The heart of Binions: short YAML playbooks that turn events into actions. Learn the model, the syntax, and dozens of worked examples.
Playbooks are how you make Binions do things. A playbook is a short, readable YAML file that says “when this happens, run these steps” — no programming, just a trigger and a few actions. This section takes you from the core idea all the way to complete, production-shaped automations, with plenty of real examples to copy and adapt along the way.
The whole idea in one line. Apps and hardware emit events; a playbook you wrote turns each event into actions carried out by Binions’ daemons. The grammar is tiny on purpose — you describe the outcome, and the platform does the heavy lifting.
If you are new to playbooks, read these in order — each builds on the last: