diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/workflow/CreateIngestPipelineStep.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/workflow/CreateIngestPipelineStep.java
index d31212481..57075f0ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/workflow/CreateIngestPipelineStep.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/workflow/CreateIngestPipelineStep.java
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.ingest.PutPipelineRequest;
 import org.opensearch.client.Client;
 import org.opensearch.client.ClusterAdminClient;
+import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.opensearch.core.action.ActionListener;
-import org.opensearch.core.common.bytes.BytesArray;
+import org.opensearch.core.common.bytes.BytesReference;
+import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 /**
  * Workflow step to create an ingest pipeline
@@ -29,6 +33,12 @@ public class CreateIngestPipelineStep implements WorkflowStep {
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(CreateIngestPipelineStep.class);
     private static final String NAME = "create_ingest_pipeline_step";
 
+    private static final String PIPELINE_ID_FIELD = "id";
+    private static final String DESCRIPTION_FIELD = "description";
+    private static final String MODEL_ID_FIELD = "model_id";
+    private static final String INPUT_FIELD = "input_field_name";
+    private static final String OUTPUT_FIELD = "output_field_name";
+
     // Client to store a pipeline in the cluster state
     private final ClusterAdminClient clusterAdminClient;
     // Client to store response data into global context index
@@ -48,34 +58,55 @@ public CreateIngestPipelineStep(Client client) {
     public CompletableFuture<WorkflowData> execute(List<WorkflowData> data) {
 
         CompletableFuture<WorkflowData> createIngestPipelineFuture = new CompletableFuture<>();
+
         String pipelineId = null;
-        String source = null;
+        String description = null;
+        String modelId = null;
+        String inputFieldName = null;
+        String outputFieldName = null;
+        BytesReference configuration = null;
 
-        // Extract required content from workflow data
+        // Extract required content from workflow data and generate the ingest pipeline configuration
         for (WorkflowData workflowData : data) {
 
             Map<String, String> parameters = workflowData.getParams();
             Map<String, Object> content = workflowData.getContent();
-
             logger.debug("Previous step sent params: {}, content: {}", parameters, content);
 
-            if (content.containsKey("id")) {
-                pipelineId = (String) content.get("id");
+            if (content.containsKey(PIPELINE_ID_FIELD)) {
+                pipelineId = (String) content.get(PIPELINE_ID_FIELD);
+            }
+            if (content.containsKey(DESCRIPTION_FIELD)) {
+                description = (String) content.get(DESCRIPTION_FIELD);
+            }
+            if (content.containsKey(MODEL_ID_FIELD)) {
+                modelId = (String) content.get(MODEL_ID_FIELD);
+            }
+            if (content.containsKey(INPUT_FIELD)) {
+                inputFieldName = (String) content.get(INPUT_FIELD);
             }
-            if (content.containsKey("source")) {
-                source = (String) content.get("source");
+            if (content.containsKey(OUTPUT_FIELD)) {
+                outputFieldName = (String) content.get(OUTPUT_FIELD);
             }
-            if (pipelineId != null && source != null) {
+
+            if (Stream.of(pipelineId, description, modelId, inputFieldName, outputFieldName).allMatch(x -> x != null)) {
+                try {
+                    configuration = BytesReference.bytes(
+                        buildIngestPipelineRequestContent(description, modelId, inputFieldName, outputFieldName)
+                    );
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    logger.error("Failed to create ingest pipeline : " + e.getMessage());
+                    createIngestPipelineFuture.completeExceptionally(e);
+                }
                 break;
             }
         }
 
         // Create PutPipelineRequest and execute
-        if (pipelineId != null && source != null) {
-            PutPipelineRequest putPipelineRequest = new PutPipelineRequest(pipelineId, new BytesArray(source), XContentType.JSON);
+        if (configuration != null) {
+            PutPipelineRequest putPipelineRequest = new PutPipelineRequest(pipelineId, configuration, XContentType.JSON);
             clusterAdminClient.putPipeline(putPipelineRequest, ActionListener.wrap(response -> {
-
-                logger.info("Created pipeline : " + putPipelineRequest.getId());
+                logger.info("Created ingest pipeline : " + putPipelineRequest.getId());
 
                 // PutPipelineRequest returns only an AcknowledgeResponse, returning pipelineId instead
                 createIngestPipelineFuture.complete(new WorkflowData() {
@@ -88,12 +119,12 @@ public Map<String, Object> getContent() {
                 // TODO : Use node client to index response data to global context (pending global context index implementation)
 
             }, exception -> {
-                logger.error("Failed to create pipeline : " + exception.getMessage());
+                logger.error("Failed to create ignest pipeline : " + exception.getMessage());
                 createIngestPipelineFuture.completeExceptionally(exception);
             }));
         } else {
             // Required workflow data not found
-            createIngestPipelineFuture.completeExceptionally(new Exception("Failed to create pipeline"));
+            createIngestPipelineFuture.completeExceptionally(new Exception("Failed to create ingest pipeline, required inputs not found"));
         }
 
         return createIngestPipelineFuture;
@@ -104,4 +135,44 @@ public String getName() {
         return NAME;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Temporary, generates the ingest pipeline request content from workflow data
+     * {
+     *  "description" : "<description>",
+     *  "processors" : [
+     *      "text_embedding" : {
+     *          "model_id" : "<model_id>",
+     *          "field_map" : {
+     *              "<input_field_name>" : "<output_field_name>"
+     *          }
+     *      }
+     *  ]
+     * }
+     *
+     * @param description The description of the ingest pipeline configuration
+     * @param modelId The ID of the model that will be used in the embedding interface
+     * @param inputFieldName The field name used to cache text for text embeddings
+     * @param outputFieldName The field name in which output text is stored
+     * @throws IOException if the request content fails to be generated
+     * @return the xcontent builder with the formatted ingest pipeline configuration
+     */
+    private XContentBuilder buildIngestPipelineRequestContent(
+        String description,
+        String modelId,
+        String inputFieldName,
+        String outputFieldName
+    ) throws IOException {
+        return XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()
+            .startObject()
+            .field("description", description)
+            .startArray("processors")
+            .startObject("text_embedding")
+            .field("model_id", modelId)
+            .startObject("field_map")
+            .field(inputFieldName, outputFieldName)
+            .endObject()
+            .endObject()
+            .endArray()
+            .endObject();
+    }
 }