# Configure Triggers
### Triggers:
What is a trigger?
* A trigger is a way to initiate an action from your agent
* Ex. Every 30 minutes do Y
* Ex. Whenever someone mentions my bot reply to them
Name & Description
* These are purely for yourself to identify your trigger
How Often Should The Trigger Run?
* Specific Minute is used if your trigger is run less than once per hour
* Ex: If you tell your agent to run 1 time per hour and then choose specific minute :05 it will run at 12:05, 1:05, 2:05, 3:05, etc.
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Trigger Function
* This is where you can choose between Tweet, Get Mentions, Or a custom function you built in the configure functions page
Once the trigger is created you will be able to enable/disable it as well as edit it.
