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# Runner.connect_to

```python theme={"system"}
def Runner.connect_to(
  client: Client,
  cluster: ClusterSlugLike | None = None,
) -> TaskRunner
```

Create a direct runner from a reusable [`Runner`](/api-reference/python/tilebox.workflows/Runner) definition and a Tilebox workflows client.

The returned [`TaskRunner`](/api-reference/python/tilebox.workflows/TaskRunner.run_forever) connects to the Tilebox API, advertises the task registrations from the `Runner` definition, and executes matching tasks from the selected cluster.

## Parameters

<ParamField path="client" type="Client">
  Tilebox workflows client used by the direct runner.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="cluster" type="str | None">
  The [cluster slug](/workflows/concepts/clusters#cluster-slug) for the runner. If not provided, the default cluster is used.
</ParamField>

## Example

```python Python theme={"system"}
from tilebox.workflows import Client

from my_workflow.runner import runner


client = Client(name="my-workflow-direct")
task_runner = runner.connect_to(client, cluster="dev-cluster")
task_runner.run_forever()
```