swarm-pipeline

Use when work flows sequentially through stages where each stage’s output feeds the next. Also use when building content pipelines, data transformations, build/deploy sequences, or any multi-stage processing chain.

Model	Source
opus	pack: swarms

Full Reference

Swarm — Pipeline Topology

Sequential hand-off. Stage N completes → its output becomes Stage N+1’s input. No parallelism between stages — each stage is a gate. A failed stage halts the entire pipeline; never continue past failure. Best for workflows with strict ordering dependencies: ETL, content ingestion, build/deploy chains.

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Quick Reference

Item	Value
Pattern	Sequential — Stage N output → Stage N+1 input
Parallelism	None between stages
Failure rule	Hard halt — fix then resume, never skip
Max retries per stage	2× then escalate
State tracking	Log artifact after each stage for resumability
Dispatch mode	run_in_background: false

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Reference Index

I want to…	File
See the topology diagram and common pipeline patterns	reference/topology-and-patterns.md
Implement stage dispatch, checkpoint validation, and backpressure	reference/implementation.md

Usage: Read the reference file matching your current task from the index above. Each file is self-contained with code examples and inline gotchas.

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