---
title: "Directed message-exchange graph · agent topology · Agent Fieldbook"
url: https://agentfieldbook.org/design/topologies/conversation-graph/
description: "Agents coordinate through a directed graph of message exchanges. Any agent can address any other; the exchange history is the coordination substrate. Reads as a graph, not a chain, because messages fork, reply and cross-cut."
section: "Design · Topologies"
source: Agent Fieldbook — generated from the published page
---

# Directed message-exchange graph

Agents coordinate through a directed graph of message exchanges. Any agent can address any other; the exchange history is the coordination substrate. Reads as a graph, not a chain, because messages fork, reply and cross-cut.

Verified against [arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08155)

- [arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08155)

## At a glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pattern | Directed message-exchange graph |
| State model | transcript |
| Example | AutoGen, Wu et al. arXiv 2023 |

## Basis

## Verified against

- [https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08155](https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08155)

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