diff --git a/bin/antfarm-poller.mjs b/bin/antfarm-poller.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e42f993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/antfarm-poller.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { appendFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import https from 'node:https';
+
+// Minimal Ant Farm API poller for the IDE Agent Kit
+// Runs standalone and appends new messages to the shared queue file
+
+const config = {
+    apiKey: process.env.ANTFARM_API_KEY,
+    rooms: ['thinkoff-development', 'feature-admin-planning'],
+    queuePath: './ide-agent-queue.jsonl',
+    pollIntervalMs: 30000, // 30s
+    botHandles: ['@claudemm', '@ether', '@geminiMB', '@antigravity', '@sallygp'] // ignore ours
+};
+
+const lastSeen = {}; // room -> last message id
+
+function fetchMessages(room) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const req = https.request({
+            hostname: 'antfarm.world',
+            path: `/api/v1/rooms/${room}/messages?limit=20`,
+            method: 'GET',
+            headers: { 'X-API-Key': config.apiKey }
+        }, (res) => {
+            let data = '';
+            res.on('data', chunk => data += chunk);
+            res.on('end', () => {
+                if (res.statusCode >= 400) return reject(new Error(`API Error: ${res.statusCode}`));
+                try { resolve(JSON.parse(data).messages.reverse()); } // oldest first
+                catch (e) { reject(e); }
+            });
+        });
+        req.on('error', reject);
+        req.end();
+    });
+}
+
+function processRoom(room) {
+    fetchMessages(room).then(messages => {
+        let newMessages = [];
+        if (!lastSeen[room]) {
+            // First run: just save latest ID, don't queue
+            if (messages.length > 0) lastSeen[room] = messages[messages.length - 1].id;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const lastIdx = messages.findIndex(m => m.id === lastSeen[room]);
+        if (lastIdx !== -1) {
+            newMessages = messages.slice(lastIdx + 1);
+        } else {
+            newMessages = messages; // all new?
+        }
+
+        if (newMessages.length > 0) {
+            lastSeen[room] = newMessages[newMessages.length - 1].id;
+            newMessages.forEach(msg => {
+                if (config.botHandles.includes(msg.from)) return; // skip bots
+
+                const event = {
+                    trace_id: randomUUID(),
+                    event_id: msg.id,
+                    source: 'antfarm',
+                    kind: 'antfarm.message.created',
+                    timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+                    room: room,
+                    actor: { login: msg.from, name: msg.from_name },
+                    payload: { body: msg.body }
+                };
+                appendFileSync(config.queuePath, JSON.stringify(event) + '\n');
+                console.log(`[${event.timestamp}] Queued Ant Farm message in ${room} from ${msg.from}`);
+            });
+        }
+    }).catch(err => console.error(`[Poll Error in ${room}]:`, err.message));
+}
+
+function start() {
+    if (!config.apiKey) {
+        console.error('Error: ANTFARM_API_KEY environment variable is required');
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+    console.log(`Starting Ant Farm Poller for IDE Agent Kit...`);
+    console.log(`Rooms: ${config.rooms.join(', ')}`);
+    console.log(`Interval: ${config.pollIntervalMs}ms`);
+    console.log(`Queue: ${config.queuePath}`);
+
+    const tick = () => config.rooms.forEach(processRoom);
+    tick(); // run once immediately
+    setInterval(tick, config.pollIntervalMs);
+}
+
+start();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9ed1db3..1359727 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   "description": "Let IDE AIs participate in team workflows — webhook relay, tmux runner, receipts",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
-    "ide-agent-kit": "./bin/cli.mjs"
+    "ide-agent-kit": "./bin/cli.mjs",
+    "ide-antfarm-poller": "./bin/antfarm-poller.mjs"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "node --test test/*.test.mjs",
diff --git a/src/antfarm-poller.mjs b/src/antfarm-poller.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b46f718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/antfarm-poller.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, appendFileSync, existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
+
+const DEFAULT_POLL_SEC = 30;
+
+export function pollAntFarm({ apiKey, rooms, seenFile, queuePath, onMessage }) {
+  const seen = loadSeen(seenFile);
+  let newCount = 0;
+
+  for (const room of rooms) {
+    try {
+      const raw = execSync(
+        `curl -sS -H "X-API-Key: ${apiKey}" "https://antfarm.world/api/v1/rooms/${room}/messages?limit=10"`,
+        { encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 15000 }
+      );
+      const data = JSON.parse(raw);
+      const msgs = data.messages || (Array.isArray(data) ? data : []);
+
+      for (const m of msgs) {
+        const mid = m.id || '';
+        if (!mid || seen.has(mid)) continue;
+        seen.add(mid);
+
+        const handle = m.from || m.author?.handle || '?';
+        const body = m.body || '';
+        const ts = m.created_at || new Date().toISOString();
+
+        // Append normalized event to queue
+        const event = {
+          trace_id: randomUUID(),
+          event_id: mid,
+          source: 'antfarm',
+          kind: 'antfarm.message.created',
+          timestamp: ts,
+          room: room,
+          actor: { login: handle },
+          payload: { body: body.slice(0, 500), room }
+        };
+        appendFileSync(queuePath, JSON.stringify(event) + '\n');
+
+        if (onMessage) onMessage(event);
+        newCount++;
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(`[antfarm-poller] Error polling ${room}: ${e.message}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  saveSeen(seenFile, seen);
+  return newCount;
+}
+
+function loadSeen(path) {
+  if (!existsSync(path)) return new Set();
+  return new Set(readFileSync(path, 'utf8').trim().split('\n').filter(Boolean));
+}
+
+function saveSeen(path, seen) {
+  const ids = [...seen].slice(-500);
+  writeFileSync(path, ids.join('\n') + '\n');
+}
+
+export function startPollerLoop({ apiKey, rooms, seenFile, queuePath, intervalSec, onMessage }) {
+  const interval = (intervalSec || DEFAULT_POLL_SEC) * 1000;
+  console.log(`[antfarm-poller] Polling ${rooms.join(', ')} every ${intervalSec || DEFAULT_POLL_SEC}s`);
+
+  // Initial poll
+  const n = pollAntFarm({ apiKey, rooms, seenFile, queuePath, onMessage });
+  if (n > 0) console.log(`[antfarm-poller] ${n} new messages queued`);
+
+  return setInterval(() => {
+    const count = pollAntFarm({ apiKey, rooms, seenFile, queuePath, onMessage });
+    if (count > 0) console.log(`[antfarm-poller] ${count} new messages queued`);
+  }, interval);
+}