# Google Tag Manager: List triggers — MCP tool

**Google Tag Manager MCP tool:** Lists the triggers of a workspace.

Technical name: `list_triggers`

## What task it solves

> I want to list triggers.

Lists the triggers of a workspace.

## When to use it

Use this capability when you need “List triggers” without doing the same work manually in the Google Tag Manager interface. It runs only when an AI client calls it.

## What to provide

- `account_id` — **required**. GTM account id (string).
- `container_id` — **required**. Container id (string).
- `workspace_id` — **required**. Workspace id (string), e.g. from list_workspaces.
- `page_token` — **optional**. Pagination token from a previous response's nextPageToken. Omit for the first page.

## What it returns

Returns { trigger: [{ triggerId, name, type (e.g.

## What changes in Google Tag Manager

The tool reads Google Tag Manager data and does not change it.

## Example request

> List triggers in Google Tag Manager. Ask for any required identifiers that are missing.

## Errors and limitations

pageview, click, customEvent), filter/customEventFilter (conditions of { type, parameter }), path, fingerprint }], nextPageToken }.

Access also depends on token permissions, quotas, and upstream API limits.

## Related MCP tools

- [Create a tag, trigger or variable](./create-entity.md) — `create_entity`
- [Delete a tag, trigger or variable](./delete-entity.md) — `delete_entity`
- [Get any resource by path](./get-resource.md) — `get_resource`
- [List tags](./list-tags.md) — `list_tags`

## Technical details

- **Impact:** read-only
- **Group:** Tags, triggers and variables
- **Description source:** `list_triggers` registration in `src/tools/entities.ts`
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