This disclosure relates to automatic creation of an image processing pipeline that has a dependency on image processing domain experts. Given the image processing problem has multiple viable solutions, search space of creating a solution for a given goal in a given constrained infrastructure is large and, choosing an optimal image processing solution is an effort, time and intellect intensive endeavor. The present disclosure models image processing goals in abstract task categories and externalizes domain knowledge as an object model and a set of rules defined over it. Rules codify task template selection criteria and algorithm selection criteria for implementing a task. Recommendations are provided to choose suitable algorithm (s) for carrying out image processing tasks. Effects of algorithm execution are recorded for subsequent tasks recommendations. The stored state of execution and trace information enables rerouting the execution and knowledge upgrade. Deployable code is generated after a validated pipeline is created.