Runway Dev Recipes

Recipes are documented multi-step workflows exposed through the Runway Dev API. Consult runway-dev for project setup, credential security, and SDK task guidance when installed.

Workflow

1. Understand the desired output and inspect the application's existing server and UI flow.
2. Use the current Recipes index to find a Recipe that fits. If the user has named a Recipe, use that one. Explain a relevant trade-off when recommending among options.
3. Read that Recipe's current guide and API schema for required inputs, accepted URI types, options, version, and output shape. Recipe contracts and version identifiers can change; do not reuse an old example as a current contract.
4. Implement the documented method under client.recipes with the official SDK behind the app server boundary. Pin a version explicitly when the current guide provides one; only opt into an unsafe latest version if the user specifically wants automatic updates.
5. Connect success, loading, and error states to the existing app. For task-based calls, chain the SDK wait helper from the unawaited recipe method call and handle documented task failures.
6. Perform local validation. A live Recipe call can generate billable media; run one only when requested or approved, checking the selected project's credit balance first.

Keep the project API secret on the server and out of the browser, chat, source control, and MCP configuration. If live MCP account context is unavailable, proceed from the public Recipe docs and existing app configuration unless the next step depends on live account state.

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