Cross-platform context-specific automation scheduling

A method for generating a user interface element for a cross-platform automation system, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a client device rendering a graphical user interface providing client-side functionality for a first software platform, a user input to an editable field rendered in respect of a first data object of the first software platform in the graphical user interface, the user input comprising an address pointing to a second data object of a second software platform different from the first software platform;
• defining an input context with the first data object and the second data object;
• sending, by the client device of the first software platform to at least one of the first software platform or the second software platform, a query based on the user input and the input context;
• receiving at the client device of the first software platform in response to the query, an automation identifier corresponding to an automation of at least one operation of the first software platform or the second software platform, the automation configured to be triggered by a change in a property of at least one of the first data object or the second data object;
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• modifying the graphical user interface, by the client device, to display a selectable interface element that, when selected, causes the automation to be enabled.

A cross-platform event system comprising:

• a host executing a first server-side instance configured to provide server-side functionality of a first software platform, the first server-side instance configured to:
• communicably couple to a client-side instance configured to provide client-side functionality for the first software platform;
• receive user input data from the client-side instance of the first software platform, the user input data generated in response to a first user input received at a graphical user interface of the client-side instance, the first user input comprising an address pointing to a data object of a second software platform;
• defining an input context based at least in part on the first data object and the second data object;
• select a set of trigger events based at least in part on the input context and on the user input data from a trigger event database, each selected trigger event associated with a respective one event pushed by one of the first software platform or the second software platform to an event-driven platform;
• select a set of actions, from an event action database, that can be performed by at least one of the first software platform or the second software platform;
• cause the client-side instance of the first software platform to modify the graphical user interface to present at least one trigger event from the set of trigger events and at least one action from the set of actions;
• receive selection data from the client-side instance of the first software platform, the selection data generated in response to a second user input received at the graphical user interface, the second user input identifying a selected trigger event and a selected action;
• define an event object comprising the selected trigger event and the selected action;
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• provide the event object as input to the event-driven platform in communication with the first software platform and the second software platform to configure the event-driven platform to cause the selected action to be executed in response to occurrence of the selected trigger event.