Systems and methods to effectuate sets of automated actions within a collaboration environment based on trigger events

A computer-implemented method to effectuate sets of automated actions within a virtual collaboration environment based on automatic detection of trigger events, the method being implemented in a computer system comprising non-transitory electronic storage storing machine-readable instructions, one or more physical processors configured to execute the machine-readable instructions, and a server hosting the virtual collaboration environment, such that execution of the machine-readable instructions by the one or more physical processors causes the one or more physical processors to perform the method, the method comprising:

• electronically storing, within the non-transitory electronic storage, environment state information maintaining a virtual collaboration environment, the virtual collaboration environment being configured to facilitate interactions by users with the virtual collaboration environment, the users interacting with the virtual collaboration environment by accessing the virtual collaboration environment via remotely located client computing platforms over one or more Internet connections, the environment state information including work unit records, the work unit records including work unit information describing units of work managed by the users, created by the users, and assigned within the virtual collaboration environment to the users who are expected to accomplish one or more actions to complete the units of work;
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• establishing the one or more Internet connections between the server hosting the virtual collaboration environment and the remotely located client computing platforms;
• effectuating communication of interface information from the server to the remotely located client computing platforms over the one or more Internet connections, wherein reception of the interface information by the remotely located client computing platforms causes the remotely located client computing platforms to present instances of a user interface of the virtual collaboration environment through which the users interact with the virtual collaboration environment;
• obtaining, at the server, user input information conveying user input of automation information into the instances of the user interface presented at the remotely located client computing platforms, the automation information specifying sets of automated actions to carry out in the virtual collaboration environment in response to occurrence of trigger events, wherein the user input information conveys first user input of first automation information into a first instance of the user interface presented at a first remotely located client computing platform, and wherein the first automation information specifies a first set of automated actions to carry out in response to a first trigger event;
• generating, at the server, automation records, the automation records including the automation information obtained from the user input;
• electronically storing the automation records in the non-transitory electronic storage;
• continuously monitoring, at the server, the environment state information for changes in the work unit information of the work unit records resulting from the interactions by the users with the virtual collaboration environment via the instances of the user interface presented at the remotely located client computing platforms;
• detecting, at the server, occurrence of the trigger events based on monitoring the environment state information, including detecting an occurrence of the first trigger event based on a first change in first work unit information of a first work unit record to second work unit information;
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• responsive to the detection of the occurrence of the trigger events, effectuating, at the server, the sets of automated actions within the virtual collaboration environment, including responsive to the detection of the first trigger event, effectuating the first set of automated actions within the virtual collaboration environment.