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Event trigger

A start signal for a ChatGPT task that fires when something happens in a connected app: a new Gmail message, a Slack channel message, or GitHub pull request activity.

Something happens, the task starts A new email, Slack message, or pull request arrives, the condition is checked, Work runs the task, and you get the result. Event Gmail, Slack, PR Condition sender, subject Work runs it in the cloud You review before it goes out Keep sending and sharing behind an approval.

An event trigger starts a task the moment something happens, instead of at a set time. ChatGPT supports three sources: new Gmail messages (you can filter by sender or subject), new messages in a Slack channel (add @ChatGPT to that channel), and pull request activity in an authorised GitHub repository.

Event-triggered tasks run in Work, need Plus or higher, and together can run up to 30 times an hour and 720 times a day. Because they read content written by others, they are a doorway for prompt injection: keep sending and sharing behind your approval.

Often confused with: A schedule. A schedule fires at a time you set; an event trigger fires when something happens, whenever that is.

See it in a lesson: Scheduling and automation

Related terms

Scheduled task (ChatGPT)App (ChatGPT)Prompt injection

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