Hello forum friends! I use project templates to manage creation of different types of projects. I’d like to trigger some rules to run as tasks populate in a project created from template, but it seems that those tasks are not considered “added to the project” since they just sort of appear as the p…

Hi @Joshua_Gist @TheAnswerLady @Maegin_Barrett @Emily.Kessler I believe I’ve solved this challenge: [image] high_voltage Pre-multi-home tasks in project templates Forum Leader tips If you want one of the following, this topic is for you: Automatically add pr…

Would also love an answer to this! I run into the same problem.

I have been testing something similar recently and I don’t have any solutions for you but wanted to share what I have found: When the tasks are being created in the project template they are considered as being “added to the project” however the challenge is that they are ‘added’ to an invisible s…

I set rules to trigger once a user is assigned and it’s in a particular section of my project. That way when it’s generated from the template, the rule still triggers when the template or I assign a user to said task.

Thanks for these ideas! I’ve been thinking about what AI can do as opposed to relying on templates. I’m going to play around with this. Thanks!

[image] Maegin_Barrett: trigger once a user is assigned SO you’re saying that using the trigger “when a task is added to the project” is too soon, but users are assigned to tasks later in the template-building process? This is also a useful new angle to try!

Trigger rule to run when tasks populate in a template project

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Jan-Rienk 15 July 2025 12:14 7

Hi @Joshua_Gist @TheAnswerLady @Maegin_Barrett @Emily.Kessler

I believe I’ve solved this challenge:

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Trigger rule to run when tasks populate in a template project

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