---
title: "Manager-mediated group chat · agent topology · Agent Fieldbook"
url: https://agentfieldbook.org/design/topologies/group-chat/
description: "A manager (or moderator) agent runs a shared conversation of N specialist agents, selecting who speaks next based on the transcript. Coordination is centralised at the moderator; the transcript is the shared state."
section: "Design · Topologies"
source: Agent Fieldbook — generated from the published page
---

# Manager-mediated group chat

A manager (or moderator) agent runs a shared conversation of N specialist agents, selecting who speaks next based on the transcript. Coordination is centralised at the moderator; the transcript is the shared state.

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

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

## At a glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pattern | Manager-mediated group chat |
| State model | transcript |
| Example | AutoGen GroupChat, Wu et al. arXiv 2023 |

## Basis

## Verified against

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

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