Manual Trigger

Type ID: manualTrigger  ·  Kind: Trigger  ·  Trigger style: manual  ·  Ports: 0 in, 1 out

Starts a workflow run on demand. The payload passed to the start-execution call becomes the initial item emitted to downstream nodes.

Credentials

None

Properties

Property	Key	Type	Required	Default	Possible values	Applies when
Payload Schema	payloadSchema	array	No	[]	Array of payload entries (see below). Used by the UI to validate test payloads.	Always

payloadSchema → payload (array)

Each payload entry declares one expected payload key:

Property	Key	Type	Required	Default	Possible values	Applies when
Key	key	string	Yes	''	Payload key to validate	Always
Type	type	options	Yes	string	string (String), number (Number), boolean (Boolean), dateTime (Date & Time), options (Options), json (JSON), file (File)	Always
Display Name	displayName	string	Yes	''	Form label for the payload field	Always
Required	required	boolean	No	false	Require a value before submitting the form	Always
Default	default	string / number / boolean	No	type-dependent	Value used to prefill the input	type = string/dateTime/options/json (string default), number (number default), or boolean (boolean default)
Description	description	string	No	''	Helper text shown under the field	Always
Minimum Length	minLength	number	No	-	Minimum number of characters accepted	type = string
Minimum	min	number	No	-	Minimum accepted value	type = number
Maximum	max	number	No	-	Maximum accepted value	type = number
Options	options	array	No	[]	Choices available for the field - each entry has name and value (both required strings)	type = options
Accept	accept	string	No	''	Comma-separated MIME types or file extensions accepted by the file input	type = file
Max Size (MB)	maxSizeMb	number	No	10	Client-side file size cap; the server limit is always 10 MB	type = file

Notes

• If the test payload includes a binary key, it's split off into the item's binary slot; the rest is emitted as json.
• payloadSchema only drives UI validation of the test payload — it doesn't filter or alter the emitted data.