Automation filters

Automation filters decide which events from your connected tools start factory work. Every trigger on a factory automation carries filters — conditions such as a repository, channel, team, project, label, or author — and an event starts a run only when it matches them. Filters let a factory watch busy channels and repositories without acting on everything in them.

How matching works

An event starts an automation only when it matches the trigger’s provider, its event type, and every filter set on that trigger:

• Every filter must match - Filters combine with AND. A trigger that sets both a team and a label matches only events that carry both.
• Within a filter, any value matches - Values combine with OR. A Labels filter listing bug and regression matches an issue that carries either label.
• An empty filter matches everything - A filter you leave unset doesn’t constrain matching, and a trigger with no filters starts work for every event of its type that the connection delivers.

One event can match more than one automation, and each match starts its own run. If a single action starts duplicate runs, narrow or remove one of the overlapping triggers.

Filters route work; they don’t restrict access

Filters decide when work starts, not what a running agent can reach. Access comes from what you authorize on each provider — the GitHub App installation, the GitLab bot’s project membership, the Slack app’s authorization, the Linear OAuth scope, or the Jira app installation. Tightening a filter never shrinks that access, and removing one never widens it. To change what an integration can reach, change what you authorize for that provider.

Filters are still your main control over who starts runs. On GitHub and GitLab, the event author doesn’t need to be a Warp team member, so use author, member, and branch filters to decide whose activity starts work. Slack mentions and direct messages additionally require a Slack account linked to a member of the factory’s Warp team.

What each source can filter on

Every source filters on where the event happened — a repository, project, conversation, or team. The remaining filters vary by source and event type:

Source	Filters
Slack	Conversations, authors or members, keywords, emoji, and reacted-message authors
GitHub	Repository, branches, base branches, paths, labels, authors, assignees, mentioned users or teams, reviewers, review states, workflows, and conclusions
GitLab	Project, actions, and base branch
Linear	Teams, labels, project, workflow state, assignee, mentioned user, and, for comment events, a specific issue
Jira	Jira projects and assignment keywords

Each integration guide lists which filters appear on which event types.

Edit filters on an automation

1. In the factory’s control room, open Automations, then create an automation or edit an existing one.
2. Under Triggers, open a trigger and set the filters shown for its event. Click More filters for the event-specific options.
3. Click Save. To confirm the routing works, send a matching test event, such as opening a test issue, and check that a work item starts in the control room.

Review the default automations Warp creates when you connect a provider, too: their filters are starting points, not fixed rules.

Filters in definitions as code

In a factory definition, each entry under an automation’s triggers takes an optional filter whose keys mirror the filters in the automation editor:

automations/labeled-issue/automation.md

---
enabled: true
agent: foreman
triggers:
  - provider: github
    event: issue_labeled
    filter:
      repos: [ACME/PAYMENTS_SERVICE]
      labels: [factory-ready]
---

Review the labeled issue and decide the next required stage.

The same matching rules apply: every key must match, any listed value within a key matches, and an omitted key matches everything. Each integration guide shows the keys its provider accepts.

Troubleshooting

• A matching event doesn’t start work - Confirm the automation is enabled and the trigger’s event type matches, then check every filter; a single mismatch prevents routing. Each integration guide’s troubleshooting section covers provider-specific causes, such as app installation coverage.

Related pages

• Connect your factory - Choose the sources that route work into the factory.
• Slack, GitHub, Linear, and Jira integration guides - Per-source setup, events, and filter details.
• Definitions as code - Manage automations, triggers, and filters as version-controlled files.
• Control room - Create and edit automations in the factory’s Automations view.