## Problem
Connecting a mailbox bulk-creates contacts via the email/calendar sync,
and each `person.upserted` fires the seeded **"Create company when
adding a new person"** workflow. The trigger enqueues one run per record
(no batching) and each run bills several `WORKFLOW_NODE_RUN` events — so
a single mailbox connect can rack up tens of thousands of runs and
exhaust credits on a brand-new workspace. The workflow is also redundant
on that path: the sync already creates the company from the email domain
and links the person to it.
## What this does
Adds an optional, user-defined **filter** to database-event (listener)
triggers, evaluated in the listener **before a run is enqueued**.
Non-matching events never create a run, so they consume zero execution
credits. This is the Filter node's capability, lifted to the trigger
level, and available for all event types (created / updated / upserted /
deleted).
The seeded "Create company when adding a new person" workflow now
carries a visible trigger filter — `Created by → Source is not Email`
**and** `is not Calendar` — so it no longer runs for sync-created
contacts, while still running for manually / API / CSV-added people.
## How (reuse)
- **Backend:** extracted `evaluateStepFilters()`, shared by the Filter
action and the trigger listener's new `eventMatchesRecordFilter` gate.
The record is exposed under the `trigger` key so filters reference it
exactly like steps do (`{{trigger.properties.after.…}}`).
- **Shared:** one optional `filter` added to the database-event trigger
zod schema; the front-end type derives from it (settings stay JSON — no
codegen).
- **Frontend:** extracted `WorkflowStepFilterBuilder` from the Filter
action's body; both the Filter action and the trigger editor render it.
The field picker needed no changes — at the trigger it already resolves
to the record's own fields via `TRIGGER_STEP_ID`.
## Scope / decisions
- **No migration for existing workspaces** (by request) — only newly
created workspaces get the filtered default; already-created workspaces
keep the always-on workflow.
- Deliberately did **not** add relation-enrichment to the upsert path
(it would add a DB lookup to the very bulk-sync path we're relieving).
Trigger filters work on the record's own scalar/composite fields (e.g.
`createdBy.source`); relation-based filters work on created/updated
where enrichment already runs.
## Verification
- Typecheck: `twenty-shared`, `twenty-server`, `twenty-front` all green.
- Lint (diff, autofix): 0 warnings / 0 errors across all three.
- Unit tests: a new `evaluate-step-filters` spec exercising the exact
`createdBy.source IS_NOT` seed mechanism, plus new listener specs
proving non-matching events are not enqueued. All backend
filter/listener suites pass.
- Not run here: integration tests (need a DB) and Storybook.
https://claude.ai/code/session_013k36vfekDppwRCgM6Ha7De
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