Trigger a Trigger.dev v4 task from a React frontend and render live run progress with @trigger.dev/react-hooks
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Documented steps
On the backend mint a scoped trigger token: `import { auth } from "@trigger.dev/sdk"; const triggerToken = await auth.createTriggerPublicToken("my-task");` — pass an array for several tasks, or `{ multipleUse: true }` to allow reuse (https://trigger.dev/docs/realtime/auth).
Pass that token to the client, never the secret key.
In a `"use client"` component: `import { useTaskTrigger } from "@trigger.dev/react-hooks"; const { submit, handle, error, isLoading } = useTaskTrigger<typeof myTask>("my-task", { accessToken: triggerToken });` and call `submit(payload)` from the handler (https://trigger.dev/docs/realtime/react-hooks/triggering).
Render live progress with `const { run, error } = useRealtimeRun(runId, { accessToken: publicAccessToken });` and read `run.status` / `run.metadata` (https://trigger.dev/docs/realtime/react-hooks/subscribe).
To watch many runs, use `useRealtimeRunsWithTag(tag)` instead of one subscription per run.
For broader read access mint a Public Access Token server-side: `await auth.createPublicToken({ scopes: { read: { tasks: [...], tags: [...] } }, expirationTime: "1hr" })`.
Trim payload size with `skipColumns` (e.g. `["payload", "output"]`) on `useRealtimeRun`, and use the `onComplete` callback to react when the run finishes.
Known gotchas
Trigger Tokens are single-use by default and scoped to one task — they are not interchangeable with Public Access Tokens used for subscribing.
Both token types default to a 15-minute expiration; long-lived UI sessions need an explicit `expirationTime`.
`useRealtimeRunsWithTag` never completes, so a broad tag subscribes the browser to unrelated runs indefinitely.
Never pass `TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY` as the hook's `accessToken` — that leaks full environment credentials into client bundles.
Under the Next.js App Router these hooks require the `"use client"` directive.
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