Pipeline Overview

The 15-agent SDLC pipeline from environment discovery to cost estimation.

The complete pipeline

RStack ships 15 SDLC pipeline agents (stages 00–14) that cover the full software delivery lifecycle:

#	Agent file	Stage
00	agents/sdlc/00-environment.md	Environment discovery
01	agents/sdlc/01-transcript.md	Transcript processing
02	agents/sdlc/02-requirements.md	Requirements extraction
03	agents/sdlc/03-documentation.md	Documentation writing
04	agents/sdlc/04-planning.md	Sprint planning
05	agents/sdlc/05-jira.md	Ticketing / Jira
06	agents/sdlc/06-architecture.md	Architecture design
07	agents/sdlc/07-code.md	Code generation
08	agents/sdlc/08-testing.md	Test generation
09	agents/sdlc/09-deployment.md	Deployment pipelines
10	agents/sdlc/10-summary.md	Summary / handoff
11	agents/sdlc/11-feedback-loop.md	Feedback and retrospectives
12	agents/sdlc/12-security-threat-model.md	Security threat modeling
13	agents/sdlc/13-compliance-checker.md	Compliance checking
14	agents/sdlc/14-cost-estimation.md	Cloud cost estimation

Pipeline routing map

Product clarification  →  00-environment, 01-transcript
Requirements           →  02-requirements, 04-planning, 05-jira
Architecture           →  06-architecture, 12-security-threat-model, 14-cost-estimation
Implementation         →  07-code
Testing                →  08-testing
Security review        →  12-security-threat-model, 13-compliance-checker
Documentation          →  03-documentation, 10-summary
Release readiness      →  09-deployment, 10-summary, 11-feedback-loop

How agents are invoked

Agents are not invoked directly — the orchestrator selects them based on the current lifecycle stage and packages them into task packets.

In Pi native mode, the orchestrator uses sdlc_build_next to assemble the right agents automatically.

In asset-only mode, you can reference agents by path in your prompt:

Use agents/sdlc/06-architecture.md to design the system architecture.
Include agents/sdlc/12-security-threat-model.md in the review.

Adding to the pipeline

Custom pipeline stages can be added by creating agent files and registering them in the routing config:

# Create a custom pipeline agent
touch agents/sdlc/15-my-custom-stage.md

# Re-validate to update the registry
rstack-agents validate

Then reference it in your custom .rstack/plugins/ or override routing.json.