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title: Create Playbooks
slug: create-playbooks
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createdAt: 2025-08-11T11:13:46.000Z
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:::hint{type="danger"}
Playbook and component runs use platform timeout defaults (4 hours total from start, extended by up to 1 hour per period of job activity). Individual connector and native actions time out after 15 minutes. See [Timeouts and Limits](docId:3OfEvWJNekRk_DSSCBqnx) for details.
:::

:::hint{type="danger"}
 Playbook action input and outputs are limited to 20MiB. You should always narrow data down as much as possible for playbook and action performance. For more information about file-handling limits, click [Playbook File Handling](docId\:hKEI7dP2oCEmlgI18OpDv).
:::

## Create Playbooks

To create a playbook:

1. From the navigation menu, click **ORCHESTRATION**.
2. Click **Playbooks**.

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3. From the Playbooks home page task bar, click the plus menu icon, and then select **Create a new playbook**.
4. In **New Playbook**window, enter a **Name**for the playbook and (optionally) a **description**, and then click **Save**.

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The playbook opens.

If you want to import Swimlane Solution Package files (.ssp files), see [Import Swimlane Solution Packages](#).

## Enabled Playbook Toggle

To view details about how to enable/disable a playbook, click [Enable and Disable Classic Playbooks](docId\:oJJIpKfWHJyjICUnABgFF).

## Select Action/Nested Playbook

To add an action/nested playbook, follow the instructions on the [Actions](docId\:VvMOb1j4tnj3RVUeXax01) and [Nested Playbooks](docId\:IHvURiTQBqbEYJ8geW4ZS) pages.