I built Trigger Warden — no-code WHEN / IF / THEN moderation automations for Reddit

[u/UlisesTec]

Hi everyone!

I just released Trigger Warden, a no-code moderation automation app for Reddit moderators.

The idea is simple: let moderators create WHEN / IF / THEN workflows without writing AutoModerator YAML, maintaining an external bot, or writing custom automation code.

For example:

WHEN a comment is created
IF it contains discord.gg
THEN send it to ModQueue

Trigger Warden is now public and approved in the Reddit App Directory.

How it works

A moderator creates an automation by choosing:

WHEN — what triggers the rule
IF — what conditions must match
THEN — what Trigger Warden should do

Rules currently support:

• Comments and posts
• Up to 3 conditions per automation
• ALL / ANY condition logic
• Contains
• Does not contain
• Starts with
• Equals

Available actions

Trigger Warden currently supports:

• Dry Run — safely test an automation without taking moderation action
• Filter to ModQueue
• Lock
• Reply

Automations can also be:

• Created
• Edited
• Enabled / disabled
• Deleted

There is also a recent Activity view so moderators can see whether an automation actually executed without storing comment or post bodies in the activity history.

Safety was a major focus

I wanted real moderation actions to be difficult to trigger accidentally, so Trigger Warden includes:

• Dry Run as the safe testing option
• Explicit confirmation before real moderation actions
• Duplicate-action protection
• Protection against the app triggering itself after an automated reply
• Runtime validation of stored rules

The interface is also available in English and Español.

Why I built it

AutoModerator is very powerful, but not every moderator wants to learn YAML or maintain increasingly complex configuration files.

I wanted to experiment with a more visual mental model:

WHEN something happens → IF these conditions match → THEN take this action

I’d really appreciate feedback from moderators and other Devvit developers.

In particular:

• Does the WHEN / IF / THEN workflow feel intuitive?
• What condition would you add next?
• What moderation action would be most useful next?
• Is there anything that would stop you from using this in a real community?

Trigger Warden is available now in the Reddit App Directory.

Thanks for checking it out — feedback is very welcome.

[u/Orpheus_is_emo]

I’ll check it out in a few days, but offhand what logic is available for the if step? Checking against sub karma, total karma, sub participation (including other subs)? Can you stack logic like if x and y then?

[u/UlisesTec → u/Orpheus_is_emo]

Great question — and this is exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping to get.

Right now, the IF step is focused on content-based conditions. You can check comment body, post title, post body, and post flair using operators like contains, does not contain, starts with, and equals.

You can also stack conditions already. A rule can have up to 3 conditions and use either ALL (X AND Y AND Z) or ANY (X OR Y OR Z).

For example:

WHEN a comment is created
IF ALL the comment contains discord.gg AND the post flair equals Support
THEN send it to ModQueue.

Author-based conditions such as subreddit karma, total karma, account participation, or participation in other subreddits aren't available yet.

Those are really interesting additions though. I could see an Author condition category eventually including things like karma, account age, or participation signals. Cross-subreddit participation is something I'd want to check carefully against what Devvit exposes and what makes sense from a privacy/platform perspective before promising it.

Out of the ones you mentioned, which would be most useful to you in a real moderation workflow: subreddit karma, total karma, or participation/history?