# Creating a custom Automation

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-custom-automation/272895
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** automation
**Created:** [February 21, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-custom-automation/272895 "2023-02-21T08:41:09Z")
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### Author: ![yhh9xdq7dc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f17d59/32.png) [@yhh9xdq7dc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yhh9xdq7dc)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2023, 10:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-custom-automation/272895/3 "2023-02-21T10:37:08Z")

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> [@Discourse Automation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-automation/195773/1):
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> `&block`

I tried but it says:

Couldn’t find script `lb-script` for automation `testing`, ensure the associated plugin is installed

Maybe I’m wrong, but should I create a separate file or is it okay to put everything in the plugin.rb file?

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