inferenceRequest';
+      value: { method: string; requestId: string; data: unknown };
+    }
+  | {
+      case: 'inferenceResponse';
+      value: { requestId: string; data: unknown; error?: Error };
+    }
   | {
       case: 'exiting';
       value: { reason?: string };
diff --git a/agents/src/ipc/proc_pool.ts b/agents/src/ipc/proc_pool.ts
index 33cb9936..72cd7be0 100644
--- a/agents/src/ipc/proc_pool.ts
+++ b/agents/src/ipc/proc_pool.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import { MultiMutex, Mutex } from '@livekit/mutex';
 import type { RunningJobInfo } from '../job.js';
 import { Queue } from '../utils.js';
+import { InferenceExecutor } from './inference_executor.js';
 import type { JobExecutor } from './job_executor.js';
 import { ProcJobExecutor } from './proc_job_executor.js';
 
@@ -20,12 +21,18 @@ export class ProcPool {
   procMutex?: MultiMutex;
   procUnlock?: () => void;
   warmedProcQueue = new Queue<JobExecutor>();
+  inferenceExecutor: InferenceExecutor;
+  memoryWarnMB: number;
+  memoryLimitMB: number;
 
   constructor(
     agent: string,
     numIdleProcesses: number,
     initializeTimeout: number,
     closeTimeout: number,
+    inferenceExecutor: InferenceExecutor,
+    memoryWarnMB: number,
+    memoryLimitMB: number,
   ) {
     this.agent = agent;
     if (numIdleProcesses > 0) {
@@ -33,6 +40,9 @@ export class ProcPool {
     }
     this.initializeTimeout = initializeTimeout;
     this.closeTimeout = closeTimeout;
+    this.inferenceExecutor = inferenceExecutor;
+    this.memoryWarnMB = memoryWarnMB;
+    this.memoryLimitMB = memoryLimitMB;
   }
 
   get processes(): JobExecutor[] {
@@ -52,7 +62,17 @@ export class ProcPool {
         this.procUnlock = undefined;
       }
     } else {
-      proc = new ProcJobExecutor(this.agent, this.initializeTimeout, this.closeTimeout);
+      proc = new ProcJobExecutor(
+        this.agent,
+        this.initializeTimeout,
+        this.closeTimeout,
+        this.inferenceExecutor,
+        2500,
+        60000,
+        500,
+        this.memoryWarnMB,
+        this.memoryLimitMB,
+      );
       this.executors.push(proc);
       await proc.start();
       await proc.initialize();
diff --git a/agents/src/ipc/proc_job_executor.ts b/agents/src/ipc/supervised_proc.ts
similarity index 83%
rename from agents/src/ipc/proc_job_executor.ts
rename to agents/src/ipc/supervised_proc.ts
index 980a35b5..626625c7 100644
--- a/agents/src/ipc/proc_job_executor.ts
+++ b/agents/src/ipc/supervised_proc.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type { ProcOpts } from './job_executor.js';
 import { JobExecutor } from './job_executor.js';
 import type { IPCMessage } from './message.js';
 
-export class ProcJobExecutor extends JobExecutor {
+export class SupervisedProc {
   #opts: ProcOpts;
   #started = false;
   #closing = false;
@@ -22,12 +22,26 @@ export class ProcJobExecutor extends JobExecutor {
   #join = new Future();
   #logger = log().child({ runningJob: this.#runningJob });
 
-  constructor(agent: string, initializeTimeout: number, closeTimeout: number) {
-    super();
+  constructor(
+    agent: string,
+    initializeTimeout: number,
+    closeTimeout: number,
+    // XXX(nbsp): memoryWarnMB and memoryLimitMB are currently stubbed and serve no use
+    memoryWarnMB: number,
+    memoryLimitMB: number,
+    pingInterval: number,
+    pingTimeout: number,
+    highPingThreshold: number,
+  ) {
     this.#opts = {
       agent,
       initializeTimeout,
       closeTimeout,
+      memoryWarnMB,
+      memoryLimitMB,
+      pingInterval,
+      pingTimeout,
+      highPingThreshold,
     };
   }
 
@@ -61,7 +75,7 @@ export class ProcJobExecutor extends JobExecutor {
 
     this.#pingInterval = setInterval(() => {
       this.#proc!.send({ case: 'pingRequest', value: { timestamp: Date.now() } });
-    }, this.PING_INTERVAL);
+    }, this.#opts.pingInterval);
 
     this.#pongTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
       this.#logger.warn('job is unresponsive');
@@ -69,13 +83,13 @@ export class ProcJobExecutor extends JobExecutor {
       clearInterval(this.#pingInterval);
       this.#proc!.kill();
       this.#join.resolve();
-    }, this.PING_TIMEOUT);
+    }, this.#opts.pingTimeout);
 
     const listener = (msg: IPCMessage) => {
       switch (msg.case) {
         case 'pongResponse': {
           const delay = Date.now() - msg.value.timestamp;
-          if (delay > this.HIGH_PING_THRESHOLD) {
+          if (delay > this.#opts.highPingThreshold) {
             this.#logger.child({ delay }).warn('job executor is unresponsive');
           }
           this.#pongTimeout?.refresh();
@@ -119,7 +133,15 @@ export class ProcJobExecutor extends JobExecutor {
       this.#init.reject(err);
       throw err;
     }, this.#opts.initializeTimeout);
-    this.#proc!.send({ case: 'initializeRequest', value: { loggerOptions } });
+    this.#proc!.send({
+      case: 'initializeRequest',
+      value: {
+        loggerOptions,
+        pingInterval: this.#opts.pingInterval,
+        pingTimeout: this.#opts.pingTimeout,
+        highPingThreshold: this.#opts.highPingThreshold,
+      },
+    });
     await once(this.#proc!, 'message').then(([msg]: IPCMessage[]) => {
       clearTimeout(timer);
       if (msg!.case !== 'initializeResponse') {
diff --git a/agents/src/job.ts b/agents/src/job.ts
index f4e9aa59..aa66adfb 100644
--- a/agents/src/job.ts
+++ b/agents/src/job.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,22 @@ import type {
 } from '@livekit/rtc-node';
 import { ParticipantKind, RoomEvent, TrackKind } from '@livekit/rtc-node';
 import type { Logger } from 'pino';
+import { InferenceExecutor } from './ipc/inference_executor.js';
 import { log } from './log.js';
 
+// TODO(nbsp): what is this thing
+class JobCallContext {
+  static #current: JobCallContext;
+
+  constructor() {
+    JobCallContext.#current = this;
+  }
+
+  static getCurrent(): JobCallContext {
+    return JobCallContext.#current;
+  }
+}
+
 /** Which tracks, if any, should the agent automatically subscribe to? */
 export enum AutoSubscribe {
   SUBSCRIBE_ALL,
@@ -60,6 +74,7 @@ export class JobContext {
     };
   } = {};
   #logger: Logger;
+  #inferenceExecutor: InferenceExecutor;
 
   constructor(
     proc: JobProcess,
@@ -67,6 +82,7 @@ export class JobContext {
     room: Room,
     onConnect: () => void,
     onShutdown: (s: string) => void,
+    inferenceExecutor: InferenceExecutor,
   ) {
     this.#proc = proc;
     this.#info = info;
@@ -76,6 +92,7 @@ export class JobContext {
     this.onParticipantConnected = this.onParticipantConnected.bind(this);
     this.#room.on(RoomEvent.ParticipantConnected, this.onParticipantConnected);
     this.#logger = log().child({ info: this.#info });
+    this.#inferenceExecutor = inferenceExecutor;
   }
 
   get proc(): JobProcess {
@@ -96,6 +113,11 @@ export class JobContext {
     return this.#room.localParticipant;
   }
 
+  /** @returns The global inference executor */
+  get inferenceExecutor(): InferenceExecutor {
+    return this.#inferenceExecutor;
+  }
+
   /** Adds a promise to be awaited when {@link JobContext.shutdown | shutdown} is called. */
   addShutdownCallback(callback: () => Promise<void>) {
     this.shutdownCallbacks.push(callback);