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title: "Triggers Knowledge Base Article | ThreatConnect"
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description: "This article describes the Triggers option on the side navigation bar of the Playbook Designer."
updated: 2022-08-30T11:49:26Z
published: 2022-08-30T11:49:26Z
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# Triggers

A Trigger is a tool that create an event that initiates the actions defined within the Playbooks to occur. The **Triggers** pane is automatically displayed on the left side of the design pane when a new Playbook is created. Click the ![Icon Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/triggers-image-l66lspcv.png)**Triggers** button to display the **Triggers** pane at any time (Figure 1). See [*Parts of a Playbook*](/v1/docs/parts-of-a-playbook) for more information about the Trigger types available for use in a Playbook.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/triggers-image-ruphxxo0.png)

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