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title: Context Variables
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createdAt: 2026-05-29T09:54:38.752Z
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Context variables are variables that hold a variety of contextual information relating to the current playbook, its invocation parameters, and executed actions.
Using context variables is especially helpful when creating [Playbook Triggers](docId\:bQLNLltY7dmmR3GjDlL39) to help define parameters and retrieve/store specific data.
This table lists some of the helpful context variables you can use.
| Context Variables | Description | Example |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| $playbook | The name of the playbook | find\_iocs |
| $inputs | User-defined schema of inputs for a playbook | "$inputs": \{
"some\_string\_playbook\_input": "some\_string\_passed\_to\_the\_playbook"
} |
| $event | Data related to the sensor event that triggered the playbook | **Webhook**
"$event": \{
"data": \{
"headers": \{
"x-account-id": "228edce1-be3e-4b45-99d5-b4a11ac41489",
"x-tenant-id": "911b9bae-540e-4064-93dc-33c1364587dd",
"host": "turbine\_webhook\_agent\_pool",
"connection": "close",
"authorization": "Basic U3dpbWxhbmU6YXNk",
"user-agent": "PostmanRuntime/7.28.3",
"accept": "\*/\*",
"cache-control": "no-cache",
"postman-token": "fc42206a-66a0-4649-9885-a16e00ab8e9d",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate, br"
},
"url": \{
"hostname": "turbine\_webhook\_agent\_pool",
"href": "http\://turbine\_webhook\_agent\_pool/v1/webhook/5e60bc88-5780-42a9-8026-329fd0060d55/triggers\_webhook\_am9pa",
"ips": \[],
"pathname": "/v1/webhook/5e60bc88-5780-42a9-8026-329fd0060d55/triggers\_webhook\_am9pa",
"port": 80,
"protocol": "http",
"query": \{}
},
"method": "GET"
},
"post": \{},
"type": "custom\_webhook",
"action": "request",
"fqn": "turbine.custom\_webhook.request",
"timestamp": 1717444327944,
"sensor": \{
"name": "triggers\_webhook\_am9pa",
"tags": \{}
},
"agent": \{
"name": "webhook-agent-a966253ee5a4-f975040d-f3e5-4a96-beec-bd729605537e",
"tags": \{}
},
"tags": \{}
}, |
| $event | Data related to the sensor event that triggered the playbook | **Record**
"$event": \{
"data": \{
"application": \{
"id": "aXRvgAk9ufrM86LOp",
"uid": "records-testing-658c9",
"name": "Records Testing"
},
"currentUser": \{
"id": "a6d44865-ed5d-4b9a-a29d-d0d3302d5629",
"username": "[swimlaneadmin@swimlane.com](mailto\:swimlaneadmin@swimlane.com)",
"isSystemUser": false
},
"record": \{
"id": "aN1Kk0cot6maprd0C",
"url": "https\://localhost:443/account/228edce1-be3e-4b45-99d5-b4a11ac41489/tenant/911b9bae-540e-4064-93dc-33c1364587dd/record/aXRvgAk9ufrM86LOp/aN1Kk0cot6maprd0C",
"values": \{
"text": "Example",
"multiline-text": "Multi line example",
"radio-buttons": "option-2",
"numeric": 1,
"tracking-id": "ORT-9",
"first-created": "2024-06-03T19:56:10.0259161Z",
"last-updated": "2024-06-03T19:56:10.0606078Z"
}
}
},
"post": \{},
"type": "record",
"action": "create",
"fqn": "turbine.record.create",
"timestamp": 1717444570268,
"sensor": \{
"name": "turbine",
"tags": \{}
},
"agent": \{
"name": "sw\_api",
"tags": \{}
},
"tags": \{}
} |
| $event | Data related to the sensor event that triggered the playbook | **Cron**
"$event": \{
"data": \{
"cron": "\* \* \* \* \*"
},
"post": \{},
"type": "schedule",
"action": "cron",
"fqn": "turbine.schedule.cron",
"timestamp": 1717446660290,
"sensor": \{
"name": "turbine",
"tags": \{}
},
"agent": \{
"name": "engine-local",
"tags": \{}
},
"tags": \{}
} |
| $event | Data related to the sensor event that triggered the playbook | **Manual**
"$event": \{
"data": \{},
"post": \{},
"type": "playbook",
"action": "executeTest",
"fqn": "turbine.playbook.executeTest",
"timestamp": 1717442522695,
"sensor": \{
"name": "turbine",
"tags": \{}
},
"agent": \{
"name": "api-local-dev",
"tags": \{}
},
"tags": \{} |
| $event.data | Data/inputs from the event | |
| $event.post | Any data post-processing from the trigger | |
| $event.type | Type of event (events, sensors, schedules) | |
| $event.action | Action of the event type | |
| $event.fqn | Fully qualified event name | |
| $event.timestamp | Integer timestamp of the event in milliseconds | |
| $event.sensor.name | Name of the sensor that received the event | |
| $event.sensor.tags | Tags associated with the sensor | |
| $event.agent.name | Name of the agent that was running the sensor | |
| $event.agent.tags | Tags associated with the agent | |
| $event.tags | Tags associated with the event | |
| $trigger.name | The name of the trigger | **Cron**
"$trigger": \{
"type": "schedules",
"name": "cron"
} |
| $trigger.name | The name of the trigger | **Webhook**
"$trigger": \{
"type": "sensors",
"name": "triggers\_webhook\_acu1r"
}, |
| $trigger.name | The name of the trigger | **Records**
"$trigger": \{
"type": "records",
"name": "a6tgj.create"
}, |
| $trigger.name | The name of the trigger | **Manual**
"$trigger": \{
"type": "events",
"name": "playbook.executeTest"
} |
| $trigger.type | The type of trigger (events, sensors, schedules) | |
| $actions | Object containing all preceding actions that led to the current action | "$actions": \{
"some\_create\_variables\_action\_key\_name": \{
"result": \{
"string\_at7xg": "test",
"number\_ajpro": 1,
"boolean\_a7qe9": true,
"object\_a4k88": \{
"string\_amul7": ""
},
"array\_afhe7": \[
\{
"array\_agz7a": \[
""
]
}
],
"attachment\_ah5dr": null,
"iterable": \[
1,
2,
0
]
},
"published": \{},
"status": "success"
},
"some\_http\_action\_key\_name": \{
"result": \{
"status\_code": 200,
"headers": \{
"date": "Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:08:02 GMT",
"content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
"content-length": "2110",
"connection": "close",
"etag": "W/\\"83e-HiAiudLaghvV/6XO4efAJkfVWT0\\"",
"set-cookie": \[
"sails.sid=s%3A6NN48IK2HUVfuh99U38mgwQTe3kfa9ZB.ebTIFfsxekw%2Fn8r1yME8yYz2VzJxsa7pOsv9hBFmaQk; Path=/; HttpOnly"
]
},
"status\_reason": "OK",
"body": \{
"args": \{
"test": "1",
"\{\\"block\_1\\":\{\\"text\\":\\"some text\\",\\"text-2\\":\\"more text\\",\\"text-list\\":": \{
"\\"text1\\",\\"text2\\",\\"text3\\"": \{
"1,2.2,3.45,-4": \{
"\\"one\\",\\"three\\"": \{
"\\"option-1\\",\\"option-3\\"": \{
"\\"ORT-4\\"": \{
"\[\\"ORT-4\\",\\"ORT-5\\"],\\"reference-grid\\":\[\\"ORT-4\\",\\"ORT-5\\"]},\\"block\_2\\":\[\\"text1\\",\\"text2\\",\\"text3\\"],\\"true\\"\:true}": "\[\\"text1\\",\\"text2\\",\\"text3\\"]"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"headers": \{
"x-forwarded-proto": "https",
"x-forwarded-port": "443",
"host": "postman-echo.com",
"x-amzn-trace-id": "Root=1-665e22a1-454ed58d1b586c896b75161a",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate, br"
},
"url": "[https://postman-echo.com/get?xxxx](https://postman-echo.com/get?xxxx)"
}
},
"published": \{},
"status": "success"
},
"some\_loop\_action": \{
"result": \[
\{
"script\_ac4ft": \{
"result": \{
"string\_ano7f": "text1"
}
}
},
\{
"script\_ac4ft": \{
"result": \{
"string\_ano7f": "text2"
}
}
},
\{
"script\_ac4ft": \{
"result": \{
"string\_ano7f": "text3"
}
}
}
],
"published": \{},
"status": "success"
},
"$parent": \{
"published": \{},
"status": "fail"
},
"$current": \{
"result": \{
"actions": \{
"createVariables\_atysx": \{
"result": \{
"string\_awuwp": "asdf"
},
"published": \{},
"status": "success"
}
},
"published": \{}
},
"published": \{},
"status": "success"
},
"newComponent\_az0s4": \{
"result": \{
"actions": \{
"createVariables\_atysx": \{
"result": \{
"string\_awuwp": "asdf"
},
"published": \{},
"status": "success"
}
},
"published": \{}
},
"published": \{},
"status": "success"
},
"7\_Script": \{
"result": \{},
"published": \{},
"status": "success"
},
"condition\_aexis": \{
"result": "3",
"published": \{},
"status": "success"
},
"transformation\_alag3": \{
"result": \{
"block\_1": \{
"text": "some text",
"text-2": "more text",
"text-list": \[
"text1",
"text2",
"text3"
],
"email": "[ian.schultz@swimlane.com](mailto\:ian.schultz@swimlane.com)",
"url": "[https://swimlane.com](https://swimlane.com)",
"rich-text": "\header\
",
"multiline-text": "multiline\ntext\ndata",
"telephone": "123-345-5678",
"ip": "127.0.0.1",
"json": "\{ \\"property1\\": \\"value 1\\", \\"property2\\": true }",
"numeric": 123.4,
"numeric-list": \[
1,
2.2,
3.45,
-4
],
"single-select": "value-2",
"multi-select": \[
"one",
"three"
],
"radio-buttons": "option-2",
"checkboxes": \[
"option-1",
"option-3"
],
"date--time": "2023-11-20T10:45:03Z",
"date": "2023-11-20",
"timespan": "123456789",
"time": "10:45:03",
"usergroups": "swimlaneadmin",
"reference-single": \[
"ORT-4"
],
"reference-multi": \[
"ORT-4",
"ORT-5"
],
"reference-grid": \[
"ORT-4",
"ORT-5"
]
},
"block\_2": \[
"text1",
"text2",
"text3"
],
"true": true
},
"published": \{},
"status": "success"
}
}, |
| $actions.\.result | Result of the specified action | |
| $actions.\.post | Posted values from the specified action | |
| $actions.\.status | Status of the specified action | |
| $actions.$current.result | Result of the current action (not populated until the action has run) | |
| $actions.$current.post | Posted values from the current action (not populated until the action has run) | |
| $actions.$parent.result | Result of the previous action | |
| $actions.$parent.post | Posted values from the previous action | |
| $assets | Object of asset names and their respective parameters | "$assets": \{
"vt\_asset": \{
"url": "[https://www.virustotal.com](https://www.virustotal.com)",
"x-apikey": "xxx",
}, |
| $published | The current published object. Needed when mapping an output to an application record or to use outside of the playbook |
"$published": \{
"published\_body": \{
"access\_token": "test\_access\_token"
}, |
| $repeat (deprecated) | If job is part of repeat, current iteration's key/value | |
| $loop | If job is part of a loop, current iteration's key/value | "$loop": \{
"index": 0,
"key": "0",
"value": "text1"
}, |
| $loop.index | Index of the current loop iteration | |
| $loop.key | Key of the current loop iteration | |
| $loop.value | Value of the current loop iteration | |
| $loops | If job is part of a loop or nested loop, current and nested loop iteration keys/values | "$loops": \{
"loop\_aey0k": \{
"index": 0,
"key": "0",
"value": "text1"
}
} |
| $loops.\ | Specific loop name in nested loops | |
| $loops.\.index | Index of the specific loop iteration | |
| $loops.\.key | Key of the specific loop iteration | |
| $loops.\.value | Value of the specific loop iteration | |
| $variables | Current value of any variables defined upstream of this job | "$variables": \{
"string\_at7xg": "new",
"number\_ajpro": 1,
"boolean\_a7qe9": true,
"object\_a4k88": \{
"string\_amul7": ""
},
"array\_afhe7": \[
\{
"array\_agz7a": \[
""
]
}
],
"attachment\_ah5dr": null,
"iterable": \[1,2,0]
} |
| $variables.\ | Value of a specific variable defined upstream | |
For a list of top-level properties that are defined on the $event.data object when configuring webhook triggers, see event.data Properties in the Webhook Triggers section.