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AI · June 20, 2026

Local automation runner with built-in LLM steps – YAML pipelines

Developer-first automation runner - pipelines as YAML, extended with Python, executed from the CLI or a local scheduler.

Local automation runner with built-in LLM steps – YAML pipelines launched on June 20, 2026 with 5 votes, #2,466 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

What it does

YAML pipelines. Python plugins. Runs on your machine - no server to set up, no cloud account needed. Stepyard is an automation runner for developers. Pipelines live as YAML files in your repo. You extend them with plain Python functions. Everything runs from the CLI or a local daemon - on your machine or a server you own. pip install stepyard stepyard init my-project && cd my-project stepyard run hello A deploy pipeline: build and push a container, run a smoke test, and post the result to Slack. One YAML file, no supporting scripts. name : deploy description : Build, push, and verify the production container. steps : - id : build uses : shell.run with : command : docker build -t myapp:${{…from rorlikowski.github.io

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