# What are pipeline shapes?

> A pipeline shape is a recurring kind of data pipeline with a known correct form, and about ten shapes cover most production work.

A pipeline shape is a recurring kind of data pipeline with a known correct form, such as loading files into bronze, merging a change feed, or keeping history for a dimension. Data engineering is more repetitive than general software: about ten shapes cover most production work.

For each shape and each target platform, Emolysis has a template with named slots, test fixtures and expected outputs. When you ask for a pipeline, the agent picks the shape, asks only for the slots it is missing, fills the template and runs its tests, instead of writing the pipeline from scratch.

Browse the [ten shapes](https://emolysis.com/shapes), read [how shapes and templates fit together](https://emolysis.com/docs/shapes), or see the post [the ten pipeline shapes](https://emolysis.com/news/the-ten-pipeline-shapes).

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Page: https://emolysis.com/faq/what-are-pipeline-shapes. Emolysis is a product of Bandpey GmbH, Munich, Germany. It is in private development, and nothing is released yet.