What is a Run?
A Run is one execution of a Playbook, from what started it to the artifact it returns. It is the unit YAMO meters, receipts and charges for.
Where it sits
YAMO's vocabulary is a ladder: a Playbook is the method, a Play is one step inside it, a Service is what other people run, an Instance is one customer's ongoing context against a Service, and a Run is one execution. A Connector is a tool a Playbook declares it needs, and a Connection is the access that satisfies it. A Reference file is a document a Playbook reads while it works.
Run is one rung of that ladder. The rung next to it is Connector.
Why the word matters
One word for one thing. A Run is one execution and an Instance is the context that holds many of them. The billable unit is the Run.
The longer answer
What is a Run? is the page for this one: where it sits, what it is confused with, and a worked example from a real template.
The rest of the ladder
What is a Connector?
What a Connector is on YAMO: the tool a Playbook declares that it needs, and what changes when you authorise one so that a run can reach it.What is a Connection?
What a Connection is on YAMO: the access you have authorised, which is what lets a run reach a tool a Playbook asked for, on your behalf, when it runs.What is a Reference file?
What a Reference file is on YAMO: a document a Playbook reads while it works, such as your house style, your offer, or the list you keep watch on.What is a Playbook?
What a Playbook is on YAMO: the method an expert captures, written down as a document the runtime follows exactly, every single time it is run.What is a Play?
What a Play is on YAMO: one step inside a Playbook, with its own job, its own inputs and its own share of what the finished artifact contains.What is a Service?
What a Service is on YAMO: the thing people run, which exists from the moment you start making it and passes through three stages before anyone sees it.Pricing
How YAMO charges: you pay for the runs you make, and nothing for the ones you do not. What a run is, what it includes, and what publishing costs.Who it's for
The six kinds of expert YAMO is built for, and what changes when the method you already follow becomes a Service that somebody else can run.
Read a Playbook that uses it
Every template in the library publishes its contract and a real example output.