Chaining recipe

Run your whole routine with one command

You have a handful of small automations. Running them one at a time, in the right order, has become its own chore.

chaining no model needed free tier Free tier

What you get

One recipe that runs the others in sequence and tells you when they're all done.

What it does

  1. Run the first recipe file.
  2. When it finishes, run the second.
  3. Notify you when both are done.

The whole automation, in one file

This is the actual recipe. Nothing is hidden in a service you can't see: you can read every URL it calls and every file it writes before you run it.

{
  "workflow_id": "run_recipes_in_order",
  "description": "Runs several recipes one after another with a single command. Each step names one recipe file. Replace the two file names with your own.",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "first_job",
      "trigger": "manual",
      "action_type": "invoke_recipe",
      "target": "recipes/files/whats_new_today.json",
      "payload": {},
      "next": "second_job"
    },
    {
      "id": "second_job",
      "trigger": "after:first_job",
      "action_type": "invoke_recipe",
      "target": "recipes/web/api_with_retries.json",
      "payload": {},
      "next": "all_done"
    },
    {
      "id": "all_done",
      "trigger": "after:second_job",
      "action_type": "notify",
      "target": "stdout",
      "payload": {
        "message": "Both jobs finished, in order."
      }
    }
  ]
}

Download this recipe · Runs on the free tier: local files and a local model only.

Why this is different

Each job stays its own small readable file. The runner is a list of file names, so adding or reordering jobs is a one-line change.

Questions

Can I still run each job by itself?

Yes. They stay separate files. The runner only names them.

What if two recipes call each other by mistake?

The engine caps how deep recipes can nest, so a loop stops instead of running away.

Does this need PRO?

The runner doesn't. Each job it runs keeps its own requirements.

Run it

Vibe Engine (Vibra-Ingenn) runs recipes like this on your own machine. Drop the file in, run it once by hand, then put it on a schedule. Get the engine, see three recipes running, or read how the engine works.

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