> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Pipelines

> Publish a canvas graph as a pipeline: a saved recipe with declared inputs that your team and your AI assistant can run with new material.

A **pipeline** is a saved canvas published with declared inputs and outputs — a recipe for a type of creative, such as a product lifestyle shot. Anyone on the brand with the **Operator** role or higher can run it with new material, without opening the graph. Running needs Operator because a run spends Canvas credits. Viewers can find a pipeline and see what it needs.

## Publish a pipeline

**1. Leave the inputs open**

Build the graph, and leave at least one required input unwired — a reference image or a prompt. Those open ports become the pipeline's inputs.

**2. Switch to Pipeline**

Right-click the canvas, choose **Save**, and switch the toggle to **Pipeline**. The dialog shows what it **Takes** as inputs.

**3. Describe it**

Fill in **What it makes and when to use it**.

**4. Write the agent guide**

Write or draft the **Agent guide** — when to use it and when to avoid it. Agents read it to decide when to run the pipeline.

**5. Publish**

Choose **Publish pipeline**.

## Run a pipeline

Open **Pipelines** in the [Library](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/library.md) sidebar, pick one, and choose **Set up run**. Provide the inputs — text, a Library asset, or an [Element](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/elements.md) — and choose **Run pipeline**. The run shows its outputs and cost when it finishes.

Published pipelines also appear in the **Pipelines** tab of **My Workflows** on the canvas.

## Try it

Ask Claude or ChatGPT:

* "Which pipelines do we have, and what does each one need?"
* "Run our customer-testimonial pipeline with these three angles: taste, price, convenience."
* "Run the product lifestyle pipeline five times with our hero product Element."
* "Is that pipeline run done yet?"

One request can make up to 10 versions. See [Make creative](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/mcp/use-cases/creative.md).

## What's next

* [Workflows](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/workflows.md): Save and load graphs.
* [Elements](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/elements.md): Keep subjects consistent across runs.


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