我是新手，我对于创建自定义自动化教程有一些疑问。我初次尝试了在github codespace开发环境直接编写自动化脚本（我并不懂语法，代码是由Claude编写的）。修改完成后，文件结构应该是这样的： plugins/automation/ ├── lib/ │ └── discourse_automation/ │ ├── scripts.rb # 已修改 │ └── scripts/ │ ├── ... # 其他脚本 │ └── remove_…

I believe it will have to be in a new plugin. You can check out: [image] Automation script: Move topic on close Plugin information_source Summary Moves a topic to another category when it gets closed hammer_and_wrench Repository Link GitHub - chapoi/move-top…

我已查看了您给出的链接请问，您是否可以为我解释一下，为什么应该使用插件而非在自动化插件中创建脚本？ 1，我并不专业，看上去创建插件似乎更加困难一些 2，我有许多的功能需要实现，这似乎需要创建很多插件？（尽管我也喜欢插件，可以共享）

If I’m not wrong, if you make changes to the plugin, it will be overwritten the next time there’s an update.

OK，这正是我所担心的那么自定义自动化功能似乎对用户的意义不大？ :joy: 我再去查看一下文档，如果不行，我会尝试创建插件

[image] qi_lu: So the custom automation feature doesn’t seem to mean much to the user? :joy: I think the tutorial (which is a draft) is lacking this information. It explains how to create new automations, but not where to do it. The answers mention plugin examples though, like the one linked …

[image] qi_lu: So the custom automation feature doesn’t seem to mean much to the user? No. What makes it a custom automation is that it’s not one that is built in. You’ll need to add a new one in a plugin. GitHub - scossar/automation-script-example: An example of how to add a custom script to…

我需要一个可以自动移除到期的群组成员的自动化脚本。设定群组和时长，到期自动移除用户。例如：设定：VIP群组，30天时长。用户加入VIP群组后到达30天即被移除。我现在越来越困惑，不清楚自动化插件到底能不能保存我自己编写的自动化脚本。（前面的评论指出会被覆盖）如果是您，您通常会如何使用自动化插件？您是否可以准确描述一下您的使用方式（自动化插件的内置脚本和触发器无法满足需求的情况下）？我想我能从您的场景描述中学习自定义功能的运作方式

How are users added to the vip group? Or probably makes sense to have whatever adds them to the group to also remove them. That’s what the subscription plugin does, for example. Automations are not removed, but editing code in your container is. You need a trigger for when a user is added to a gro…

What is the correct process for custom automation?

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) February 1, 2026, 4:15am 2

I believe it will have to be in a new plugin.

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What is the correct process for custom automation?

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