diff --git a/runner.js b/runner.js
index 90b2db8..ee0fdaa 100644
--- a/runner.js
+++ b/runner.js
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+var ast = require('mkast')
+  , out = require('mkout')
+  , MAIN = 'main';
+
 /**
  *  Get a task runner.
  *
@@ -19,8 +23,13 @@ function runner(opts) {
  *  @option {Object} task collection of tasks.
  */
 function Runner(task) {
+  this.task = task;
+
   this.tasks = task.tasks;
   this.scope = task.scope || {};
+
+  this.scope.ast = this.scope.ast || ast;
+  this.scope.out = this.scope.out || out;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -164,9 +173,50 @@ function exec(id, cb) {
   return task;
 }
 
+/**
+ *  Execute a list of tasks to by string identifiers.
+ *
+ *  @function each
+ *  @member Runner
+ *
+ *  @param {Array} [names] list of task names.
+ *  @param {Function} cb callback function.
+ */
+function each(names, cb) {
+  if(names instanceof Function) {
+    cb = names;
+    names = null;
+  }
+
+  if(!names) {
+    names = this.tasks.map(function(task) {
+      return task.id;
+    }) 
+  }
+
+  var scope = this;
+  names = names.slice();
+
+  function next(err) {
+    if(err) {
+      return cb(err); 
+    }
+    var id = names.shift(); 
+    if(!id) {
+      return cb(); 
+    }
+    scope.exec(id, next);
+  }
+
+  next();
+}
+
 Runner.prototype.get = get;
 Runner.prototype.exec = exec;
 Runner.prototype.series = series;
 Runner.prototype.parallel = parallel;
+Runner.prototype.each = each;
+
+Runner.prototype.MAIN = MAIN;
 
 module.exports = runner;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pipeline-task.js b/test/fixtures/pipeline-task.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2cc43b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/pipeline-task.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+var mk = require('../../index');
+
+function readme(cb) {
+  doc('doc/readme.md')
+    //.pipe(this.pi())
+    //.pipe(this.msg())
+    //.pipe(this.ref())
+    .pipe(mk.out('target/pipeline-task.js'))
+    .once('finish', cb);
+}
+
+mk.task(readme);
diff --git a/test/spec/run.js b/test/spec/run.js
index b103c34..1a9370c 100644
--- a/test/spec/run.js
+++ b/test/spec/run.js
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ describe('mktask:', function() {
     
     function readme(cb) {
       called++;
+      expect(this.ast).to.be.an('object');
+      expect(this.out).to.be.a('function');
       cb();
     }