Add an activity to a playbook

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title: Add an activity to a playbook
description: Add preselected optional activities to a Playbook Experience if available.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/build-workflows/workflow-studio/playbook-add-optional-activity.html
release: australia
product: Workflow Studio
classification: workflow-studio
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Running Playbook Experience, Playbooks, Workflow Studio, Build workflows]
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# Add an activity to a playbook

Add preselected optional activities to a Playbook Experience if available.

## Before you begin

Role required: agent

## About this task

Add and complete optional playbook activities in a running playbook. This example shows how an optional activity can be added to a playbook. Playbook admins must pre-configure optional activities. You cannot insert an optional activity as the first activity in a stage or between two finished activities. Some optional activities can be added to any stage while others can only be added to a single stage. If optional activities are not configured for a playbook, no optional activities will be available.

## Procedure

1.  Open a playbook in workspace.

2.  Select the action menu icon \(\[Omitted image "playbook-ellipses.png"\] Alt text: Playbook action menu icon\).

3.  Select **Add Activity**.

    \[Omitted image "playbook-add-activity-button.png"\] Alt text: Add Activity button to add optional activities.

    **Note:** **Add Activity** will not display if no optional activities available in this stage.

4.  Select **+ Add activity here** in the location you want to add the activity to the playbook.

    \[Omitted image "playbook-add-activity-here.png"\] Alt text: Add an activity to a playbook by selecting + Add activity here.

5.  Select the activity you would like to add to the playbook.

    \[Omitted image "playbook-add-activity-select.png"\] Alt text: Add activity modal.

6.  Select **Done**.

    The selected optional activity appears in your playbook.


## Result

The selected optional activity appears in your playbook.

\[Omitted image "playbook-add-activity-complete.png"\] Alt text: Optional activities appear in the location selected.

**Parent Topic:**[Running Playbook Experience](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/build-workflows/workflow-studio/playbook-agents-and-fulfillers.md)