diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/workflow.spec.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/workflow.spec.js
index ce82cf8b13..8e0f79a9a6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/workflow.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/workflow.spec.js
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ describe("/workflows", () => {
       let saveAction = ACTION_DEFINITIONS["SAVE_RECORD"]
       saveAction.inputs.record = {
         name: "{{trigger.name}}",
+        description: "{{trigger.description}}"
       }
       saveAction.id = "awde444wk"
 
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ describe("/workflows", () => {
       await createWorkflow()
       const res = await request
         .post(`/api/workflows/${workflow._id}/trigger`)
-        .send({ name: "Test", description: "Test" })
+        .send({ name: "Test" })
         .set(defaultHeaders(app._id, instance._id))
         .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
         .expect(200)
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ describe("/workflows", () => {
       let elements = await getAllFromModel(request, app._id, instance._id, model._id)
       expect(elements.length).toEqual(1)
       expect(elements[0].name).toEqual("Test")
+      expect(elements[0].description).toEqual("TEST")
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/workflows/triggers.js b/packages/server/src/workflows/triggers.js
index a0f74fd756..e393be0e8c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/workflows/triggers.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/workflows/triggers.js
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ const InMemoryQueue = require("./queue/inMemoryQueue")
 
 let workflowQueue = new InMemoryQueue()
 
+const FAKE_STRING = "TEST"
+const FAKE_BOOL = false
+const FAKE_NUMBER = 1
+const FAKE_DATETIME = "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
+
 const BUILTIN_DEFINITIONS = {
   RECORD_SAVED: {
     name: "Record Saved",
@@ -98,7 +103,48 @@ emitter.on("record:delete", async function(event) {
   await queueRelevantWorkflows(event, "record:delete")
 })
 
+async function fillRecordOutput(workflow, params) {
+  let triggerSchema = workflow.definition.trigger
+  let modelId = triggerSchema.inputs.modelId
+  const db = new CouchDB(params.instanceId)
+  try {
+    let model = await db.get(modelId)
+    for (let schemaKey of Object.keys(model.schema)) {
+      if (params[schemaKey] != null) {
+        continue
+      }
+      let propSchema = model.schema[schemaKey]
+      switch (propSchema.constraints.type) {
+        case "string":
+          params[schemaKey] = FAKE_STRING
+          break
+        case "boolean":
+          params[schemaKey] = FAKE_BOOL
+          break
+        case "number":
+          params[schemaKey] = FAKE_NUMBER
+          break
+        case "datetime":
+          params[schemaKey] = FAKE_DATETIME
+          break
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw "Failed to find model for trigger"
+  }
+  return params
+}
+
 module.exports.externalTrigger = async function(workflow, params) {
+  // TODO: replace this with allowing user in builder to input values in future
+  if (
+    workflow.definition != null &&
+    workflow.definition.trigger != null &&
+    workflow.definition.trigger.inputs.modelId != null
+  ) {
+    params = await fillRecordOutput(workflow, params)
+  }
+
   workflowQueue.add({ workflow, event: params })
 }