Hi,
Scenarios are used to build datasets, which, in other words, means executing recipes. Fundamentally, in DSS there is no difference between building datasets and executing the recipes that create said datasets.
So yes, scenarios (step-based scenarios) are exactly what you need to execute recipes automatically
More information:
https://doc.dataiku.com/dss/latest/flow/
https://doc.dataiku.com/dss/latest/scenarios/