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The trigger new reaction added (Agents)

  • January 2, 2026
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Hi! In the workshop AI Agent for Productivity | Build Better AI Agents for Everyday Work Emily uses a trigger called “new reaction added”. On my end I see only the trigger “new reaction added to a channel”. I need to cover not only channels but also DMs with this Agent. Does anyone know if the trigger was changed and how I can make the Agent to search in DMs as well?

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Sparsh from Automation Jinn
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Hey ​@NathalieVlv,

It’s strange because the video is recent but maybe Emily has access to new release of Slack integration that is not made public. It’s best to confirm by contacting the Zapier support here- https://zapier.com/app/get-help.

Maybe you can join the https://zapier.com/early-access program to get features before they are made public. But I am not sure if the New Reaction added trigger will also appear in that. 

A workaround could be using New Saved Message trigger. Hope it helps!


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  • January 2, 2026

Hi Sparsh!

Thank you for the idea of using New Saved Message trigger!

I’ve already contacted the support but they don’t know anything about the trigger Emily was using. 

Since the video is public on YouTube I didn’t assume that she was using smth that was not available yet. But maybe it’s the case.


Sparsh from Automation Jinn
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Hey ​@NathalieVlv,

I think I got the issue. Emily is using the Slack version 1.0.9 which is a previous version of Slack integration for Zapier. 

They just renamed or changed it to New Reaction added in a channel to be more specific as you can see in the video that it’s being used in a Slack Channel only.

Yeah you can try the New Save message one otherwise you will have to use it in a private channel. Hope it helps!


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  • January 2, 2026

@Sparsh from Automation Jinn it’s very helpful, thanks!