# force --check **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [February 18, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/force-check/20616 "2016-02-18T15:12:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Biancaniello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@Mike\_Biancaniello](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike_Biancaniello)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/force-check/20616/1 "2016-02-18T15:12:07Z")
Is there a compliment to the `always_run: true` option for a play? I have a need for a playbook to always run a single task in check\_mode and use the results to do something. I really don’t want to have to always run the playbook with `--check` (and use `always_run: true` for the other tasks) because if I forget to add that option, then I’ll accidentally run the task I don’t want to actually run. suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/force-check/20616/2 "2016-02-18T15:28:32Z")
there is a PR (not a feature yet) to set ansible\_check\_mode variable so you can figure out if you are in check mode or not and make your execution conditional on it. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Biancaniello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@Mike\_Biancaniello](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike_Biancaniello)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/force-check/20616/3 "2016-02-25T22:05:51Z")
That might be what I’m looking for, but I’m not sure. I want to be able to run a playbook (_not_ in check\_mode), but tell one task to run _only_ in check\_mode. Currently, if you run in check\_mode, setting `always_run: true` on a task makes that task run as if it is not in check\_mode. I want the opposite of this. I want to be able to run: ` ansible-playbook stuff.yml ` stuff.yml `