Contact Created

Start a workflow whenever a new contact is created in Salesforce. It appears as Contact Created in the workflow builder.

What It Does

Watches Salesforce for new contacts and starts the workflow as soon as one is created, passing along the contact's identity so downstream steps can act on it.

When To Use It

Use this to trigger welcome outreach, internal notifications, or record enrichment the moment a new contact appears in Salesforce. If you need to react to changes on an existing contact instead, use Contact Updated.

Configuration

This trigger has no configurable fields. It fires for every new contact.

Outputs

The node passes these values downstream. Check the Outputs tab on the configured node to confirm exact paths.

Variable	Type	Description	Example
`contact`	`object`	A reference to the contact that was created in AskElephant	`{{nodeId.contact}}`
`contact.id`	`string`		`{{nodeId.contact.id}}`
`salesforceContactId`	`string`		`{{nodeId.salesforceContactId}}`
`firstName`	`string`		`{{nodeId.firstName}}`
`lastName`	`string`		`{{nodeId.lastName}}`
`email`	`string`		`{{nodeId.email}}`

Example Workflow

A new contact is created in Salesforce after a form submission. This trigger fires, and the workflow drafts a personalized welcome email using the contact's name.

Contact Updated
Update Contact
Add Note to Contacts

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