Automation slack trigger

[Stephen-S-H (Stephen Sazdanoff-Haynes)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Background Agent (GitHub, Slack, Web, Linear)

Describe the Bug

My Automation has a Slack Trigger but it ignores the keyword filter. Every messages in the channel by me starts a Background Agent.

Steps to Reproduce

Make an automation with a Slack integration listener in a public channel.
Write any message in the channel

This message to the channel started the automation ^

Expected Behavior

It only starts the automation in messages that contain the matching string.

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.6.18
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 68fbec5aed9da587d1c6a64172792f505bafa250
Date: 2026-03-10T02:01:17.430Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.6.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. From the screenshots, I can see the automation is set up with a keyword filter, but every message is still triggering it.

A couple of things to check and try:

1. Do you have any other automations connected to the same Slack channel, maybe without a keyword filter?
2. Can you try deleting this automation and recreating it from scratch with the keyword filter? It’s possible the filter config didn’t save correctly.

Also, can you share the automation ID? You can find it in the URL when you’re editing the automation, it’ll be a long string. That’ll help us confirm whether the filter is actually stored on our side.

Let me know how it goes.