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X (Twitter) trigger

X DM Received

Someone DMs your X account

Starts a workflow when this happens.

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Variables this trigger adds

Use these in any later step, alongside the usual lead, agency and date variables.

{trigger.message_content} DM Text. Text of the received X DM
{trigger.x_event_id} X Event ID. X DM event id (immutable)
{trigger.recipient_external_id} Sender X User ID. Sender's X user id
{trigger.x_dm_conversation_id} Conversation ID. X DM conversation id (sender-receiver pair)
{trigger.is_opener} Is Opener. True if this is the first inbound message
{lead.name} Sender Name. Sender's display name (from lead record)
{lead.username} Sender Username. Sender's X @username (from lead record)

How to add it

  1. Open Workflows in the app and create or open a workflow.
  2. Click the trigger at the top and pick X DM Received under X (Twitter).
  3. Fill in its settings, then save and turn the workflow on.

For the API and MCP

When you build workflows through the Inflowave API or the MCP server, this trigger is x_dm_received. See the MCP documentation.

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