Add a member to the card when assigning it to a checklist
Asked by baptiste-gilles:

I cannot automatically add a member to a card when assigning this member in a item checklist.

Please note, I am talking here about assigning an item from a checklist to a member (Premium function) and not the simple mention in the item itself.


Answers:
author: Ashley Joyce (USWDS/Digital.gov Contractor, She/Her)
body: Hi! I wanted to bump this to see if its been solved. We're in desperate need of this functionality!


author: Oday Rafeh
body: Hi [@baptiste-gilles](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5182594)

it is not possible to automatically add a member to a card when assigning them to a checklist item.

When you assign a member to a checklist item, it only associates their avatar with the item and does not add them as a member to the card. **(that's what I know!)**

You can manually add the member to the card after assigning them to the checklist item.

Regards

Oday

comments: author: baptiste-gilles
body: I'm disappointed to learn this. This should be an important possibility available to users.  
Thank you for your reply.


author: baptiste-gilles
body: "You can manually add the member to the card after assigning them to the checklist item." That's what I do but there's no point in having automation if you have to add the person twice to a task.  
**Can we filter the cards visible on the cards of which I am a member + the cards where I am assigned in a checklist item?**   


author: Oday Rafeh
body: Sorry [@baptiste-gilles](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5182594) , there is no native way to filter cards by both being a member of the card and being assigned to a checklist item.

One thing You could use is a third-party Power-Up like **Butler** or **Trellinator** to automate this process.

With Butler, you could create a rule that adds you as a member to the card when you are assigned to a checklist item, and with Trellinator, you could create a custom script that filters cards based on membership and checklist item assignment.

I hope this helps!

Regards

Oday


author: baptiste-gilles
body: I have Butler, so how to do this ?


author: Oday Rafeh
body: You can follow these steps:

* Open the board where you want to create the rule and click on the Butler button in the top right corner.
* Click on the "Create Rule" button to start creating a new rule.
* In the "When" section, select the trigger that corresponds to a checklist item being assigned to you. For example, you can choose "When a checklist item is assigned to me".
* In the "Do" section, select the action that adds you as a member to the card. For example, you can choose "Add me to the card".
* Customize the rule as needed and give it a name.
* Save the rule and test it by assigning a checklist item to yourself in a card.


author: baptiste-gilles
body: "When a checklist item is assigned to me" don't exist :/  
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author: John
body: Hey, [@baptiste-gilles](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5182594) did you ever find a solution for this? I am trying to do something similar. We have subtasks in cards that are assigned to different users, and need a way to be sure those users are automagically added to cards where this is happening so the overall card task shows up in their workload stream tracking.


author: Kim
body: Bumping this up as I'm struggling with this, too! Feels like a big oversight.

At the very least, an option to notify the Trello manager when checklist items are assigned but the card is not?


author: Amanda Hoefling
body: any update on this? Would really appreciate it!


Tags: automation