# Auto-assign by keyword
**Auto-assign by keyword** is a **Missive rules template** designed for sales teams that have asscociates with different domain expertise. With this rule, you can automatically triage and assign incoming sales emails to the relevant in-house expert.
#### When enabled:
* The rule will automatically assign an email to a user based on specific keywords found in the email body.
#### Here’s how it works:
* You need to determine what the target keyword is
* You need to choose who should be assigned
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### Incoming email rule: Auto-assign by keyword
This rule is meant to help you triage your team inbox faster by getting the right person automatically assigned to the incoming prospect email.
Add to Missive
#### There is one condition and one action to make this rule work.
{% stepper %}
{% step %}
If an incoming email contains a **specific** **keyword**
{% endstep %}
{% step %}
It will automatically **assign** the user you determined to be best suited for that email
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}
{% hint style="info" %}
You can add multiple keywords to make it more specific and/or you can use [AI prompts](https://missiveapp.com/docs/ai/using-ai/prompts) to determine the context of an incoming email.
{% endhint %}
