# Trigger automatic comment on topic when tagged
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/trigger-automatic-comment-on-topic-when-tagged/165836
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 30, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trigger-automatic-comment-on-topic-when-tagged/165836 "2020-09-30T15:04:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@toph42](https://meta.discourse.org/u/toph42)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trigger-automatic-comment-on-topic-when-tagged/165836/1 "2020-09-30T15:04:21Z")
Is there a way to have tagging trigger automatic actions? Specifically, can it be setup so that when a post is tagged off-topic to have an automated reply to the topic that reminds the poster the rules for that Category?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trigger-automatic-comment-on-topic-when-tagged/165836/2 "2020-09-30T18:36:35Z")
> [@toph42](#):
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> post is tagged off-topic
> [@toph42](#):
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> automated reply to the topic that reminds the poster the rules
Off-Topic is a default flag, and that will already warn the poster about the rules.
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### Author:  [@toph42](https://meta.discourse.org/u/toph42)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trigger-automatic-comment-on-topic-when-tagged/165836/3 "2020-10-01T00:13:49Z")
Oh! Does it get messaged to them directly instead of commented on the post?