diff --git a/dotnet/AutoGen.sln b/dotnet/AutoGen.sln
index 83147d38dc..4b8ce8ff01 100644
--- a/dotnet/AutoGen.sln
+++ b/dotnet/AutoGen.sln
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "AIModelClientHostingExtensi
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "sample", "sample", "{686480D7-8FEC-4ED3-9C5D-CEBE1057A7ED}"
 EndProject
-Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "HelloAgentState", "samples\Hello\HelloAgentState\HelloAgentState.csproj", "{64EF61E7-00A6-4E5E-9808-62E10993A0E5}"
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "HelloAgentState", "samples\Hello\HelloAgentState\HelloAgentState.csproj", "{64EF61E7-00A6-4E5E-9808-62E10993A0E5}"
 EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
diff --git a/dotnet/samples/Hello/HelloAgent/Program.cs b/dotnet/samples/Hello/HelloAgent/Program.cs
index d378a5b4f7..bccc66dfb9 100644
--- a/dotnet/samples/Hello/HelloAgent/Program.cs
+++ b/dotnet/samples/Hello/HelloAgent/Program.cs
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ namespace Hello
     [TopicSubscription("HelloAgents")]
     public class HelloAgent(
         IAgentContext context,
-        [FromKeyedServices("EventTypes")] EventTypes typeRegistry) : ConsoleAgent(
+        [FromKeyedServices("EventTypes")] EventTypes typeRegistry) : AgentBase(
             context,
             typeRegistry),
             ISayHello,
+            IHandleConsole,
             IHandle<NewMessageReceived>,
             IHandle<ConversationClosed>
     {
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentBase.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentBase.cs
index d4a6ca0f4e..cfe2b40913 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentBase.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentBase.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Threading.Channels;
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ public abstract class AgentBase : IAgentBase
 
     private readonly Channel<object> _mailbox = Channel.CreateUnbounded<object>();
     private readonly IAgentContext _context;
+    public string Route { get; set; } = "base";
+
     protected internal ILogger Logger => _context.Logger;
     public IAgentContext Context => _context;
     protected readonly EventTypes EventTypes;
@@ -212,14 +215,39 @@ public abstract class AgentBase : IAgentBase
     public Task CallHandler(CloudEvent item)
     {
         // Only send the event to the handler if the agent type is handling that type
-        if (EventTypes.EventsMap[GetType()].Contains(item.Type))
+        // foreach of the keys in the EventTypes.EventsMap[] if it contains the item.type
+        foreach (var key in EventTypes.EventsMap.Keys)
         {
-            var payload = item.ProtoData.Unpack(EventTypes.TypeRegistry);
-            var convertedPayload = Convert.ChangeType(payload, EventTypes.Types[item.Type]);
-            var genericInterfaceType = typeof(IHandle<>).MakeGenericType(EventTypes.Types[item.Type]);
-            var methodInfo = genericInterfaceType.GetMethod(nameof(IHandle<object>.Handle)) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Method not found on type {genericInterfaceType.FullName}");
-            return methodInfo.Invoke(this, [payload]) as Task ?? Task.CompletedTask;
+            if (EventTypes.EventsMap[key].Contains(item.Type))
+            {
+                var payload = item.ProtoData.Unpack(EventTypes.TypeRegistry);
+                var convertedPayload = Convert.ChangeType(payload, EventTypes.Types[item.Type]);
+                var genericInterfaceType = typeof(IHandle<>).MakeGenericType(EventTypes.Types[item.Type]);
+
+                MethodInfo methodInfo;
+                try
+                {
+                    // check that our target actually implements this interface, otherwise call the default static
+                    if (genericInterfaceType.IsAssignableFrom(this.GetType()))
+                    {
+                        methodInfo = genericInterfaceType.GetMethod(nameof(IHandle<object>.Handle), BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance)
+                                       ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Method not found on type {genericInterfaceType.FullName}");
+                        return methodInfo.Invoke(this, [payload]) as Task ?? Task.CompletedTask;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // The error here is we have registered for an event that we do not have code to listen to
+                        throw new InvalidOperationException($"No handler found for event '{item.Type}'; expecting IHandle<{item.Type}> implementation.");
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Logger.LogError(ex, $"Error invoking method {nameof(IHandle<object>.Handle)}");
+                    throw; // TODO: ?
+                }
+            }
         }
+
         return Task.CompletedTask;
     }
 
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/Agents/IOAgent/ConsoleAgent/IHandleConsole.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/Agents/IOAgent/ConsoleAgent/IHandleConsole.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..739dce1251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/Agents/IOAgent/ConsoleAgent/IHandleConsole.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+using Microsoft.AutoGen.Abstractions;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AutoGen.Agents
+{
+    public interface IHandleConsole : IHandle<Output>, IHandle<Input>
+    {
+        string Route { get; }
+        AgentId AgentId { get; }
+        ValueTask PublishEvent(CloudEvent item);
+
+        async Task IHandle<Output>.Handle(Output item)
+        {
+            // Assuming item has a property `Message` that we want to write to the console
+            Console.WriteLine(item.Message);
+            await ProcessOutput(item.Message);
+
+            var evt = new OutputWritten
+            {
+                Route = "console"
+            }.ToCloudEvent(AgentId.Key);
+            await PublishEvent(evt);
+        }
+        async Task IHandle<Input>.Handle(Input item)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("Please enter input:");
+            string content = Console.ReadLine() ?? string.Empty;
+
+            await ProcessInput(content);
+
+            var evt = new InputProcessed
+            {
+                Route = "console"
+            }.ToCloudEvent(AgentId.Key);
+            await PublishEvent(evt);
+        }
+        static Task ProcessOutput(string message)
+        {
+            // Implement your output processing logic here
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+        static Task<string> ProcessInput(string message)
+        {
+            // Implement your input processing logic here
+            return Task.FromResult(message);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/GrpcAgentWorkerRuntime.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/GrpcAgentWorkerRuntime.cs
index b7168b9cb1..3a8355166d 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/GrpcAgentWorkerRuntime.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/GrpcAgentWorkerRuntime.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public sealed class GrpcAgentWorkerRuntime : IHostedService, IDisposable, IAgent
                             message.Response.RequestId = request.OriginalRequestId;
                             request.Agent.ReceiveMessage(message);
                             break;
+
                         case Message.MessageOneofCase.RegisterAgentTypeResponse:
                             if (!message.RegisterAgentTypeResponse.Success)
                             {
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/HostBuilderExtensions.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/HostBuilderExtensions.cs
index f13756f6dd..74d19042e9 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/HostBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/HostBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,52 @@ public static class HostBuilderExtensions
                                                   .Where(i => i.IsGenericType && i.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IHandle<>))
                                                   .Select(i => (GetMessageDescriptor(i.GetGenericArguments().First())?.FullName ?? "")).ToHashSet()))
                                     .ToDictionary(item => item.t, item => item.Item2);
+            // if the assembly contains any interfaces of type IHandler, then add all the methods of the interface to the eventsMap
+            var handlersMap = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
+                                    .SelectMany(assembly => assembly.GetTypes())
+                                    .Where(type => ReflectionHelper.IsSubclassOfGeneric(type, typeof(AgentBase)) && !type.IsAbstract)
+                                    .Select(t => (t, t.GetMethods()
+                                                  .Where(m => m.Name == "Handle")
+                                                  .Select(m => (GetMessageDescriptor(m.GetParameters().First().ParameterType)?.FullName ?? "")).ToHashSet()))
+                                    .ToDictionary(item => item.t, item => item.Item2);
+            // get interfaces implemented by the agent and get the methods of the interface if they are named Handle
+            var ifaceHandlersMap = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
+                                    .SelectMany(assembly => assembly.GetTypes())
+                                    .Where(type => ReflectionHelper.IsSubclassOfGeneric(type, typeof(AgentBase)) && !type.IsAbstract)
+                                    .Select(t => t.GetInterfaces()
+                                                  .Select(i => (t, i, i.GetMethods()
+                                                  .Where(m => m.Name == "Handle")
+                                                    .Select(m => (GetMessageDescriptor(m.GetParameters().First().ParameterType)?.FullName ?? ""))
+                                                    //to dictionary of type t and paramter type of the method
+                                                    .ToDictionary(m => m, m => m).Keys.ToHashSet())).ToList());
+            // for each item in ifaceHandlersMap, add the handlers to eventsMap with item as the key 
+            foreach (var item in ifaceHandlersMap)
+            {
+                foreach (var iface in item)
+                {
+                    if (eventsMap.TryGetValue(iface.Item2, out var events))
+                    {
+                        events.UnionWith(iface.Item3);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        eventsMap[iface.Item2] = iface.Item3;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
 
+            // merge the handlersMap into the eventsMap
+            foreach (var item in handlersMap)
+            {
+                if (eventsMap.TryGetValue(item.Key, out var events))
+                {
+                    events.UnionWith(item.Value);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    eventsMap[item.Key] = item.Value;
+                }
+            }
             return new EventTypes(typeRegistry, types, eventsMap);
         });
         return new AgentApplicationBuilder(builder);