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Trigger-action automation rules for handling incoming messages

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Playbooks are trigger-action automation rules that tell the assistant how to handle incoming messages matching a pattern.

Structure

Each playbook has:

  • Trigger: Pattern or description that activates the rule (e.g. "meeting request", "from:ceo@*")
  • Action: What to do when triggered (natural language description)
  • Channel: Which channel the rule applies to ("*" = all channels, or specific like "email", "slack")
  • Category: Free-form grouping label (e.g. "scheduling", "triage")
  • Autonomy level: How much autonomy the assistant has
    • auto -- execute immediately without asking
    • draft -- prepare a response for user review (default)
    • notify -- alert the user only
  • Priority: Numeric priority for overlapping rules (higher = takes precedence)

Lifecycle

  1. Create a playbook with playbook_create specifying trigger and action.
  2. List existing playbooks with playbook_list, optionally filtering by channel or category.
  3. Update rules with playbook_update or remove them with playbook_delete.

Storage

Playbooks are stored as memory items with semantic retrieval, enabling fuzzy matching of incoming messages against trigger patterns.