---
title: Triggering a workflow
shortTitle: Triggering a workflow
intro: 'How to automatically trigger {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} workflows'
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghes: '*'
  ghae: '*'
  ghec: '*'
type: tutorial
topics:
  - Workflows
  - CI
  - CD
miniTocMaxHeadingLevel: 4
---

{% data reusables.actions.enterprise-beta %}
{% data reusables.actions.enterprise-github-hosted-runners %}

## Overview

{% data reusables.actions.workflows.section-triggering-a-workflow %}

## Defining event types

{% data reusables.actions.workflows.section-triggering-a-workflow-types %}

## Targeting specific branches

{% data reusables.actions.workflows.section-triggering-a-workflow-branches %}

## Running on specific branches or tags

{% data reusables.actions.workflows.section-run-on-specific-branches-or-tags %}

## Specifying which branches the workflow can run on

{% data reusables.actions.workflows.section-specifying-branches %}

## Using specific file paths

{% data reusables.actions.workflows.section-triggering-a-workflow-paths %}

## Using a schedule

{% data reusables.actions.workflows.section-triggering-a-workflow-schedule %}