Manual Trigger

Type ID: manualTrigger  ·  Kind: Trigger  ·  Trigger style: manual  ·  Trace: CHAIN

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	Shown 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
Key	key	string	Yes	''	Payload key to validate
Type	type	options	Yes	string	string (String), number (Number), boolean (Boolean), dateTime (Date & Time), options (Options), json (JSON), file (File)

Notes

Fires via the trigger() method, not a poll or webhook loop. context.payload is read once at start. If the payload is a plain object, a binary key (when present) is split off into the item's binary slot and the remaining keys are emitted as json; otherwise an empty json object is emitted. A single item in a single batch is returned. payloadSchema is metadata for UI validation only and does not alter the emitted data.