# Exclude certain categories from the Trust Levels

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-certain-categories-from-the-trust-levels/222513
**Category:** Marketplace
**Created:** [March 30, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-certain-categories-from-the-trust-levels/222513 "2022-03-30T10:55:04Z")
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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-certain-categories-from-the-trust-levels/222513/19 "2022-04-05T07:33:35Z")

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Depending on your hosting situation, it is possible to create your own automatic custom SQL badges - [Creating triggered custom badge queries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/triggered-custom-badge-queries/19336)

Though it’s also possible to run a similar custom query in the [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true), and export the results as a CSV to feed into the Bulk Awarder on the relevant badge page. @pfaffman also recently suggested this process may be able to be finessed with use of the api, but I haven’t explored that option yet. 🙂

I think the missing link is then how to add these badged users automatically to a group. Possibly the automation plugin, as @manuel suggested, or maybe using the api?

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