In today's fast-paced digital environment, delays are more than just an inconvenience—they're a liability. Whether it’s a slow response to a high-value customer order, a lag in updating inventory, or a delayed alert for a critical system error, latency in your business processes can lead to lost revenue, poor customer satisfaction, and operational chaos.
The traditional approach of batch processing and manual hand-offs is no longer enough. Businesses need to react to events the moment they happen. This is the power of event-driven architecture, and with Triggers.do, you can harness it to build real-time, efficient, and intelligent workflow automation.
Think about the critical events that happen in your business every day:
How long does it take for your systems and teams to respond? If your processes rely on someone periodically checking a dashboard or running a report at the end of the day, you're introducing unnecessary delays. This latency is where opportunities are missed and problems escalate.
Event-driven workflow automation flips the script. Instead of periodically pulling for updates, your system pushes a notification the instant an event occurs. This event then acts as a trigger, automatically initiating a predefined workflow.
This is the core principle behind Triggers.do. We provide the central nervous system for your business operations, allowing you to connect any webhook, system event, or schedule to our powerful agentic workflow platform. You define the trigger, and our agents handle the rest—instantly.
Forget complex, clunky UI builders. With Triggers.do, you define your automation rules with simple, clear code that can be version-controlled, reviewed, and reused just like the rest of your software.
Here’s how easy it is to create a trigger that kicks off a workflow for high-value Shopify orders:
import { trigger } from '@do-sdk/triggers';
// Define a trigger that starts a workflow when a new
// high-value order is received from Shopify.
await trigger.create({
name: 'High-Value Shopify Order',
event: 'shopify.order.created',
filter: 'body.total_price > 100.00',
workflow: 'process-high-value-order',
});
Let's break down this powerful little snippet:
A single event can be the starting point for a cascade of coordinated actions. Because Triggers.do is built for flexibility, one trigger can launch multiple workflows in parallel.
Imagine that process-high-value-order workflow. The single "Shopify order created" event could simultaneously:
This level of real-time coordination transforms a simple transaction into a seamless, high-touch customer experience, all without any manual intervention.
Q: What is a trigger in the context of agentic workflows?
A: In .do, a trigger is a defined event that automatically initiates one or more workflows. Think of it as the 'When this happens...' part of a 'When this happens, do that' rule, all managed as simple code.
Q: What kinds of events can I use as triggers?
A: You can trigger workflows from virtually any event source: incoming webhooks from services like Stripe or GitHub, messages from a queue, database changes, scheduled times (cron jobs), or custom events emitted from your own applications.
Q: Can I filter events so a workflow only runs under certain conditions?
A: Yes. Our platform allows you to apply conditional logic to incoming event payloads. You can write simple expressions to filter events, ensuring that workflows only run when specific criteria are met, such as an order value exceeding $100.
Q: Can one trigger start multiple workflows?
A: Absolutely. A single event can be configured to trigger multiple, parallel workflows. This enables you to orchestrate complex, branching business processes, like notifying sales, updating inventory, and starting fulfillment, all from one new order event.
Stop letting latency dictate the pace of your business. By embracing real-time, event-driven automation, you can build more responsive, efficient, and intelligent operations.
Ready to connect your business events to powerful, autonomous workflows? Explore Triggers.do and build your first real-time automation in minutes.