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title: "Metaobject triggers"
description: "Fire Shopify Flow when a metaobject entry changes, configured per metaobject definition."
canonical: "https://docs.workflow-trigger-extensions.app/metaobject-triggers"
---

# Metaobject triggers

Metaobjects are custom structured records: size guides, store locators, ingredient
lists, care instructions, and anything else you model yourself. The
**Metaobject entry updated** trigger fires when one of those entries changes.

## Setting one up

1. Open **Metaobject Triggers** in the app navigation.
2. Click **Add trigger**.
3. Choose the **metaobject definition** you want to watch.
4. Save.

Editing any entry of that definition now fires **Metaobject entry updated** in Shopify
Flow, carrying the metaobject handle, type, and id.

## Permission

Metaobject triggers need **Metaobject Data Access** (`read_metaobjects`), which includes
access to both definitions and entries. Grant it on the **Permissions** page.

> [!NOTE]
> You configure metaobject triggers per definition rather than with a single on/off
> setting, so there is no toggle for them on the Settings page. Adding an entry on the
> Metaobject Triggers page *is* switching it on.

## Typical uses

- Notify the content team when a size guide or care instruction changes.
- Sync a changed store-locator record to an external system.
- Re-run a validation workflow when a structured content record is edited.