New Post Trigger

The New Post Trigger fires whenever new posts are discovered from your saved searches or profile monitoring. It is the most common trigger in Trigify and the backbone of any social listening workflow.

When to Use It

  • React to new mentions of your brand, competitors, or keywords in real time

  • Monitor specific profiles for new activity

  • Route posts from a single saved search into a processing workflow

  • Trigger outreach based on what people are posting about

How to Set It Up

  1. Create a new workflow and select New Post Trigger as your trigger node

  2. Choose a saved search or monitored profile from the dropdown

  3. Save the trigger. It will now fire each time new posts matching your criteria are found

Note: You must have at least one saved search or monitored profile configured before setting up this trigger.

Output Variables

Variable

Description

text

The full text content of the post

authorUrl

URL to the post author's profile

likes

Number of likes on the post

comments

Number of comments on the post

postUrl

Direct URL to the original post

datePosted

Date and time the post was published

source

Platform the post came from: linkedin, twitter, youtube, reddit, or podcast

Variable Syntax

Reference these variables in downstream nodes using this syntax:

{{ !ref($.trigger.outputs.text) }}{{ !ref($.trigger.outputs.authorUrl) }}{{ !ref($.trigger.outputs.likes) }}{{ !ref($.trigger.outputs.comments) }}{{ !ref($.trigger.outputs.postUrl) }}{{ !ref($.trigger.outputs.datePosted) }}{{ !ref($.trigger.outputs.source) }}

Example Workflow

Pro tip: Combine the source variable with a Filter node to build platform-specific branches. For example, route LinkedIn posts to your sales team and Reddit posts to your community team.