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title: "Triggers"
description: "Triggers in Speak AI."
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# Triggers

A trigger decides **when** an automation runs. Pick one per automation.

![The automation builder: choosing a trigger app](/help/media/automations/automations-triggers.jpg)

## The triggers

- **Instant**: runs on each new media file as it finishes processing. The default for
  score-every-call and extract-on-arrival workflows.
- **Scheduled**: runs on a cadence across a folder or your library, for digests and batch jobs.
- **[Inbound webhook](/help/automations/inbound-webhooks/)**: an external tool starts the run by
  sending an HTTP request, so Zapier, Make, or your own script can hand work to Speak AI.

## Choosing

If the work belongs to one file, use Instant. If it summarizes many files, schedule it. If
another system knows when to run, use the webhook. Scope any of them with
[filters](/help/automations/filters/) so the automation only touches the media it should.

Want a hand designing the first one? [Book a free consult](https://calendly.com/speak-ai/consult?utm_source=docs&utm_campaign=consult).

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Related: [Automations](/help/automations/) · [Filters](/help/automations/filters/) · [Actions](/help/automations/actions/)

Source: https://docs.speakai.co/help/automations/triggers/index.mdx