FoundationAgents/MetaGPT

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70050 stars · 8907 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

MetaGPT is an open-source multi-agent framework that assigns roles like product manager, architect, and engineer to LLM-powered agents, simulating a software company's workflow. Given a one-line requirement, it produces artifacts such as user stories, competitive analysis, requirements, data structures, APIs, and code via orchestrated standard operating procedures.

Use cases

• generate a full software project from a one-line requirement
• orchestrate multiple LLM agents with role-based collaboration
• automatically produce PRDs, API designs, and code from prompts
• build custom multi-agent workflows in Python
• research on agentic workflow generation and LLM collaboration

When to choose

• you want a mature, well-cited multi-agent framework with an active community
• you need role-based agent teams following SOPs to generate software artifacts
• you are doing research or prototyping with LLM-based agent collaboration in Python

When to avoid

• you need a single-agent chatbot or simple LLM wrapper
• you require a no-code hosted product rather than a Python framework
• your Python version is outside the supported 3.9-3.11 range

Facets

framework · maturity active

agent-framework llm-inference prompt-engineering workflow-automation large-language-models developer-tools python cross-platform cli multi-agent llm sop software-company-simulation natural-language-programming gpt ai-agents automation

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