Button automation

Sometimes you can’t quite put your finger on when you need to trigger automation. For instance, maybe it’s not every time a card is moved to another list, just sometimes. Or maybe you don’t always want to convert all the checklist items to cards, but you also don’t want to have to manually do it for each item either.

This is where buttons come in handy. You can add buttons to your cards and your board so that you decide when the automation happens, and then Trello takes over from there.

When to use button automation

Use buttons when you have a series of actions you want to automate but there are no consistent criteria for when you need it triggered. Or use it when you just prefer to have the control of clicking a button to make a series of actions happen! I know some people who use card buttons to move a card to another list, even though you can drag it or select the Move action on a card.

This can be useful if you’re...