How to trigger automation action if comment contains user mention (@mention)?

[Michael Buechele]

Hi,

I try to trigger a notification only when a comment does (or does not) contain a @mention.

What I tried so far:

Unfortunately, this does not work.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Michael

[Alex · Accepted solution]

Hi Michael, I created the similar topic and at the moment I found part of the answer. To trigger an action when a comment contains (or does not) a mention you should use the following regular expression:

\[~accountid:.+\]

Finally, if you want a rule to trigger when a mention is present in a comment body, it should look like this:

[Petr]

Hi @Alex ! Tell me if you can create a condition that will track the comment for the words "thank you". For example, if the comment begins with "Thank you". Or it only consists of "thank you".

Thanks))

[Alex]

Hi @Petr! I believe you should use something like this:

[Chuks Ekwere]

Hi @Alex - how do I configure this to work for when a specific user is mentioned in the comment?

cheers

[Michael Buechele · Accepted solution]

Thanks Alex!
Your solution works perfectly for case "contain".

And this is my solution for case "does not contain":

[Alex]

Hi Michael, you can find the answer here.