# ansible-pull > Pull ansible playbooks from a VCS repo and executes them for the local host. > More information: <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-pull.html>. - Pull a playbook from a VCS and execute a default local.yml playbook: `ansible-pull -U {{repository_url}}` - Pull a playbook from a VCS and execute a specific playbook: `ansible-pull -U {{repository_url}} {{playbook}}` - Pull a playbook from a VCS at a specific branch and execute a specific playbook: `ansible-pull -U {{repository_url}} -C {{branch}} {{playbook}}` - Pull a playbook from a VCS, specify hosts file and execute a specific playbook: `ansible-pull -U {{repository_url}} -i {{hosts_file}} {{playbook}}`