# Smart Rule doesn't automatically start

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**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Tags:** devonthink3, automation\
**Created:** [January 3, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/smart-rule-doesnt-automatically-start/81769 "2025-01-03T13:34:25Z")\
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> [@IvanPsy](#):
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> looking inside the document for strings of text and make dynamic operations on the file accordingly).

This might require some scripting, depending on the details. See

> [@Using a single smart rule instead of Hazel (maybe)](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/using-a-single-smart-rule-instead-of-hazel-maybe/67982/1):
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> Some people (me included) use a naming convention for their files and put them in certain goups depending on sender and/or content. I’m doing that for bank statements, some of the regularly arriving invoices and income statements. In DT, you’d need one smart rule per target group, since it’s not possible to move a record to a group depending on some criteria. So if you have 5 bank accounts and two companies regularly sending you invoices, you’d need seven separate rules. Which is not good, beca…

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