Building Automation with Triggers

We learned about triggers that can start automation workflows in Chapter 6. We then learned about actions that can follow those triggers to complete various tasks in our cards and boards in Chapter 7 and 8. Now it’s time to bring everything together and see how we use both parts to make automation actually happen.

While rules are simple enough—pick a trigger and string as many actions together as you want—I haven’t even shown you every single possible trigger you can use, because as you head to different sections of automation, new ones unlock! That’s what this chapter is for: to show you how to put the rubber to the road and use the knowledge you have to build the workflows that you need to work efficiently in Trello.

Here’s what you’ll learn how to do in this chapter:

• Tie triggers and actions together with rules
• Use buttons on your boards to trigger automation workflows
• Add buttons...