# Custom events for flows

**URL:** https://community.directus.com/t/custom-events-for-flows/1621
**Category:** Help
**Tags:** api
**Created:** [December 4, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/custom-events-for-flows/1621 "2025-12-04T20:00:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Noel\_Soong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.directus.com/noel_soong/32/160_2.png) [@Noel\_Soong](https://community.directus.com/u/Noel_Soong)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/custom-events-for-flows/1621/1 "2025-12-04T20:00:55Z")

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I am looking through the docs and i don’t seem to find any info on how to create custom events and if it is even possible. I guess i create a random collection and then emit events with that collection name?

Or just use a manual trigger?

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### Author: ![rijkvanzanten](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.directus.com/rijkvanzanten/32/31_2.png) [@rijkvanzanten](https://community.directus.com/u/rijkvanzanten)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/custom-events-for-flows/1621/2 "2025-12-16T22:00:15Z")

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A manual or webhook trigger is indeed the way to go here.