Multiple Recipes with the Same Trigger

  • Resolved arypneta

    (@arypneta)


    9 months, 1 week ago

    Is it possible to have multiple recipes with the same trigger? For example, two recipes with the post published trigger?

    We tried to set up two recipes, but it only ever triggers the first one (the second one is never triggered). I guess we can add the second trigger content into a second action on the first trigger, but I was trying to find documentation to see if you specified that two recipes on the same trigger aren’t supported and I couldn’t find it. Can you point me in the right direction?

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  • Plugin Contributor Uncanny Automator

    (@uncannyautomator)

    Hi @arypneta ,

    Generally speaking, we wouldn’t recommend having multiple recipes with the same trigger. Results may be inconsistent and you couldn’t control ordering.

    Can we ask why you’re hesitant to use a single recipe with that trigger and multiple actions instead?

    Thread Starter arypneta

    (@arypneta)

    You would or you wouldn’t recommend having multiple recipes?

    I guess there’s nothing wrong with having a single recipe, but at a certain point you can only fit so many characters in the recipe name to describe what it’s doing. If you end up with a lot of actions, you might not know at a glance what that particular recipe is accomplishing (and have to click into it instead).

    But, that’s not that big a deal, just a little different from the way I was originally thinking about it.

    Thanks for your fast response!

    Plugin Contributor Uncanny Automator

    (@uncannyautomator)

    Oops, thank you, typo corrected. We would not recommend having multiple recipes with the same trigger.

    Funny you should mention the second part about recipe name and identification. ?? We’re working on some changes as we speak that will help with better documentation and recognition of recipes at a glance that will either be in the next major release or the one after that.

    Thread Starter arypneta

    (@arypneta)

    Ahh, got it. Okay, thanks – those new changes sound great!

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