name: Simple tasks: input: name: Enter something to hash type: input schema: title: Something type: object properties: something: type: string title: Something default: "" next: hash: "something != ''" hash: name: Hash the something type: automation automation: hash.sha1 payload: default: "playbook.tasks['input'].data['something']" next: comment: "hash != ''" comment: name: Comment the hash type: automation automation: comment payload: default: "playbook.tasks['hash'].data['hash']" next: done: "done" done: name: You can close this case now type: task