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# Creating an automation

The following are the preliminary steps required for creating automation. You may head to the tutorials for each step simply by clicking on the step titles below.

* [Adding a new automation](/features/automation/creating-an-automation/adding-a-new-automation.md)
* [Selecting channels in automation](/features/automation/creating-an-automation/selecting-channels-for-triggering.md)
* [Triggering keywords](/features/automation/creating-an-automation/triggering-keywords.md)
* [Adding actions](/features/automation/creating-an-automation/adding-actions.md)
* [Removing actions](/features/automation/creating-an-automation/removing-actions.md)
* [Saving/publishing an automation](/features/automation/creating-an-automation/saving-publishing-an-automation.md)