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

# The Runner

> The published, form-driven front door for rerunning a workflow on demand.

When you [publish](/workflow/overview#publishing) a workflow, it gets its own **Runner page**: a simple form built from your [User Input](/workflow/nodes/input) nodes. Each input node becomes a field. Fill in the fields, hit run, and review the history of past runs — without ever reopening the editor or rewiring anything.

The Runner is for **using** a workflow, not building it. The canvas is where you experiment; the Runner is where you (or anyone you share it with) press the same button again and again.

## What a Runner run does

A Runner run executes exactly like a [full run](/concepts/full-run) in the editor — same engine, same nodes, same result. The Runner is just the published front door wrapped around it. On top of running the graph, it also:

* **Handles auth** — gates who can run based on the visibility you chose at publish time.
* **Maps inputs** — takes the caller's form values and feeds them to your User Input nodes.
* **Applies the creator fee** — adds your run price on top of compute, if you set one.

<Note>
  The Runner never changes the workflow's logic. It only collects inputs and triggers the run — the wiring you built in the editor is exactly what executes.
</Note>

## Also an API

Publishing the workflow exposes it as an [API endpoint](/introduction) too. The Runner page is the human front door; the endpoint is the code front door. Your app or a scheduled job can trigger the same run, with the same inputs, and get the same result back.

## Related

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  <Card title="Editor vs Runner" icon="arrows-left-right" href="/concepts/editor-vs-runner">
    Where you build versus where you rerun — and why they're separate surfaces.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Running the full workflow" icon="play" href="/concepts/full-run">
    What a full run actually executes — the engine the Runner sits in front of.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
