Triggers

Triggers define what starts a flow. Required for type: flow, not allowed for type: subflow.

Trigger Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
type	string	Yes	Trigger type alias (see table below).
table	string	Record types	Table name for record-based triggers.
conditions	string	No	SN encoded query filter (e.g., priority=1^active=true).
comment	string	No	Developer comment.

Trigger Types

Record Triggers

Fire when a record is created, updated, or both.

Type	Description	Requires table
record_created	Record is created	Yes
record_updated	Record is updated	Yes
record_created_or_updated	Record is created or updated	Yes

trigger:
  type: record_created
  table: incident
  conditions: "priority=1"

Scheduled Triggers

Fire on a schedule.

Type	Description
daily	Runs once per day
weekly	Runs once per week
monthly	Runs once per month
repeat	Runs at a recurring interval
run_once	Runs once at a specific time

trigger:
  type: daily

Application Triggers

Fire in response to application events.

Type	Description
service_catalog	Service Catalog request submitted
inbound_email	Inbound email received
knowledge_management	Knowledge article event
remote_table_query	Remote table query
sla_task	SLA task event

trigger:
  type: service_catalog

Conditions

The conditions field uses ServiceNow encoded query syntax:

trigger:
  type: record_updated
  table: incident
  conditions: "priority=1^state!=7^active=true"

Common operators: =, !=, >, <, >=, <=, LIKE, NOT LIKE, STARTSWITH, ENDSWITH, IN, NOT IN, ISEMPTY, ISNOTEMPTY, BETWEEN, CHANGESFROM, CHANGESTO.

Multiple conditions are joined with ^ (AND) or ^OR (OR).