How to auto assign a task to a user entered into a people field in the context section of the form?

[Chris Baldwin]

I'd like to set up automation so that an issue will assign a task to a user who was entered into a people field in the context section of the form.  Please let me know how best to do this.  Thanks!

[David Blank]

Hi @Chris Baldwin and welcome to the Atlassian Community!

This can be accomplished! What we want to do is start by finding something to trigger your automation. I think in this case we will want to use the "Field Value Changed" trigger and use your custom field (In my example I used "Assignee"). 

Next you can use the "Assign Issue" Action to update the assignee with the User from your custom field.

Above is my example using assignee. You'll want to change the Smart Value to reflect your custom field. It could look something like: {{issue.[custom field name].accountId}}

Please let me know if this helps or if you have additional questions.