Recipes

A recipe is a typed, validated, unit-tested stack. The agent calls briq_run with a recipe name and gets running services plus their connection strings. Every recipe briq offers has a page here, with its parameters, its outputs and copy-paste calls.

postgresdatabase

PostgreSQL

A PostgreSQL database with a persistent volume. Optional pgvector.

database
sql

mysqldatabase

MySQL

A MySQL database with a persistent volume.

database
sql

rediscache

Redis

A Redis server (Valkey-compatible) for caches and queues.

cache
queue

mongodatabase

MongoDB

A MongoDB server with authentication and a persistent volume.

database
document

miniostorage

MinIO (S3)

S3-compatible object storage with a web console.

storage
s3

mailpitemail

Mailpit

Catches outgoing email for tests, with a web inbox and a JSON API.

email
testing

rabbitmqqueue

RabbitMQ

AMQP message broker with the management UI enabled.

queue
messaging

chromebrowser

Headless Chrome

A headless Chromium with a WebSocket endpoint for Playwright or Puppeteer.

browser
testing

redis-bullmqqueue

Redis + BullMQ dashboard

Redis for BullMQ queues, plus a Bull Board UI to inspect jobs. Point your workers at REDIS_URL; the dashboard discovers the queues itself.

queue
cache
stack

neo4jdatabase

Neo4j

A graph database with a persistent volume, for data an agent should query, not paraphrase.

database
graph

pandocdocument

Pandoc

A document converter with LaTeX, for a skill that has to produce a file, not just a plan for one.

document
testing

planeapp

Plane

A self-hosted Linear/Jira-like board the agent can update, with a link to share.

app
stack

qdrantdatabase

Qdrant

A vector database, for a knowledge file the agent can search by meaning, not grep.

database
vector
ai

wikiapp

Wiki.js

A wiki the agent can write pages to and hand you a link into, instead of NOTES.md.

app
document
stack

grafanaapp

Grafana

A dashboard the agent can point at its own data, instead of a STATUS.md it writes by hand.

app
observability

metabaseapp

Metabase

Reports on a Postgres warehouse: load a dataset, build a dashboard, share a link to it.

app
analytics
stack

memosmemory

Memos

A markdown note store with an API, for memory a human can read and the agent can append to.

memory
document
app

siyuanmemory

SiYuan

A block-based knowledge workspace with a kernel API, for an agent vault a human can browse.

memory
document
app

pythonapp

Python app

Your Python code running as a service, from files or a GitHub repo: it installs requirements.txt and starts it. No image to build.

app
language

nodeapp

Node.js app

Your Node.js code running as a service, from files or a GitHub repo: it installs package.json and starts it. No image to build.

app
language

bunapp

Bun app

Your TypeScript or JavaScript running on Bun, from files or a GitHub repo: it installs package.json and starts it. No build step.

app
language

goapp

Go app

Your Go code running as a service, from files or a GitHub repo: it builds the module and starts the binary. No image to build.

app
language

rubyapp

Ruby app

Your Ruby code running as a service, from files or a GitHub repo: it bundles the Gemfile and starts it. No image to build.

app
language

rustapp

Rust app

Your Rust crate running as a service, from files or a GitHub repo: it builds a release and runs it. No image to build.

app
language

phpapp

PHP app

Your PHP code served by PHP's built-in server, from files or a GitHub repo. No image to build.

app
language

staticapp

Static site

HTML, CSS, JavaScript and images served by nginx, from files or a folder of a GitHub repo. No build, no image.

app
language

nginxapp

Nginx gateway

A gateway (reverse proxy): one URL for several briqs of a stack, routed by path (/api/ to the back end, / to the front end). One origin for the browser, nothing to change in the apps.

app
proxy

PostgreSQL

A PostgreSQL database with a persistent volume. Optional pgvector.