---
title: Trigger a flow from a form submission
description: Start an automation the moment a published form is submitted, with the person who answered it as the principal.
sidebar:
  order: 2
area: flows
feature: automations
appPath: /flows/home
lastVerified: 2026-10-22
version: "2026-10-16"
audience: admin
related:
  - flows/forms
  - flows/automations/change-the-mode
  - flows/automations/tutorial-buddy-programme
intercom:
  - id: "16304943"
    title: Set up a buddy automation (Pyn 2)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/16304943-set-up-a-buddy-automation-pyn-2
    note: draws on
  - id: "11987518"
    title: Select the Right Trigger for your Flow (Pyn 2)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/11987518-select-the-right-trigger-for-your-flow-pyn-2
    note: draws on
  - id: "12651319"
    title: Using Triggers in Pyn (Pyn 2)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/12651319-using-triggers-in-pyn-pyn-2
    note: draws on
---

A Form Submission trigger ties an automation to one published form. Each completed submission enrols the employee who submitted it, with the submission date as the reference date, so you can follow up on an answer the same day: thank someone for a pulse response, send resources after an interest form, or route a request to the right team.

## Before you start

- The form is published. A form in draft does not appear in the list. See [Forms](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/forms/).
- Polls do not trigger flows; only forms do. Test submissions (sent to yourself from the editor) are ignored.
- The principal is the submitter, the person who received the message with the form and answered it. In a manager-facing form the manager is the principal, not the employee the form is about.

## Steps

1. In Pyn, open **Flows** in the left navigation, then **Automations**, and select **Create New**.

2. Choose **Form Submission** on the left, open the list that reads **No selection** and select the form.

![Form Submission ties the automation to one published form.](https://support.pynhq.com/media/flows/automations/flows-automations-form-trigger.png)

3. Select **Done**. Pyn creates the automation in **Verification** mode and titles the trigger **Submission:** *form name*.

4. On **Configure**, the drawer reads "Triggered when a submission is completed for:" followed by the form name. There is nothing else to set on the trigger.

5. Open **Audience** if only some submitters should be enrolled.

6. Add steps, select **Publish**, then use **Change Mode** to move to **Automated** when you have checked a few enrollments in **Needs Review**.

> **Note:** The default **Prevent repeat enrollments** for this trigger is **Always reenroll**: every submission creates a new enrollment, even from the same person on the same day.

## What you should see

Each new submission creates an enrollment under [Enrollments](https://support.pynhq.com/activity/enrollments/) titled after the automation, with the submitter as the employee and the submission date as **Reference Date**. In **Verification** mode it waits in **Needs Review** until you select **Unpause**.

## Related

- [Forms](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/forms/) to build and publish the form.
- [Change the mode of an automation](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/automations/change-the-mode/) to move from Verification to Automated.
- [Buddy programme](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/automations/tutorial-buddy-programme/) for why buddy confirmation uses Buddy Assigned rather than the form trigger.

## Related Intercom articles

- [Set up a buddy automation (Pyn 2)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/16304943-set-up-a-buddy-automation-pyn-2) — draws on
- [Select the Right Trigger for your Flow (Pyn 2)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/11987518-select-the-right-trigger-for-your-flow-pyn-2) — draws on
- [Using Triggers in Pyn (Pyn 2)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/12651319-using-triggers-in-pyn-pyn-2) — draws on