# Apply a Group to All New Users

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/apply-a-group-to-all-new-users/102054
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 14, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apply-a-group-to-all-new-users/102054 "2018-11-14T19:33:18Z")
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#### Post date: [November 15, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apply-a-group-to-all-new-users/102054/6 "2018-11-15T23:58:44Z")

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> [@swamidass](#):
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> Why not add that as a feature to allow a group to be applied or removed at certain triggers?

That means we need to define a rather complex UX for workflows inside the admin section. Technically you can achieve this today with a plugin and we have some prior art with the way we define parts of workflows with webhooks.

I do see us having a “drag and drop” workflow kind of thing in the next say 5-10 years, but it is not in the immediate or medium plan.

When I say “workflow” I mean using admin interfaces in some theoretical world you could define.

- When a user is created
- Then apply group X to user

Being “workflowy” it could allow for crazy stuff like

- When a user is created
- Send a notification to User Y with the text user bob was created.

Or,

- When user bob posts a reply
- make group test watch the topic

These kind of systems are mega flexible and allow for tons of magic, but are a very big project we have not even sketched out or planned.

Your immediate solutions here are either to use trust level OR build a plugin which has all the hooks to make your workflow happen.

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