# Triggers

Triggers allow you to send a record from an [Object Type](https://docs.contextual.io/documentation-and-resources/components-and-data/object-types) along to a Contextual [Agent](https://docs.contextual.io/documentation-and-resources/components-and-data/agents) for further processing. Triggers can be:

* Post Insert - Immediate delivered to the Agent after a record is created.
* Post Update - A combination of the old and new records delivered to the Agent after a record is updated.
* Post Delete - The final content of the record delivered to the Agent after delete.

Once delivered, the receiving Agent can execute further processing, updates or enhancements to the record or other records.