diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 4b217249..2bcda544 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ jobs:
         python setup.py sdist
         version=$(head -1  cosmosis/version.py | cut  -d "'" -f 2)
         sha=$(shasum -a 256 dist/cosmosis-${version}.tar.gz | awk '{print $1}')
-        echo "::set-output name=tarball-sha::${sha}"
-        echo "::set-output name=pypi-version::${version}"
+        echo "pypi-version=${version}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "tarball-sha=${sha}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
 
     - name: Publish to PyPI
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/cosmosis/runtime/pipeline.py b/cosmosis/runtime/pipeline.py
index 709cb155..c3e8f08b 100644
--- a/cosmosis/runtime/pipeline.py
+++ b/cosmosis/runtime/pipeline.py
@@ -390,9 +390,11 @@ def __init__(self, arg=None, load=True, modules=None):
         else:
             self.modules = []
 
+
+        self.shortcut_module=0
+        self.shortcut_data=None
+
         if self.modules:
-            self.shortcut_module=0
-            self.shortcut_data=None
             if shortcut is not None:
                 try:
                     index = module_list.index(shortcut)
@@ -408,8 +410,6 @@ def __init__(self, arg=None, load=True, modules=None):
                     print("and use the cached results from the first run for everything before that.")
                     print("except the input parameter values. Think about this to check it's what you want.")
                 self.shortcut_module = index
-            self.shortcut_module=0
-            self.shortcut_data=None
 
 
 
@@ -1366,6 +1366,94 @@ def likelihood(self, p, return_data=False, all_params=False):
         else:
             return like, extra_saves
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_likelihood_function(cls, log_likelihood_function, param_ranges, priors=None, debug=False, derived=None):
+        """
+        Make a pipeline from a simple likelihood function.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        log_likelihood_function : function
+            A function that takes a list of parameters and returns either a single
+            number (the log-likelihood) or a tuple of two things, the first being
+            the log-likelihood and the second being a dictionary of extra derived
+            parameters.
+        param_ranges : list of tuples
+            A list of tuples of the form (min, starting_point, max) for each parameter.
+        priors : list of tuples, optional
+            A dictionary if priors i the form name:prior (see documentation for prior format).
+            If not specified then uniform priors are used.
+        debug : bool, optional
+            If True then exceptions in the likelihood function will be raised.
+            If False then they will be ignored and the likelihood will be set to -inf.
+        derived : list of strings, optional
+            A list of names of derived parameters to save in the output.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        pipeline : LikelihoodPipeline
+            A pipeline object that can be run.
+        """
+        nparam = len(param_ranges)
+
+        def setup(options):
+            return {}
+
+        def execute(block, config):
+            parameters = np.array([block["params", f"p{i}"]  for i in range(nparam)])
+            try:
+                p = log_likelihood_function(parameters)
+            except:
+                if debug:
+                    raise
+                else:
+                    return 1
+
+            if derived is None:
+                like = p
+            else:
+                like = p[0]
+                extra = p[1]
+
+            if not isinstance(extra, dict):
+                raise ValueError("The extra output from the likelihood function must be a dictionary")
+
+            block['likelihoods', 'a_like'] = like
+            for key, value in extra.items():
+                block['derived', key] = value
+
+            return 0
+
+        mod = module.FunctionModule("log_likelihood_function", setup, execute)
+
+        parameters = {
+            f"p{i}": f"{param_ranges[i][0]} {param_ranges[i][1]} {param_ranges[i][2]}"
+            for i in range(nparam)
+        }
+
+        debug_str = "T" if debug else "F"
+        extra_saves = " ".join([f"derived/{d}" for d in derived]) if derived is not None else ""
+
+        config = {
+            "pipeline": {
+                "likelihoods": "a",
+                "debug": debug_str,
+                "extra_output": extra_saves,
+            }
+        }
+
+        values = {
+            "params": parameters
+        }
+
+        priors = [{
+            "params": priors
+
+        }]
+
+        pipeline = cls(config, values = values, modules=[mod], priors=priors)
+        return pipeline
+
 
 
 def config_to_block(relevant_sections, options):
diff --git a/cosmosis/test/test_pipeline.py b/cosmosis/test/test_pipeline.py
index 3a42301c..fa538d87 100644
--- a/cosmosis/test/test_pipeline.py
+++ b/cosmosis/test/test_pipeline.py
@@ -237,7 +237,28 @@ def test_prior_override():
         assert p1.max() < 1.0
         assert p1.min() > -1.0
 
+def test_pipeline_from_function():
+    priors = {
+        "p0": "gaussian 1.0 0.5",
+    }
+
+    def log_like(p):
+        r1 = np.sum(np.abs(p))
+        return -0.5 * np.sum(p**2), {"r1": r1}
+
+    param_ranges = [
+        (-3.0,  0.0,  3.0),
+        (-3.0,  0.0,  3.0),
+        (-3.0,  0.0,  3.0),
+        (-3.0,  0.0,  3.0),
+    ]
+
+    derived = ["r1"]
 
+    pipeline = LikelihoodPipeline.from_likelihood_function(log_like, param_ranges, priors=priors, derived=derived, debug=True)
+    r = pipeline.run_results([0,0,0,0])
+    assert r.like == 0.0
+    assert r.extra[0] == 0.0