diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/automations/triggers/builtin/event/__init__.py b/surfsense_backend/app/automations/triggers/builtin/event/__init__.py
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+"""``event`` trigger: fire an automation when a matching domain event is published.
+
+Subscribes to the event bus and matches events against a user-authored JSON
+filter (see :mod:`.filter`).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from app.event_bus import bus
+
+from .filter import FilterError, matches
+from .inputs import event_runtime_inputs
+from .match import trigger_matches_event
+from .params import EventTriggerParams
+from .source import on_event
+
+__all__ = [
+    "EventTriggerParams",
+    "FilterError",
+    "event_runtime_inputs",
+    "matches",
+    "trigger_matches_event",
+]
+
+# Side-effect: register on the triggers store.
+from . import definition  # noqa: F401
+
+# Side-effect: react to published events.
+bus.subscribe(on_event)
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/automations/triggers/builtin/event/definition.py b/surfsense_backend/app/automations/triggers/builtin/event/definition.py
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+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/automations/triggers/builtin/event/definition.py
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+"""``event`` ``TriggerDefinition`` registration."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from app.automations.triggers.store import register_trigger
+from app.automations.triggers.types import TriggerDefinition
+
+from .params import EventTriggerParams
+
+EVENT_TRIGGER = TriggerDefinition(
+    type="event",
+    description="Fire when a matching domain event is published.",
+    params_model=EventTriggerParams,
+)
+
+register_trigger(EVENT_TRIGGER)
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/automations/triggers/builtin/event/selector.py b/surfsense_backend/app/automations/triggers/builtin/event/selector.py
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+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/automations/triggers/builtin/event/selector.py
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+"""Event selector (worker task): pick the triggers an event fires, start each.
+
+The source enqueues this with a serialized event. Here we load the enabled
+``event`` triggers for that event type, keep the ones whose filter matches the
+payload, and start a run for each. Per-trigger failures are isolated.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from typing import Any
+
+from sqlalchemy import select
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+
+from app.automations.dispatch import start_run
+from app.automations.persistence.enums.trigger_type import TriggerType
+from app.automations.persistence.models.trigger import AutomationTrigger
+from app.celery_app import celery_app
+from app.event_bus import Event
+from app.tasks.celery_tasks import get_celery_session_maker, run_async_celery_task
+
+from .inputs import event_runtime_inputs
+from .match import trigger_matches_event
+from .source import TASK_NAME
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@celery_app.task(name=TASK_NAME)
+def automation_event_select(event: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    """Select and start the runs an event fires."""
+    return run_async_celery_task(lambda: _select_and_start(event))
+
+
+async def _select_and_start(event_dict: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    event = Event.model_validate(event_dict)
+    session_maker = get_celery_session_maker()
+    async with session_maker() as session:
+        for trigger in await _eligible(session, event=event):
+            await _start_one(session, trigger=trigger, event=event)
+
+
+async def _eligible(
+    session: AsyncSession, *, event: Event
+) -> list[AutomationTrigger]:
+    """Enabled ``event`` triggers for this event type whose filter matches."""
+    stmt = select(AutomationTrigger).where(
+        AutomationTrigger.type == TriggerType.EVENT,
+        AutomationTrigger.enabled.is_(True),
+        AutomationTrigger.params["event_type"].astext == event.event_type,
+    )
+    triggers = (await session.execute(stmt)).scalars().all()
+    return [t for t in triggers if trigger_matches_event(t.params, event)]
+
+
+async def _start_one(
+    session: AsyncSession, *, trigger: AutomationTrigger, event: Event
+) -> None:
+    try:
+        run = await start_run(
+            session=session,
+            trigger=trigger,
+            runtime_inputs=event_runtime_inputs(event),
+        )
+        logger.info(
+            "event fire: trigger=%d automation=%d run=%d event=%s",
+            trigger.id,
+            trigger.automation_id,
+            run.id,
+            event.event_id,
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception("event fire failed for trigger %d", trigger.id)
+        await session.rollback()
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/automations/triggers/builtin/event/source.py b/surfsense_backend/app/automations/triggers/builtin/event/source.py
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+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/automations/triggers/builtin/event/source.py
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+"""Event trigger source: the bus subscriber that enqueues the selector.
+
+Runs in whatever process published the event, so it stays thin — it only hands
+the event to a worker (the selector does the DB matching).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from app.event_bus import Event
+
+TASK_NAME = "automation_event_select"
+
+
+async def on_event(event: Event) -> None:
+    """Enqueue the selector for ``event``."""
+    # Lazy import: keeps app.celery_app out of the triggers-package import graph.
+    from app.celery_app import celery_app
+
+    celery_app.send_task(TASK_NAME, kwargs={"event": event.model_dump(mode="json")})
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/tests/unit/automations/triggers/builtin/event/test_definition.py b/surfsense_backend/tests/unit/automations/triggers/builtin/event/test_definition.py
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+++ b/surfsense_backend/tests/unit/automations/triggers/builtin/event/test_definition.py
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+"""The ``event`` trigger self-registers on the triggers store at import."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from app.automations.triggers import get_trigger
+from app.automations.triggers.builtin.event.params import EventTriggerParams
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.unit
+
+
+def test_event_trigger_is_registered() -> None:
+    definition = get_trigger("event")
+
+    assert definition is not None
+    assert definition.type == "event"
+    assert definition.params_model is EventTriggerParams