We have an Azure pipeline (YAML) which runs on demand and will create a zipped artifact which is then executed in a release pipeline.

This is the YAML file, this process works as expected:

variables:
  solution: '**/SmokeTests.sln'
  vmImageWn: 'windows-latest'
  artifactName: 'smoke'

stages:
- stage: SmokeTestsBuild
  displayName: Fast Smoke Test Build
  jobs:
  - job: SmokeBuild
    pool:
      name: Azure Pipelines
      vmImage: '$(vmImageWn)'
      demands: msbuild

    steps:
    - task: NuGetToolInstaller@1
    
    - task: NuGetCommand@2
      displayName: 'Smoke Restore'
      inputs:
        restoreSolution: '$(solution)'
    
    - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
      inputs:
        command: 'publish'
        publishWebProjects: false
        projects: '**/*.csproj'
        arguments: '-o $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
        zipAfterPublish: true
        modifyOutputPath: true

    - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
      inputs:
        PathtoPublish: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
        ArtifactName: '$(artifactName)'

The release pipeline which runs weekly is then able to locate and use this artifact to run the smoke tests, as shown here:

steps:
- task: ExtractFiles@1
  displayName: 'Extract Smoke Test files '
  inputs:
    archiveFilePatterns: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/_Build Smoke Tests/smoke/SmokeTests.zip'
    destinationFolder: '$(System.ArtifactsDirectory)\smoke'
    overwriteExistingFiles: true

This all works as expected but I am now looking at converting the release pipeline to a YAML based pipeline but where I am struggling is how do I associate the pre-built artifact into the new some tests YAML file?

Any help please?