# Runner.connect_to

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

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

The returned [`TaskRunner`](/docs/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

**client**

`Client`

Tilebox workflows client used by the direct runner.

**cluster**

`str | None`

The [cluster slug](/docs/workflows/concepts/clusters#cluster-slug) for the runner. If not provided, the default cluster is used.

## Example

```python title="Python"
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()
```