Triggers

How to set up voice keywords, URL patterns, and app matching to automatically activate profiles.

Triggers determine when a profile activates. You can set up three types of triggers -- applications, websites, and voice keywords -- and combine them to create precise activation rules.

The Activation Triggers Section

Open any profile in Adaptive Awareness, and you'll see the Activation Triggers section. It displays three columns side by side:

Applications -- Activate based on the frontmost app
Websites -- Activate based on the current browser URL
Voice Keywords -- Activate based on a word you speak during recording

Application Triggers

Application triggers activate a profile when a specific app is in the foreground.

Adding an App Trigger

In the Applications column, click + Add app
A picker sheet appears showing your installed applications
Use the search bar to find the app you want
Click an app to select it (selected apps are highlighted)
Click Done to save your selections

You can select multiple apps in a single session. Each selected app appears as a tag in the Applications column.

Removing an App Trigger

Hover over an app in the Applications column and click the x button that appears.

Website Triggers (URL Patterns)

URL triggers activate a profile when a matching URL is open in your browser. Echo works with Safari, Chrome, Arc, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, Orion, and Yandex Browser.

Adding a URL Pattern

In the Websites column, type a URL pattern into the text field (for example, github.com)
Click Add or press Return
The pattern appears as a tag in the Websites column

You don't need to include https:// or www. -- Echo strips these automatically when matching.

How URL Matching Works

Echo uses simple substring matching. If the pattern you enter appears anywhere in the current URL, the profile activates. For example:

Pattern	Matches
`github.com`	Any page on GitHub
`github.com/my-org`	Pages under a specific GitHub organization
`docs.google.com`	Google Docs pages
`notion.so`	Any Notion page

URL patterns also support wildcards. For example, *.example.com matches any subdomain of example.com.

Removing a URL Pattern

Hover over a URL tag in the Websites column and click the x button that appears.

Voice Keywords

Voice keywords let you activate a profile by saying a specific word at the beginning of your recording. This is the most flexible trigger type because it works regardless of which app or website is active.

Adding a Voice Keyword

In the Voice Keywords column, type a keyword into the text field
Click Add or press Return
The keyword appears as a tag in the Voice Keywords column

How Voice Keywords Work

When you start a recording, Echo listens for any configured trigger words at the beginning of your speech. If it detects a match:

The matching profile activates immediately
The trigger word is removed from the transcription output (it won't appear in your text)
The profile stays locked for the duration of that recording

Voice keywords are case-insensitive, so "email" and "Email" are treated as the same trigger.

Removing a Voice Keyword

Hover over a keyword tag in the Voice Keywords column and click the x button that appears.

Trigger Logic: Any vs. All

When a profile has triggers across multiple categories (for example, both an app trigger and a URL pattern), you can control how they're evaluated using the Any / All toggle in the upper right of the Activation Triggers section.

Any (default) -- The profile activates when any single trigger matches. This is OR logic: an app match or a URL match or a voice keyword is enough.
All -- The profile activates only when triggers from at least two different categories match simultaneously. This is AND logic: for example, a specific app and a matching URL must both be true.

The All option only appears when you have triggers configured in at least two categories. It's useful for highly specific rules -- for example, activating a profile only when you're in Chrome and on a specific website.

Activation Precedence

When Echo checks which profile to activate, it follows a strict priority order:

Voice Keywords -- Highest priority. If you say a trigger word, that profile activates regardless of the current app or URL.
URL Patterns -- If you're in a browser, URL patterns are checked next.
App Matching -- The frontmost application is checked.
Default Profile -- If no triggers match any enabled profile, the default profile activates.

Within each priority level, Echo checks profiles in the order they appear in the profile list.

Tips

Keep voice keywords short and distinctive. Single words that you wouldn't normally say at the start of a sentence work best -- for example, "email", "code", or "translate".
For URL patterns, use the most specific pattern that covers your use case. mail.google.com is better than google.com if you only want the profile to activate in Gmail.
You can add multiple triggers of the same type to a single profile. For example, a "Work Chat" profile could have both Slack and Microsoft Teams as app triggers.