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title: "Companion"
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description: "Kotlin binding reference: Companion."
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//[clika-runtime](../../../../index.md)/[io.clika.runtime](../../index.md)/[Pipeline](../index.md)/[Companion](index.md)

# Companion

[common]\
object [Companion](index.md)

## Functions

| Name | Summary |
|---|---|
| [create](create.md) | [common]<br>fun [create](create.md)(steps: [List](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin.collections/-list/index.html)&lt;[PipelineStep](../../PipelineStep/index.md)&gt;, externalSchema: [ModelSchema](../../ModelSchema/index.md) = ModelSchema()): [Pipeline](../index.md)<br>A pipeline over [steps](create.md) in flow order and the external I/O schema [externalSchema](create.md); the models must outlive it. |