Keyword triggers are a more deterministic way to trigger automations that you do not need to always run. For example, an automation that may add unit tests to a pull request may be too noisy to run on every commit. Instead, you can use a keyword trigger to only run the automation when a specific keyword is mentioned in the pull request or issue.

By default, Blocks will add a comment to any new issue or pull request, enumerating all automations that can be triggered by keyword and the keyword to use for each. Upon commenting the associated keyword on the pull request or issue, the automation will be triggered.

To enable keyword triggers for a specific automation, click the Edit button on the automation’s installation page in the dashboard and toggle the Manually Trigger? switch. You can additionally edit the desired keyword for each automation. Keywords are unique per workspace.