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  • December 8, 2025
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CYG
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Hi! I have several automations set to send info if someone comments with the word “plan” or “plans” but it’s sending people who comment “plant”. How do I fix that?

Best answer by Fabio Gaulke

Hi, ​@CYG!

 

The “Comment Reply” trigger will always start any word CONTAINS your keyword. 🫠🙃

But in your case, you can exclude "t” from the keywords. This will ignore “plant”, because it contains excluded keywords:

 

 

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Fabio Gaulke
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  • December 8, 2025

Hi, ​@CYG!

 

The “Comment Reply” trigger will always start any word CONTAINS your keyword. 🫠🙃

But in your case, you can exclude "t” from the keywords. This will ignore “plant”, because it contains excluded keywords:

 

 


CYG
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  • December 10, 2025

I don’t have that feature on my site :( I even tried to create a new automation to see if I could set it up without the T and I still don’t have it...


Fabio Gaulke
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  • December 12, 2025

I don’t have that feature on my site :( I even tried to create a new automation to see if I could set it up without the T and I still don’t have it...

 

I see… you’re probably using the “Quick Automation” for DM from Comments:

 

This type of automation doesn’t have this “feature”:

 

You must use the classic flow builder to get this trigger options. There’s a template for that, or you can start an automation from scratch (Start with a blak):

 

 

Hope this helps!!


krs369
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  • January 7, 2026

I’m facing the same issue. Eg: I had kept “RAT” as my keyword.  So when someone commented “Pratap is doing a good job”, its still sending the DM because RAT is is present in the name pRATap. 

How to fix this? What exclusion should i use?


Fabio Gaulke
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  • January 7, 2026

I’m facing the same issue. Eg: I had kept “RAT” as my keyword.  So when someone commented “Pratap is doing a good job”, its still sending the DM because RAT is is present in the name pRATap. 

How to fix this? What exclusion should i use?

 

Hi, ​@krs369! Same way as described above. 😉

Just exclude “p” in your keywords and it will work as expected.


krs369
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  • January 8, 2026

Is there an option where I just keep RAT as a trigger? no other words with it?

 

 

Because multiple of my comments are being triggered because of this.