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Automatically added a new checklist item, when a linked card is copied.

Nelson de Sousa February 10, 2025

Hi there,

 

I have a checklist that when an item is created in said checklist, a new linked card is added to a list titled "CHANGES". Works fine.

 

Now, what I am trying to do is a little more complicated. Well, at least for me. 
I would like to have an automation that when a linked card is copied in list "CHANGES", it adds a new card to that same checklist that the linked card originally came from. Probably seems a little counter intuitive, but I need to do that to split up tasks for time tracking purposes. 

This is what I have so far, but it doesn't seem to be working:


when a card is copied into list "CHANGES", find the first card linked in the attachments, and add item "{cardname}" to checklist "{triggerchecklistname}"

 

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Luciana Munhoz
Atlassian Team
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February 11, 2025

Hi Nelson,

I have tested here some ideas, and I see that to make it work you have to mention the name of the checklist instead of using the variable, so it can find it properly. Also, as the card is created in the list changes I'd change the trigger to when a card is created (and not copied).

Here's an example:
when a card is added to list "Changes", find the first card linked in the attachments, and add item "{triggercardname}" to checklist "YourChecklistName"

Hope that helps!

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DiMaggio Tucci
Community Champion
February 11, 2025

You don't have a checklist in your automation, so {triggerchecklistname} doesn't refer to anything.

What if you put the checklist name into the name/description of the linked card in the automation that creates the linked card? Then you could instead lookup the first card linked in the attachments, and use {foundcarddescription} or however you set it up.

I didn't test this, so, if it doesn't work, let me know and we'll get to the bottom of it!

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