diff --git a/src/control_backend/agents/vad_agent.py b/src/control_backend/agents/vad_agent.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10e1d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/control_backend/agents/vad_agent.py
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+import logging
+
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+import zmq
+from spade.agent import Agent
+from spade.behaviour import CyclicBehaviour
+
+from control_backend.core.config import settings
+from control_backend.core.zmq_context import context as zmq_context
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class SocketPoller[T]:
+    def __init__(self, socket: zmq.Socket[T]):
+        self.socket = socket
+        self.poller = zmq.Poller()
+        self.poller.register(self.socket, zmq.POLLIN)
+
+    async def poll(self, timeout_ms: int) -> T | None:
+        """
+        Get data from the socket, or None if the timeout is reached.
+
+        :param timeout_ms: The number of milliseconds to wait for the socket.
+        :return: Data from the socket or None.
+        """
+        socks = dict(self.poller.poll(timeout_ms))
+        if socks.get(self.socket) == zmq.POLLIN:
+            return await self.socket.recv()
+        return None
+
+
+class VADAgent(Agent):
+    """
+    An agent which listens to an audio stream, does Voice Activity Detection (VAD), and sends
+    fragments with detected speech to other agents over ZeroMQ.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, audio_in_address: str, audio_in_bind: bool):
+        jid = settings.agent_settings.vad_agent_name + '@' + settings.agent_settings.host
+        super().__init__(jid, settings.agent_settings.vad_agent_name)
+
+        self.audio_in_address = audio_in_address
+        self.audio_in_bind = audio_in_bind
+
+        self.audio_in_socket: zmq.Socket | None = None
+        self.audio_out_socket: zmq.Socket | None = None
+
+    class Stream(CyclicBehaviour):
+        def __init__(self, audio_in_socket: zmq.Socket, audio_out_socket: zmq.Socket):
+            super().__init__()
+            self.audio_in_poller = SocketPoller[bytes](audio_in_socket)
+            self.model, _ = torch.hub.load(repo_or_dir="snakers4/silero-vad",
+                                           model="silero_vad",
+                                           force_reload=False)
+            self.audio_out_socket = audio_out_socket
+
+            self.audio_buffer = np.array([], dtype=np.float32)  # TODO: Consider using a Tensor
+            self.i_since_data = 0  # Used to avoid logging every cycle if audio input stops
+            self.i_since_speech = 0  # Used to allow small pauses in speech
+
+        async def run(self) -> None:
+            timeout_ms = 100
+            data = await self.audio_in_poller.poll(timeout_ms)
+            if data is None:
+                if self.i_since_data % 10 == 0:
+                    logger.debug("Failed to receive audio from socket for %d ms.",
+                                 timeout_ms*self.i_since_data)
+                self.i_since_data += 1
+                return
+            self.i_since_data = 0
+
+            # copy otherwise Torch will be sad that it's immutable
+            chunk = np.frombuffer(data, dtype=np.float32).copy()
+            prob = self.model(torch.from_numpy(chunk), 16000).item()
+
+            if prob > 0.5:
+                if self.i_since_speech > 3: logger.debug("Speech started.")
+                self.audio_buffer = np.append(self.audio_buffer, chunk)
+                self.i_since_speech = 0
+                return
+            self.i_since_speech += 1
+
+            # prob < 0.5, so speech maybe ended. Wait a bit more before to be more certain
+            if self.i_since_speech <= 3:
+                self.audio_buffer = np.append(self.audio_buffer, chunk)
+                return
+
+            # Speech probably ended. Make sure we have a usable amount of data.
+            if len(self.audio_buffer) >= 3*len(chunk):
+                logger.debug("Speech ended.")
+                self.audio_out_socket.send(self.audio_buffer)
+
+            # At this point, we know that the speech has ended.
+            # Prepend the last chunk that had no speech, for a more fluent boundary
+            self.audio_buffer = chunk
+
+    async def stop(self):
+        """
+        Stop listening to audio, stop publishing audio, close sockets.
+        """
+        self.audio_in_socket.close()
+        self.audio_in_socket = None
+        self.audio_out_socket.close()
+        self.audio_out_socket = None
+        return await super().stop()
+
+    def _connect_audio_in_socket(self):
+        self.audio_in_socket = zmq_context.socket(zmq.SUB)
+        self.audio_in_socket.setsockopt_string(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, "")
+        if self.audio_in_bind:
+            self.audio_in_socket.bind(self.audio_in_address)
+        else:
+            self.audio_in_socket.connect(self.audio_in_address)
+        self.audio_in_poller = SocketPoller[bytes](self.audio_in_socket)
+
+    def _connect_audio_out_socket(self) -> int | None:
+        """Returns the port bound, or None if binding failed."""
+        try:
+            self.audio_out_socket = zmq_context.socket(zmq.PUB)
+            return self.audio_out_socket.bind_to_random_port("tcp://*", max_tries=100)
+        except zmq.ZMQBindError:
+            logger.error("Failed to bind an audio output socket after 100 tries.")
+            self.audio_out_socket = None
+            return None
+
+    async def setup(self):
+        logger.info("Setting up %s", self.jid)
+
+        self._connect_audio_in_socket()
+
+        audio_out_port = self._connect_audio_out_socket()
+        if audio_out_port is None:
+            await self.stop()
+            return
+
+        stream = self.Stream(self.audio_in_socket, self.audio_out_socket)
+        self.add_behaviour(stream)
+
+        # ... start agents dependent on the output audio fragments here
+
+        logger.info("Finished setting up %s", self.jid)
diff --git a/src/control_backend/core/config.py b/src/control_backend/core/config.py
index 07a828d..147c6aa 100644
--- a/src/control_backend/core/config.py
+++ b/src/control_backend/core/config.py
@@ -2,14 +2,20 @@ from re import L
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 
+
 class ZMQSettings(BaseModel):
     internal_comm_address: str = "tcp://localhost:5560"
 
+    audio_fragment_port: int = 5561
+    audio_fragment_address: str = f"tcp://localhost:{audio_fragment_port}"
+
+
 class AgentSettings(BaseModel):
     host: str = "localhost"
     bdi_core_agent_name: str = "bdi_core"
     belief_collector_agent_name: str = "belief_collector"
-    test_agent_name: str = "test_agent"
+    vad_agent_name: str = "vad_agent"
+
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
     app_title: str = "PepperPlus"
@@ -21,5 +27,6 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     agent_settings: AgentSettings = AgentSettings()
     
     model_config = SettingsConfigDict(env_file=".env")
-    
+
+
 settings = Settings()
diff --git a/src/control_backend/main.py b/src/control_backend/main.py
index 1f377c4..8b1e9e3 100644
--- a/src/control_backend/main.py
+++ b/src/control_backend/main.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import zmq
 
 # Internal imports
 from control_backend.agents.bdi.bdi_core import BDICoreAgent
+from control_backend.agents.vad_agent import VADAgent
 from control_backend.api.v1.router import api_router
 from control_backend.core.config import AgentSettings, settings
 from control_backend.core.zmq_context import context
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
     # Initiate agents
     bdi_core = BDICoreAgent(settings.agent_settings.bdi_core_agent_name + '@' + settings.agent_settings.host, settings.agent_settings.bdi_core_agent_name, "src/control_backend/agents/bdi/rules.asl")
     await bdi_core.start()
+
+    _temp_vad_agent = VADAgent("tcp://localhost:5558", False)
+    await _temp_vad_agent.start()
     
     yield