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The trigger tables have existed since the cutover with nothing able to write a non-schedule row. This is the unblocker: config validation plus automation.triggers.{list,create,update,delete}.

No migration.

Validation

One zod schema per trigger kind, combined as a discriminated union on kind, mirroring the TS types in packages/db/src/schema/types.ts.

create derives the kind column from config.kind rather than accepting it. The database has a CHECK (config->>'kind' = kind::text), and deriving means a caller can never be the one to violate it — the two can't disagree because only one is an input.

Scope stays the tagged three-state union (null / {mode:"any"} / {mode:"list", ids}). Verified the reason it exists: a GitHub label literally named "any" parses correctly inside a list, which a bare string[] | "any" encoding could not express without reserving a magic value in a namespace users control.

includeForks is typed as the literal false. Fork payloads carry attacker-controlled content into a checkout an agent then runs in, so enabling it should be a deliberate schema change with a threat model attached, not a boolean someone can pass.

Schedule triggers are read-only through this router

  • create rejects kind: "schedule" — an automation's schedule is edited via automation.update, which keeps the trigger in sync.
  • update rejects a config change on a schedule trigger, and rejects changing any trigger's kind.
  • delete rejects schedule triggers outright: the dispatcher inner-joins the schedule trigger, so removing one wouldn't just stop the automation firing, it would make it disappear from every listing.

That last one is the failure mode worth calling out — it's silent, and it looks like data loss from the UI.

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17 validation cases run against the real schemas:

github minimal / webhook / linear / schedule configs pass
scope null, {mode:"any"}, {mode:"list"} pass
a label literally named "any" inside a list pass
bare string[] scope (the shape we rejected) rejected
empty scope list, empty events rejected
includeForks: true rejected
actor anyone / org_members / id list pass
bogus actor, unknown kind, bad dtstart rejected
create derives kind from config, enabled defaults true pass

Ownership resolves through the automation via getAutomationForUser, since triggers have no owner of their own; org scoping is checked on the trigger row too, so a cross-org id 404s rather than reaching the composite FK and surfacing as a 500.

Typecheck, lint and the full suite pass.

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Webhook ingestion — the acceptance/processing split, adapter registry, and key generation — is what makes these fire. Then the GitHub connector.


Summary by cubic

Adds trigger config validation and exposes automation.triggers.{list,create,update,delete} so non‑schedule triggers can be managed. Previously, only schedule rows existed and no endpoint could create or modify other kinds.

  • Validate trigger configs with per‑kind zod schemas (discriminated by kind). create derives kind from config.kind; compute nextRunAt only for schedule configs.
  • Keep schedule triggers read‑only in this router: reject create with kind: "schedule", reject config updates on schedules, and reject deleting schedules.
  • Prevent kind changes on update. list optionally filters by automationId and orders by creation time.
  • Enforce safe shapes: tagged three‑state scope (null / {mode:"any"} / {mode:"list"}), strict actor union, and includeForks fixed to false.

Review notes

  • No migration; the config.kind = kind CHECK already exists.
  • Access control: require active org membership; resolve ownership via the automation; cross‑org ids return NOT_FOUND.

Written for commit 083f747. Summary will update on new commits.

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New Features

  • Added automation trigger management with support for listing, creating, updating, and deleting triggers.
  • Added trigger configurations for schedules, webhooks, GitHub, Slack, Linear, and Sentry.
  • Added validation for trigger-specific settings, filters, actor restrictions, event limits, and disabled forks.
  • Schedule triggers now calculate their next run time automatically.
  • Added access controls to ensure only authorized automation owners can manage triggers.

The trigger tables have existed since the cutover with nothing able to
write a non-schedule row. This adds the zod schemas and the endpoints.

- one schema per trigger kind, combined as a discriminated union on kind
- create derives the kind column from the config, so a caller can never
  be the one to violate the kind-matches-config CHECK
- schedule triggers are read-only here: they are edited through
  automation.update, and deleting one would make the automation vanish
  from every listing, since the dispatcher inner-joins it
- ownership resolves through the automation, since triggers have no owner
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The PR adds provider-specific trigger schemas, protected trigger CRUD procedures, schedule-specific restrictions, and the triggers route to the automation router.

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Automation trigger management

Layer / File(s) Summary
Trigger configuration contracts
packages/trpc/src/router/automation/triggerSchema.ts
Zod schemas validate schedule, webhook, GitHub, Slack, Linear, and Sentry configurations. CRUD inputs validate UUIDs, enabled state, trigger kinds, and optional filters.
Protected trigger procedures
packages/trpc/src/router/automation/triggers.ts
The router lists, creates, updates, and deletes organization-authorized triggers. Schedule triggers derive nextRunAt; schedule creation, configuration changes, and deletion are rejected.
Automation router exposure
packages/trpc/src/router/automation/automation.ts
The automation router exposes automationTriggersRouter under the triggers route.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 083f7

The trigger update API currently allows enabled-only changes to schedule triggers without updating the automation’s authoritative enabled state, which can cause schedules and UI state to diverge. The PR is not merge-ready until all schedule-trigger updates are routed through the appropriate automation APIs.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant automationTriggersRouter
  participant Database
  Client->>automationTriggersRouter: Submit trigger CRUD request
  automationTriggersRouter->>Database: Check membership and automation ownership
  Database-->>automationTriggersRouter: Return authorization data
  automationTriggersRouter->>Database: Execute trigger operation
  Database-->>automationTriggersRouter: Return operation result
  automationTriggersRouter-->>Client: Return trigger data or success
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In `@packages/trpc/src/router/automation/triggers.ts`:
- Around line 125-139: Update the existing schedule-trigger guard in the trigger
update flow to reject every update when existing.kind is "schedule", regardless
of whether input.config is provided. Keep the BAD_REQUEST response and direct
callers to automation.update for recurrence changes or automation.setEnabled for
enabled-state changes; leave non-schedule trigger updates unchanged.
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Comment on lines +125 to +139
if (existing.kind === "schedule" && input.config) {
throw new TRPCError({
code: "BAD_REQUEST",
message:
"An automation's schedule is edited through automation.update",
});
}

const [updated] = await dbWs
.update(automationTriggers)
.set({
config: input.config ?? existing.config,
enabled: input.enabled ?? existing.enabled,
...(input.config ? { nextRunAt: nextRunAtFor(input.config) } : {}),
})

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Reject enabled-only updates for schedule triggers.

An input such as { id, enabled: false } bypasses the input.config condition at Line 125. It updates the schedule trigger without updating automations.enabled. packages/trpc/src/router/automation/automation.ts Lines 548-592 treats automations.enabled as the source state and synchronizes the schedule trigger from it.

Reject every update to an existing schedule trigger. Direct callers to automation.update for recurrence changes and automation.setEnabled for enabled-state changes.

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-			if (existing.kind === "schedule" && input.config) {
+			if (existing.kind === "schedule") {
 				throw new TRPCError({
 					code: "BAD_REQUEST",
 					message:
-						"An automation's schedule is edited through automation.update",
+						"Schedule triggers are managed through automation.update and automation.setEnabled",
 				});
 			}
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if (existing.kind === "schedule" && input.config) {
throw new TRPCError({
code: "BAD_REQUEST",
message:
"An automation's schedule is edited through automation.update",
});
}
const [updated] = await dbWs
.update(automationTriggers)
.set({
config: input.config ?? existing.config,
enabled: input.enabled ?? existing.enabled,
...(input.config ? { nextRunAt: nextRunAtFor(input.config) } : {}),
})
if (existing.kind === "schedule") {
throw new TRPCError({
code: "BAD_REQUEST",
message:
"Schedule triggers are managed through automation.update and automation.setEnabled",
});
}
const [updated] = await dbWs
.update(automationTriggers)
.set({
config: input.config ?? existing.config,
enabled: input.enabled ?? existing.enabled,
...(input.config ? { nextRunAt: nextRunAtFor(input.config) } : {}),
})
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In `@packages/trpc/src/router/automation/triggers.ts` around lines 125 - 139,
Update the existing schedule-trigger guard in the trigger update flow to reject
every update when existing.kind is "schedule", regardless of whether
input.config is provided. Keep the BAD_REQUEST response and direct callers to
automation.update for recurrence changes or automation.setEnabled for
enabled-state changes; leave non-schedule trigger updates unchanged.

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Holding as draft — the API shape is wrong.

Triggers are saved as a set with the automation, not created and edited individually. The editor holds the whole automation (name, triggers, instructions, tools) and Save commits it, so the surface should be a replace-the-set on automation.update, not triggers.create/update/delete.

The per-kind config schemas here are still the right foundation and will carry over. What changes is the surface around them, plus two things this doesn't handle:

  • Validation has to run client-side before submit, with the same checks reused server-side. That means the schemas move somewhere both can import, and they need to represent an incomplete trigger — the editor has to hold "Draft opened in [Select Repos]" with nothing selected yet and block Save, rather than refuse to represent it.
  • The GitHub config is too flat. "Any Comment by [Anyone] on a PR by [Anyone] in [Select Repos]" carries two independent actor scopes — comment author and PR author — where this schema has one actor.

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