This plugin is now bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately.
Summary | Discourse Automation lets you automate actions through scripts and triggers. Customisation is made through an automatically generated UI. | |
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Install Guide | How to install plugins in Discourse |
Features
- Easy automation of complex workflows
- Triggers automations at specific dates, periodically, or on specific events
- Provides automatically generated UIs to specify options for your automation
Configuration
Automations can be created and updated from Admin â Plugins â Automations, or directly from /admin/plugins/discourse-automation
.
Available scripts
Guide | Script | Trigger(s) | Description |
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Add user to group through custom field | Recurring First logged on |
Adds a user to a group based on a Custom User Field | |
Append last checked by | After post cook | Adds a âlast checked byâ function to the bottom of the OP | |
Append last edited by | After post cook | Adds a âlast edited byâ note to the bottom of the OP | |
Auto Responder | Post edited/created PM created |
Given a series of keywords and associated replies, automatically respond with the corresponding reply | |
Auto Tag topic | Post created/edited PM created |
Automatically tag a topic | |
Close topic | Point in time Stalled wiki |
Automatically close a topic | |
Create Post | Recurring Point in time |
Creates a post | |
Flag post on Words | Post edited/created | Flag a topic on creation/edition if it contains specific words | |
Gift Exchange | Point in time | Simple implementation of the Secret Santa game | |
Group Category Notification Default | Category created/edited | Automatically sets a group notification level for newly created subcategories | |
Make banner topic | Point in time | Convert a topic into a banner notice | |
Pin Topic | Point in time | Pin and Unpin a topic in the future | |
Random Assign (Assign) |
Point in time Recurring |
Randomly Assign a topic | |
Schedule a PM with data explorer results (Data Explorer) |
Recurring | Send a regular PM with the results of a data explorer query | |
Send Chat message (Chat) |
Event started Recurring |
Sends a Chat message to a Channel | |
Send PMs | First accepted solution (Solved) User badge granted User added to group Stalled wiki Recurring User promoted API call User removed from group |
Send PMs with support for placeholders | |
Suspend User By Email | API call | Suspend a user for a specified duration | |
Topic required words | Topic | Enforce the presence of at least one of the specified words in the posts of a topic | |
Triage posts using AI (Official Discourse AI Plugin) | Post created/edited | Enhance the management and moderation of forum posts by automating the process of classifying posts | |
User Global Notice | Stalled topic First accepted solution (Solved) |
Displays a global notice on the site for a specific user | |
User Group Membership through Badge | Recurring User first logged in |
Automatically add users to a group based on their earned badges | |
Zapier webhook | User promoted User added to group User badge granted User removed from group |
Calls a Zapier webhook |
Available triggers
Note that due to their nature, each script only supports certain triggers. For example it wouldnât make sense for a script enforcing the content of a post to trigger when a user is added to a group.
All of the available triggers are mentioned in the âAvailable scriptsâ table above.
Most of the triggers are self-explanatory, but here are a couple that may need a little more detail:
Trigger | Description |
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After post cook | Triggers after a post is rendered for display |
API Call | Triggers when a certain API endpoint is called |
Stalled wiki | Triggers when a wiki hasnât been edited for a while |
Stalled topic | Triggers when a topic has not received replies after a certain time |
Topic | Triggers when a reply is made to a topic |
If you need any clarification on any others please feel free to ask below.
More scripts and triggers to come!
Custom Automations
You can also create custom Automations. Check out our developerâs guide for more information - Create custom Automations
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