Technical workflow

Build and Run Your Home Media Server

Runner helps you choose the right stack, organize your library, and keep your home media server stable over time.

Plan, launch, and maintain Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby for your personal media collection without setup chaos.

PlexJellyfinDockerUnraidNANAS Mounts

Each Runner plan has a 7 day free trial.

What would you like to do?

Runner walks through Plex stack setup, container config, and automation rules step by step.

Workflow snapshot

Everything that happens in this workflow, from trigger to outcome.

Trigger

You want a media stack that installs cleanly and stays stable after setup.

Apps connected

PlexJellyfinDockerUnraidNANAS Mounts

Sample input

Plan a Jellyfin and Plex stack for my NAS, generate the folder layout, compose settings, and validation checks before I install.

Sample output

A stack plan with volume mappings, setup notes, rollback checkpoints, and a validation checklist.

What actually got done

  • Mapped the runtime stack before installation
  • Prepared mounts, volumes, and validation steps
  • Reduced day-two ops surprises with a repeatable checklist

Outcome

Setup stops feeling like guesswork and starts looking like operations.

Context in, action out

Runner reads the thread, calendar, docs, and local files and turns that into the next step. No copy-paste, no tab switching.

Build and Run Your Home Media Server

Runner helps you choose the right stack, organize your library, and keep your home media server stable over time.

PlexJellyfinDockerUnraid
1

Mapped the runtime stack before installation

2

Prepared mounts, volumes, and validation steps

Reduced day-two ops surprises with a repeatable checklist

Connect the apps around the job

Email, calendar, notes, docs, and CRM become one connected workflow graph instead of five separate systems you have to mentally stitch together.

Gmail logo

Gmail

Google Calendar logo

Google Calendar

Google Drive logo

Google Drive

Slack logo

Slack

HubSpot logo

HubSpot

Notion logo

Notion

Runner

Review before anything goes out

Runner prepares the draft, proposed update, or scheduled next step, then leaves you in control of the final send.

1

Collect context from apps & files

Gathering
2

Integrate, analyze and merge across apps

Thinking
3

Review recommended actions

Waiting
4

Send it, do it, take action

The apps to connect

Start with the apps used in this workflow, then explore the rest of the connector graph. Every app tile links to its connector page.

Plan the right setup before you install anything

Get a clear layout for containers, mounts, and services before the first deploy.

Get this workflow

Start with Gmail, tell Runner what kind of work this page represents, then install the desktop app with the right first workflows already teed up.

Download workflow pack

Prompt outline, sample input, connector checklist, and placeholder artifact notes for Build and Run Your Home Media Server.

Your full home media stack

Runner connects Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, and your storage so setup and day-two operations stay predictable.

PlexJellyfinDockerUnraidNANAS Mounts

Testimonials

Christina

Christina

Sr. Vice President

Starting my day with a Morning Briefing saves me so much time. I love this app.

Mike

Mike

Co-founder, BrandHero

Runner pulls together context from every tool I use. Board prep takes minutes, not hours.

Laura

Laura

Social Media

Follow-through used to die in my inbox. Now Runner closes the loop before I even ask.

Mark

Mark

Product Leadership, Akido Labs

It actually does the work. Drafts, updates, briefings — all from the tools we already live in.

Sarah

Sarah

Founder, Saro Brava Consulting

Runner has quickly become an extension of my brain — holding context, handling the busy work, and letting me show up fully for every client.

Tom

Tom

Partner, Sounds Profitable

My Morning Brief from Runner is the single most valuable thing I look at every day.

Thomas

Thomas

Partner, Systemic Ventures

Runner is the first app I open in the morning, partially because it's where the energy I put into it comes back to me 10-fold and then keeps compounding from there.

Daniel

Daniel

Head of Agentic Search, Expedia, YC Alum

Runner’s memory actually holds over time, data flows seamlessly between connected apps, and then it feeds actionable intel back to me at the most valuable points in my day.

Make your media stack predictable.

Download Runner to plan, launch, and maintain your home media server with less stress.

More workflows