Explore Flows and Triggers

The processes which can be extended with Actions are called Flows. Each Flow is made up of one or more Triggers and represents the logical pipeline through which information moves during a single point in the Auth0 journey. Multiple Actions can be added to a Trigger, with each Action executing in the order in which it was placed. Some Triggers are executed synchronously, blocking the flow in which they are involved, and some are executed asynchronously.

To explore reference objects and blueprints for specific Actions for a trigger, select the trigger below.

Flow	Runs	Trigger(s)	Execution	Example Uses
Login	As a user logs in.	post-login	Synchronous	Modify access and ID tokens Call APIs to enrich user profiles or send notifications Create authorization rules and make access decisions based on custom logic Conditionally enable MFA Redirect users to an external site
Machine to Machine	When an access token is issued via the Client Credentials Flow.	credentials-exchange	Synchronous	Prevent tokens from being issued Add custom claims to the access token
Pre User Registration	Before a user is added to a Database or Passwordless Connection.	pre-user-registration	Synchronous	Prevent creation of a user in Auth0 Add custom app_metadata or user_metadata to a newly created user
Post User Registration	After a user is added to a Database or Passwordless Connection.	post-user-registration	Asynchronous	Send a new user notification Create a record in a CRM system
Post Change Password	After a password is changed for a Database Connection user.	post-change-password	Asynchronous	Send an email to a user to notify them that their password has been changed Call an API to revoke a user’s sessions in other systems after their password has been change
Send Phone Message	To send a Phone or SMS message as part of a Custom MFA Provider.	send-phone-message	Synchronous	Use a custom provider for sending MFA Phone or SMS messages

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