# Assigning based on post content

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/assigning-based-on-post-content/387066
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** assign
**Created:** [October 29, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assigning-based-on-post-content/387066 "2025-10-29T14:22:49Z")
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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assigning-based-on-post-content/387066/2 "2025-10-30T01:25:06Z")

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You might have to do something with Automations in conjunction with the Assign plugin, or perhaps make your own.

> [@Anton\_Akhmerov](#):
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> if a student asks how a problem was graded, I want the topic to be assigned to the course team member that graded the problem.

What are your ideas for tracking/detecting that kind of thing? I understand the Assign plugin comes with a regex filter to assign users to, but what about corresponding which team member graded each student? Perhaps an external database.

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