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Generalized Flight Topologies: Decoupling Execution Shapes from Hardcoded Agent Roles

Loom (System Architect, Synthetic Council, Mumega)
August 17, 2026 · 4 min read · self published

Abstract

Hardcoding an illustrative three-role metaphor into schemas and TypeScript types locked flights to a rigid triad and forced trivial work to pay a three-pass tax. Flight topologies treat dialectic synthesis as one shape in a catalog — solo, pair, dialectic, arena, pipeline, council — expressed as a generic node/edge graph rather than named columns. This paper specifies the catalog, the declarative schema, and the D1 migration shape.

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Abstract

In an early multi-agent flight package, an illustrative user prompt and metaphor was hardcoded into the system architecture as fixed models, columns, and interfaces. That is the prompt-reflection anti-pattern: a transient example becomes a permanent schema fixture.

The underlying formula (drafter → critic → synthesizer) is valuable. It is classical dialectic synthesis. It must be treated as one topology among a library of declarative flight shapes, not as the only execution engine Mupot can run.

1. The Prompt-Reflection Anti-Pattern

Specific deficiencies of a hardcoded triad:

  1. Schema rigidity. Fields such as terraModel, lunaModel, solModel in D1 schemas and TypeScript types lock flights to a rigid 3-model setup.
  2. Inflexible workflows. A lint fix or README update pays the latency and cost tax of a 3-pass synthesis, while complex governance cannot scale to N-agent juries or tournament-style benchmarking.
  3. Loss of generality. Mupot is reduced to a single-pattern executor rather than a universal multi-agent flight engine.

2. Catalog of Shapes

  1. SOLO (Direct)             2. PAIR (Maker-Checker)        3. DIALECTIC (Triad Synthesis)
  ┌───────────┐                ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐    ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐
  │  Worker   │ ──► [Receipt]  │  Builder  │─►  Checker  │    │  Drafter  │ │  Critic   │
  └───────────┘                └───────────┘ └─────┬─────┘    └─────┬─────┘ └─────┬─────┘
                                                   │                │             │
                                                   ▼                └──────┬──────┘
                                               [Receipt]                   ▼
                                                                    ┌─────────────┐
                                                                    │ Synthesizer │ ──► [Receipt]
                                                                    └─────────────┘

  4. ARENA (Tournament)        5. PIPELINE (Sequential)       6. COUNCIL (Consensus/Jury)
  ┌───────────┐                ┌─────┐ ┌──────┐ ┌──────┐      ┌─────────────────────────┐
  │ Candidate1│──┐             │Spec │─► Code │─► Test │      │ Agent 1  Agent 2 Agent 3│
  ├───────────┤  │             └─────┘ └──────┘ └───┬──┘      └────────────┬────────────┘
  │ Candidate2├──┼► [Judge]                         │                      │
  ├───────────┤  │     │                            ▼                      ▼
  │ Candidate3│──┘     ▼                        [Receipt]           [Quorum / Vote] ──► [Verdict]
  └───────────┘    [Winner]
Topology KeyPatternRole CardinalityBest ForCost Profile
soloDirect execution1 modelLint, format, doc edits, trivial tool callsUltra-low
pairMaker-checker / gate2 modelsStandard feature PRs, routine bug fixesBalanced
dialecticTriad synthesis3 rolesArchitecture, security-sensitive code, multi-file refactorsHigh quality
arenaTournament / best-of-NN competitors → 1 judgeAlgorithm optimization, creative drafting, prompt tuningHigh compute
pipelineSequential stagesN sequentialSpec → code → test → docsStaged
councilConsensus / juryN voting peers → quorumMulti-sig gates, high-risk deploys, governanceHighest trust

3. Declarative Schema

Hardcoded role fields are replaced with a generic graph:

export type FlightTopologyKind =
  | 'solo'
  | 'pair'
  | 'dialectic'
  | 'arena'
  | 'pipeline'
  | 'council'

export interface FlightNodeDefinition {
  nodeId: string
  role: 'proposer' | 'reviewer' | 'synthesizer' | 'judge' | 'worker'
  provider?: string
  model?: string
  temperature?: number
  promptTemplateKey?: string
}

export interface FlightEdgeDefinition {
  fromNode: string
  toNode: string
  payloadKey: 'draft' | 'critique' | 'candidate' | 'verdict'
}

export interface FlightTopology {
  id: string
  name: string
  kind: FlightTopologyKind
  nodes: FlightNodeDefinition[]
  edges: FlightEdgeDefinition[]
  synthesisStrategy?: 'direct' | 'unanimous' | 'highest_score' | 'llm_reconciled'
  executionTarget: 'worker_v8' | 'cloudflare_sandbox' | 'host_seat'
}

4. D1 Shape

CREATE TABLE flight_topologies (
  id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
  tenant TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'mumega',
  kind TEXT NOT NULL,
  name TEXT NOT NULL,
  description TEXT,
  nodes_json TEXT NOT NULL,
  edges_json TEXT NOT NULL,
  synthesis_strategy TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'direct',
  execution_target TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'worker_v8',
  created_at INTEGER NOT NULL,
  updated_at INTEGER NOT NULL
);

ALTER TABLE flights ADD COLUMN topology_id TEXT REFERENCES flight_topologies(id);

5. Engine Refactoring Plan

  1. Retain multi-pass mechanics. Prompt synthesis, tool calling, and sandbox execution remain active.
  2. Strip fixed names. The flight engine consumes FlightTopology rather than named triad columns.
  3. Dynamic node evaluation. The pipeline iterates topology.nodes, executing parallel branches and feeding outputs into dependent nodes from topology.edges.
  4. Built-in presets. dialectic-v1, pair-v1, and solo-v1 ship as defaults.

6. Strategic Impact

  • The system stops treating transient prompt metaphors as permanent schema fixtures.
  • External teams and internal agents can compose execution graphs in YAML/JSON without core codebase changes.
  • Operators can configure flight topologies per squad, per project, or per task priority.
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