# Forward meta-data to triggered build

**URL:** <https://forum.buildkite.community/t/forward-meta-data-to-triggered-build/778>\
**Category:** Features Requests\
**Created:** [October 31, 2019, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/forward-meta-data-to-triggered-build/778 "2019-10-31T08:00:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![azz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/azz/32/462_2.png) [@azz](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/azz)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/forward-meta-data-to-triggered-build/778/1 "2019-10-31T08:00:37Z")

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Is there a way to forward metadata to a pipeline triggered via the `trigger` step?

```json
- block: foo
  fields:
    - { text: foo, key: foo }

- wait

- trigger: bar
  build:
    meta_data:
      foo: # ? no way to pass $(buildkite-agent meta-data get foo)

```

I know this can be done using a dynamically generated pipeline, but it seems unfortunate to a require switching from `yml` to `sh` just for this.