# How to use the playbooks and tasks folders in a Collection

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-the-playbooks-and-tasks-folders-in-a-collection/32444>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 11, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-the-playbooks-and-tasks-folders-in-a-collection/32444 "2020-03-11T16:53:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Garner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@Andrew\_Garner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Garner)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-the-playbooks-and-tasks-folders-in-a-collection/32444/1 "2020-03-11T16:53:38Z")

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Hi,

I see on the documentation for Developing Collections ([https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev\_guide/developing\_collections.html#playbooks-directory](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#playbooks-directory)) there is a section for playbooks, but there are no details there, just says TBD. I’ve verified the folders are added to the tar.gz and install alongside the Collection code but how can I reference the contents? I’ve got files with tasks which define repeatable processes, how do I run that file with Ansible? I’m hoping I don’t need to use the path to the file in disk.

Thanks  
Andrew

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-the-playbooks-and-tasks-folders-in-a-collection/32444/2 "2020-03-11T16:54:49Z")

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There is no explicit functionality to use them currently, other than, as you mention, specifying the full path to the files.