# \[QUESTION\] Making a set of flows that trigger other flows quicker?

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**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** homeyscript, flow\
**Created:** [March 11, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/question-making-a-set-of-flows-that-trigger-other-flows-quicker/61593 "2022-03-11T21:54:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/question-making-a-set-of-flows-that-trigger-other-flows-quicker/61593/11 "2022-03-13T21:55:11Z")

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> [@Peter\_Kawa](#):
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> I’ve read on the forum all action cards are fired at once with no special order.

Yeah, I’ve read it somewhere as well, and I think it was like that two years ago. After that I’ve noticed all tasks get run in order. Even calculating a variable value, and using it in the next task was going well every time. So yeah, I almost never use delays any more for allowing Homey to calculate.

> [@Peter\_Kawa](#):
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> Triggering flows using the same changed variable for all flows, doesn’t make much difference, the order and delays are a like.  
> It’s similar to ‘start all flows at once’.

This one is interesting! I haven’t done a test with the measurable results, like your log. But I have done something similar - a visual testing, triggering 1-5 flows with the same trigger, a 433 RF button press. This would trigger 1-5 hue spot lights to flash once. I’ve noticed that up to 3 flows, they would flash simultaneously, and when having more than 3 flows, it would start getting a slight delay. This is the main reason I use to enable/disable flows with common triggers when they are not used, to deload Homey and get better response time for the other flows. I’ve tried to get some views on that [here](https://community.homey.app/t/best-method-using-and-criteria-vs-disabling-flows/61459).

If you haven’t deleted your test flows, you could check if running less than 6 flows makes them run faster. Or where the sweet spot is.

And if it’s so that HOOP only makes flows more compact, but doesn’t help speed the process up - it looks like I’ll have to start coding in HomeyScript. I’ve looked into it already. Writing script is not that difficult, you can find everything online, but Homey specific stuff is a whole different ball game for me. Calling in sensor values through the script:

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