Mention user in a comment if they weren't mentioned

Question

Hello, I want to create an automation so that when a comment is added, it checks if a user is mentioned in that comment and if not, it edits that comment and adds the mentioned user.

I managed to get the rule to edit the comment, but I can't find a way to check for the user mention correctly

Ash Yadav · Answer

Interesting, what if you added "cc" to your checks as well to see if it picks up on that?

Just as a test at least to see if it's actually going through the if condition before editing the comment.

Alexandra Dima · Answer

@Ash Yadav , when I run this rule, it edits the comment by adding the user mention, if I hadn't added it.

But if I add the user mention in the trigger comment, the automation adds the mention a second time, doubling it.

That is why I don't think the rule understand to check correctly for the user mention; it just adds it on all comments - and I don't want that

Here are some screenshots of what I see:

The rule:

Audit log:

Edited comment:

Ash Yadav · Answer

Hi @Alexandra Dima

Thanks for posting this.

What happens when you enable this rule, does it fire?

Do you want this rule to be applied to all comment operations?

Do you have an audit log by any chance to show what the outcome is of the rule firing?

Kind Regards,

Ash