diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1df48d9..4c39f3d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "setup",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
+ "uuid",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2a0307d..23c3c60 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ pedantic = "warn"
 wildcard_imports = "allow"
 module_name_repetitions = "allow"
 cast_precision_loss = "allow"
+unused_async = "allow"
diff --git a/ctl/Cargo.toml b/ctl/Cargo.toml
index 38447e7..92c62e4 100644
--- a/ctl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ctl/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ setup.workspace = true
 axum.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
+uuid.workspace = true
diff --git a/ctl/src/discovery/mod.rs b/ctl/src/discovery/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbf8705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ctl/src/discovery/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+use std::{collections::HashMap, net::SocketAddr};
+
+use proto::common::node::Metrics;
+use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
+
+pub struct Discovery {
+    rx: mpsc::Receiver<Msg>,
+    // TODO: Add more information on workers
+    workers: HashMap<SocketAddr, Metrics>,
+}
+
+impl Discovery {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new() -> (Discovery, DiscoveryHandle) {
+        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(10);
+        let actor = Discovery {
+            rx,
+            workers: HashMap::default(),
+        };
+        let handle = DiscoveryHandle(tx);
+        (actor, handle)
+    }
+
+    pub async fn run(mut self) {
+        while let Some(msg) = self.rx.recv().await {
+            // Attention to back pressure.
+            self.handle_msg(msg).await;
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn handle_msg(&mut self, msg: Msg) {
+        match msg {
+            Msg::WorkerAdd(addr, metrics) => {
+                self.workers.insert(addr, metrics);
+            }
+            Msg::WorkerDrop(addr) => {
+                self.workers.remove(&addr);
+            }
+            Msg::WorkerQuery(reply) => {
+                let entries = self
+                    .workers
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|(&addr, metrics)| WorkerDetails {
+                        addr,
+                        metrics: metrics.clone(),
+                    })
+                    .collect();
+                _ = reply.send(entries);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct DiscoveryHandle(mpsc::Sender<Msg>);
+
+impl DiscoveryHandle {
+    async fn send(&self, msg: Msg) {
+        _ = self.0.send(msg).await;
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)] // TODO: Remove
+    pub async fn worker_add(&self, addr: SocketAddr, metrics: Metrics) {
+        self.send(Msg::WorkerAdd(addr, metrics)).await;
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)] // TODO: Remove
+    pub async fn worker_drop(&self, addr: SocketAddr) {
+        self.send(Msg::WorkerDrop(addr)).await;
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)] // TODO: Remove
+    pub async fn worker_query(&self) -> Vec<WorkerDetails> {
+        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+        self.send(Msg::WorkerQuery(tx)).await;
+        rx.await.expect("actor must be alive")
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Msg {
+    WorkerAdd(SocketAddr, Metrics),
+    WorkerDrop(SocketAddr),
+    WorkerQuery(oneshot::Sender<Vec<WorkerDetails>>),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct WorkerDetails {
+    pub addr: SocketAddr,
+    pub metrics: Metrics,
+}
diff --git a/ctl/src/main.rs b/ctl/src/main.rs
index 821d21e..929a80b 100644
--- a/ctl/src/main.rs
+++ b/ctl/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 use tracing::info;
 
+use crate::discovery::Discovery;
+
+mod discovery;
 mod http;
 
 #[tokio::main]
@@ -8,6 +11,15 @@ async fn main() {
 
     info!("started controller");
 
-    let http_handle = tokio::spawn(async { http::run_server().await });
+    let (discovery, _discovery_handle) = Discovery::new();
+    let discovery_actor_handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        discovery.run().await;
+    });
+
+    let http_handle = tokio::spawn(async {
+        http::run_server().await;
+    });
+
+    discovery_actor_handle.await.unwrap();
     http_handle.await.unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/proto/src/common/node.rs b/proto/src/common/node.rs
index 3cf8159..aeea744 100644
--- a/proto/src/common/node.rs
+++ b/proto/src/common/node.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub enum NodeKind {
     Worker,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Metrics {
     /// The average CPU usage.
     pub cpu_usage: f64,