# Competing Workflows

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/competing-workflows/123238>\
**Category:** Tips, Tricks & Best Practices\
**Tags:** workflows\
**Created:** [January 2, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/competing-workflows/123238 "2025-01-02T19:52:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![SanjayKumar](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/sanjaykumar/32/16943_2.png) [@SanjayKumar](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SanjayKumar)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/competing-workflows/123238/3 "2025-01-03T08:06:43Z")

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Hey @Stacks42,

Here are some workaround that you can use in your workflows to avoid creating duplicate tasks by adding logic to check if a task with a specific title already exists.

**Option 1: Use Workflow Enrollment Triggers to Avoid Overlap**

1. Edit Workflow Enrollment Triggers:
  - For each workflow, add an enrollment trigger to check if a task with a specific title or creation time already exists.

2. For example:
  - Add a filter like: Activity Type \> Task \> Title contains “Hot Lead” (or your task title).
  - Add another filter: Activity Date is less than X hours ago (adjust to 1 hour, for example).
  - This prevents the workflow from triggering if a similar task already exists.

**Option 2: Add Workflow Goal Criteria**

1. Open each workflow and define a **goal** to automatically unenroll contacts if certain conditions are met.
2. Set the goal criteria to check for:
  - A task with a specific title.
  - Task creation within the last hour.

3. Example:
  - Activity Type \> Task \> Title contains “Hot Lead”
  - AND Activity Date is less than 1 hour ago.
  - This ensures contacts unenroll from the workflow if such a task exists.

**Option 3: Use Conditional Logic in Workflow Actions**

1. Add an **If/Then Branch** in the workflow to check for existing tasks before creating a new one.
2. In the branch, check for:
  - Activity Type \> Task \> Title contains “Hot Lead”
  - AND Activity Date is less than 1 hour ago.

3. If the condition is met:
  - Do nothing.

4. If the condition is not met:
  - Create the task.

Give it a try using any of these method and let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you.

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