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# Customizing Init Scripts

## Background

The per-workflow configure script has been removed. Use the workflow `init` script as the established location to run Stoobly commands and shell commands before a service workflow runs. Uses include, but are not limited to:

1. Building source files
2. Building fixtures to use for mocking
3. Applying Stoobly rules (rewrite, match, filter)

To learn more where it is used, see:

{% content-ref url="/pages/kGz1rovOOBYXXhoOcn3E" %}
[Workflow](/core-concepts/scaffold/workflow.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Customizing

1. Each workflow provides an `init` script that runs during workflow startup
2. It can be accessed in the following location:

```bash
.stoobly/services/<SERVICE-NAME>/<WORKFLOW-NAME>/init
```

3. Add any Stoobly configuration commands and setup logic to this file
4. Modifications to this file will not be overriten when the `service create` command is re-run.