---
title: "Role-anchored pipeline · agent topology · Agent Fieldbook"
url: https://agentfieldbook.org/design/topologies/role-based-pipeline/
description: "A pipeline whose stages are role-agents, not tasks. The same message flows through role-typed handlers (product owner, architect, coder), each transforming it. Distinct from assembly-line by making the role identity the coordination unit rather than the sequence."
section: "Design · Topologies"
source: Agent Fieldbook — generated from the published page
---

# Role-anchored pipeline

A pipeline whose stages are role-agents, not tasks. The same message flows through role-typed handlers (product owner, architect, coder), each transforming it. Distinct from assembly-line by making the role identity the coordination unit rather than the sequence.

Verified against [arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00352)

- [arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00352)

## At a glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pattern | Role-anchored pipeline |
| State model | workspace |
| Example | MetaGPT, Hong et al. ICLR 2024 |

## Basis

## Verified against

- [https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00352](https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00352)

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