Choose a trigger
Pick what starts your workflow.
Every workflow has one trigger. A workflow without one can’t be published.
Most workflows
- FormPeople fill in a form GoRunner hosts for you. · 4 min
- WebhookAnother app, or your own code, sends data to the workflow’s address. · 5 min
- ScheduleAt set times, such as every weekday at 9. · 3 min
- ManualYou start it yourself, when you choose. · 2 min
When something changes in an app
Some apps have a trigger of their own. Many are told by the app itself: publishing the workflow registers a webhook in the app (unpublishing removes it), and a run starts when the app reports the event. The others check the app about once a minute and start a run for each new item. Their first check only notes what’s already there: rows, emails or files that exist when you publish don’t start runs. Each app’s page says which kind its trigger is.
- A new email
- Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Email (IMAP)
- A message or another event in a chat
- Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, WhatsApp Business, Twilio
- A new or changed row
- Google Sheets, SeaTable, Airtable, Ninox, Supabase, Microsoft SharePoint
- A new or changed file
- Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Amazon S3, FTP/SFTP
- A new, changed or cancelled event or booking
- Google Calendar, Calendly
- A new form response
- Google Forms, Typeform, Jotform, Tally
- A new or changed contact, deal or ticket
- HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, ActiveCampaign, KlickTipp, Freshdesk, Intercom, Zendesk
- A subscriber or email event in a newsletter tool
- Mailchimp, Brevo, MailerLite
- A new or changed task, issue or page
- Notion, Todoist, Microsoft To Do, Asana, ClickUp, Jira Software, Linear Trigger, monday.com, Trello
- A new or changed order, payment, invoice or record
- Shopify, WooCommerce, Stripe, PayPal, Lexware Office, bexio, sevdesk, weclapp, Odoo
- A new or changed employee or absence
- Personio
More
- Error and Run FinishedAnother workflow failed, or finished. · 3 min
- When Called by Another WorkflowAnother workflow runs this one as a step. · 4 min
- MCP ToolAn AI app, such as Claude, calls this workflow as a tool.
Add or change the trigger
- In a new workflow, press Add a trigger.
- Type what should start it, such as
form, and choose it.
To change it later, right-click the trigger’s card and choose Replace trigger. The steps stay.
For developers
The trigger is the root of the workflow’s definition. Whatever starts a run lands on {{trigger.…}}, such as {{trigger.body}} for a form or a webhook. Triggers lists what each one puts there.
Related
- TriggersEvery trigger and its data
- A trigger didn’t fireNot published, weekends off, the wrong time zone
- What is a workflow?Triggers, steps, drafts and runs · 4 min
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