diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/slack2/auth/verify-credentials.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/slack2/auth/verify-credentials.ts
index 3a58850f..0152348a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/slack2/auth/verify-credentials.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/slack2/auth/verify-credentials.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import qs from 'qs';
-import { IGlobalVariableForConnection } from '@automatisch/types';
+import { IGlobalVariable } from '@automatisch/types';
 
-const verifyCredentials = async ($: IGlobalVariableForConnection) => {
+const verifyCredentials = async ($: IGlobalVariable) => {
   const headers = {
     'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
   };
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/auth/create-auth-data.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/auth/create-auth-data.ts
index 9c30c8a9..cb37e833 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/auth/create-auth-data.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/auth/create-auth-data.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 import generateRequest from '../common/generate-request';
-import {
-  IJSONObject,
-  IField,
-  IGlobalVariableForConnection,
-} from '@automatisch/types';
+import { IJSONObject, IField, IGlobalVariable } from '@automatisch/types';
 import { URLSearchParams } from 'url';
 
-export default async function createAuthData($: IGlobalVariableForConnection) {
+export default async function createAuthData($: IGlobalVariable) {
   try {
     const oauthRedirectUrlField = $.app.fields.find(
       (field: IField) => field.key == 'oAuthRedirectUrl'
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/auth/is-still-verified.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/auth/is-still-verified.ts
index cf2d9a4c..6ecd7ecd 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/auth/is-still-verified.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/auth/is-still-verified.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { IGlobalVariableForConnection } from '@automatisch/types';
+import { IGlobalVariable } from '@automatisch/types';
 import getCurrentUser from '../common/get-current-user';
 
-const isStillVerified = async ($: IGlobalVariableForConnection) => {
+const isStillVerified = async ($: IGlobalVariable) => {
   try {
     await getCurrentUser($);
     return true;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/auth/verify-credentials.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/auth/verify-credentials.ts
index 332efdbb..4d50b42d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/auth/verify-credentials.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/auth/verify-credentials.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { IGlobalVariableForConnection } from '@automatisch/types';
+import { IGlobalVariable } from '@automatisch/types';
 import { URLSearchParams } from 'url';
 
-const verifyCredentials = async ($: IGlobalVariableForConnection) => {
+const verifyCredentials = async ($: IGlobalVariable) => {
   try {
     const response = await $.http.post(
       `/oauth/access_token?oauth_verifier=${$.auth.data.oauthVerifier}&oauth_token=${$.auth.data.accessToken}`,
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/generate-request.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/generate-request.ts
index df6ee2dd..76667636 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/generate-request.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/generate-request.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IGlobalVariableForConnection, IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
+import { IGlobalVariable, IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
 import oauthClient from './oauth-client';
 import { Token } from 'oauth-1.0a';
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ type IGenereateRequestOptons = {
 };
 
 const generateRequest = async (
-  $: IGlobalVariableForConnection,
+  $: IGlobalVariable,
   options: IGenereateRequestOptons
 ) => {
   const { requestPath, method, data } = options;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-current-user.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-current-user.ts
index 12dfd7b5..0823192f 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-current-user.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-current-user.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { IGlobalVariableForConnection } from '@automatisch/types';
+import { IGlobalVariable, IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
 import generateRequest from './generate-request';
 
-const getCurrentUser = async ($: IGlobalVariableForConnection) => {
+const getCurrentUser = async ($: IGlobalVariable): Promise<IJSONObject> => {
   const response = await generateRequest($, {
     requestPath: '/2/users/me',
     method: 'GET',
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-user-by-username.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-user-by-username.ts
index e7e35d16..45e108be 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-user-by-username.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-user-by-username.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-import { IGlobalVariableForConnection, IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
+import { IGlobalVariable, IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
 import generateRequest from './generate-request';
 
-const getUserByUsername = async (
-  $: IGlobalVariableForConnection,
-  username: string
-) => {
+const getUserByUsername = async ($: IGlobalVariable, username: string) => {
   const response = await generateRequest($, {
     requestPath: `/2/users/by/username/${username}`,
     method: 'GET',
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-user-followers.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-user-followers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23e211c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-user-followers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { IGlobalVariable, IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
+import { URLSearchParams } from 'url';
+import { omitBy, isEmpty } from 'lodash';
+import generateRequest from './generate-request';
+
+type GetUserFollowersOptions = {
+  userId: string;
+  lastInternalId?: string;
+};
+
+const getUserFollowers = async (
+  $: IGlobalVariable,
+  options: GetUserFollowersOptions
+) => {
+  let response;
+  const followers: IJSONObject[] = [];
+
+  do {
+    const params: IJSONObject = {
+      pagination_token: response?.data?.meta?.next_token,
+    };
+
+    const queryParams = new URLSearchParams(omitBy(params, isEmpty));
+
+    const requestPath = `/2/users/${options.userId}/followers${
+      queryParams.toString() ? `?${queryParams.toString()}` : ''
+    }`;
+
+    response = await generateRequest($, {
+      requestPath,
+      method: 'GET',
+    });
+
+    if (response.data.meta.result_count > 0) {
+      response.data.data.forEach((tweet: IJSONObject) => {
+        if (
+          !options.lastInternalId ||
+          Number(tweet.id) > Number(options.lastInternalId)
+        ) {
+          followers.push(tweet);
+        } else {
+          return;
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  } while (response.data.meta.next_token && options.lastInternalId);
+
+  if (response.data?.errors) {
+    const errorMessages = response.data.errors
+      .map((error: IJSONObject) => error.detail)
+      .join(' ');
+
+    throw new Error(`Error occured while fetching user data: ${errorMessages}`);
+  }
+
+  return followers;
+};
+
+export default getUserFollowers;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-user-tweets.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-user-tweets.ts
index 219820e7..39889d9b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-user-tweets.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/get-user-tweets.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,44 @@
-import { IGlobalVariableForConnection, IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
+import { IGlobalVariable, IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
 import { URLSearchParams } from 'url';
 import omitBy from 'lodash/omitBy';
 import isEmpty from 'lodash/isEmpty';
 import generateRequest from './generate-request';
+import getCurrentUser from './get-current-user';
+import getUserByUsername from './get-user-by-username';
+
+type IGetUserTweetsOptions = {
+  currentUser: boolean;
+  userId?: string;
+  lastInternalId?: string;
+};
 
 const getUserTweets = async (
-  $: IGlobalVariableForConnection,
-  userId: string,
-  lastInternalId?: string
+  $: IGlobalVariable,
+  options: IGetUserTweetsOptions
 ) => {
+  let username: string;
+
+  if (options.currentUser) {
+    const currentUser = await getCurrentUser($);
+    username = currentUser.username as string;
+  } else {
+    username = $.db.step.parameters.username as string;
+  }
+
+  const user = await getUserByUsername($, username);
+
   let response;
   const tweets: IJSONObject[] = [];
 
   do {
     const params: IJSONObject = {
-      since_id: lastInternalId,
+      since_id: options.lastInternalId,
       pagination_token: response?.data?.meta?.next_token,
     };
 
     const queryParams = new URLSearchParams(omitBy(params, isEmpty));
 
-    const requestPath = `/2/users/${userId}/tweets${
+    const requestPath = `/2/users/${user.id}/tweets${
       queryParams.toString() ? `?${queryParams.toString()}` : ''
     }`;
 
@@ -31,14 +49,17 @@ const getUserTweets = async (
 
     if (response.data.meta.result_count > 0) {
       response.data.data.forEach((tweet: IJSONObject) => {
-        if (!lastInternalId || Number(tweet.id) > Number(lastInternalId)) {
+        if (
+          !options.lastInternalId ||
+          Number(tweet.id) > Number(options.lastInternalId)
+        ) {
           tweets.push(tweet);
         } else {
           return;
         }
       });
     }
-  } while (response.data.meta.next_token && lastInternalId);
+  } while (response.data.meta.next_token && options.lastInternalId);
 
   if (response.data.errors) {
     const errorMessages = response.data.errors
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/oauth-client.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/oauth-client.ts
index d4a59b2e..c29f6a0a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/oauth-client.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/common/oauth-client.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { IGlobalVariableForConnection } from '@automatisch/types';
+import { IGlobalVariable } from '@automatisch/types';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 import OAuth from 'oauth-1.0a';
 
-const oauthClient = ($: IGlobalVariableForConnection) => {
+const oauthClient = ($: IGlobalVariable) => {
   const consumerData = {
     key: $.auth.data.consumerKey as string,
     secret: $.auth.data.consumerSecret as string,
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/my-tweets/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/my-tweets/index.ts
index 33ad3c4f..e6cb95a0 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/my-tweets/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/my-tweets/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import { IGlobalVariable } from '@automatisch/types';
-import getCurrentUser from '../../common/get-current-user';
-import getUserByUsername from '../../common/get-user-by-username';
 import getUserTweets from '../../common/get-user-tweets';
 
 export default {
@@ -20,18 +18,13 @@ export default {
   ],
 
   async run($: IGlobalVariable) {
-    return this.getTweets($, await $.db.flow.lastInternalId());
+    return await getUserTweets($, {
+      currentUser: true,
+      lastInternalId: $.db.flow.lastInternalId,
+    });
   },
 
   async testRun($: IGlobalVariable) {
-    return this.getTweets($);
-  },
-
-  async getTweets($: IGlobalVariable, lastInternalId?: string) {
-    const { username } = await getCurrentUser($);
-    const user = await getUserByUsername($, username);
-
-    const tweets = await getUserTweets($, user.id, lastInternalId);
-    return tweets;
+    return await getUserTweets($, { currentUser: true });
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/new-follower-of-me/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/new-follower-of-me/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9b4be84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/new-follower-of-me/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { IGlobalVariable } from '@automatisch/types';
+import myFollowers from './my-followers';
+
+export default {
+  name: 'New follower of me',
+  key: 'myFollowers',
+  pollInterval: 15,
+  description: 'Will be triggered when you have a new follower.',
+  substeps: [
+    {
+      key: 'chooseConnection',
+      name: 'Choose connection',
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'testStep',
+      name: 'Test trigger',
+    },
+  ],
+
+  async run($: IGlobalVariable) {
+    return await myFollowers($, $.db.flow.lastInternalId);
+  },
+
+  async testRun($: IGlobalVariable) {
+    return await myFollowers($);
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/new-follower-of-me/my-followers.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/new-follower-of-me/my-followers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11665a5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/new-follower-of-me/my-followers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { IGlobalVariable } from "@automatisch/types";
+import getCurrentUser from "../../common/get-current-user";
+import getUserByUsername from "../../common/get-user-by-username";
+import getUserFollowers from "../../common/get-user-followers";
+
+const myFollowers = async( $: IGlobalVariable, lastInternalId?: string) => {
+  const { username } = await getCurrentUser($);
+  const user = await getUserByUsername($, username as string);
+
+  const tweets = await getUserFollowers($, {
+    userId: user.id,
+    lastInternalId
+  });
+  return tweets;
+});
+
+export default myFollowers;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/search-tweets/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/search-tweets/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f67d908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/search-tweets/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { IGlobalVariable } from '@automatisch/types';
+import searchTweets from './search-tweets';
+
+export default {
+  name: 'Search Tweets',
+  key: 'searchTweets',
+  pollInterval: 15,
+  description:
+    'Will be triggered when any user tweet something containing a specific keyword, phrase, username or hashtag.',
+  substeps: [
+    {
+      key: 'chooseConnection',
+      name: 'Choose connection',
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'chooseTrigger',
+      name: 'Set up a trigger',
+      arguments: [
+        {
+          label: 'Search Term',
+          key: 'searchTerm',
+          type: 'string',
+          required: true,
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'testStep',
+      name: 'Test trigger',
+    },
+  ],
+
+  async run($: IGlobalVariable) {
+    return await searchTweets($, {
+      searchTerm: $.db.step.parameters.searchTerm as string,
+      lastInternalId: $.db.flow.lastInternalId,
+    });
+  },
+
+  async testRun($: IGlobalVariable) {
+    return await searchTweets($, {
+      searchTerm: $.db.step.parameters.searchTerm as string,
+    });
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/search-tweets/search-tweets.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/search-tweets/search-tweets.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df7bbe21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/search-tweets/search-tweets.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { IGlobalVariable, IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
+import qs from 'qs';
+import generateRequest from '../../common/generate-request';
+import { omitBy, isEmpty } from 'lodash';
+
+type ISearchTweetsOptions = {
+  searchTerm: string;
+  lastInternalId?: string;
+};
+
+const searchTweets = async (
+  $: IGlobalVariable,
+  options: ISearchTweetsOptions
+) => {
+  let response;
+
+  const tweets: {
+    data: IJSONObject[];
+    error: IJSONObject | null;
+  } = {
+    data: [],
+    error: null,
+  };
+
+  do {
+    const params: IJSONObject = {
+      query: options.searchTerm,
+      since_id: options.lastInternalId,
+      pagination_token: response?.data?.meta?.next_token,
+    };
+
+    const queryParams = qs.stringify(omitBy(params, isEmpty));
+
+    const requestPath = `/2/tweets/search/recent${
+      queryParams.toString() ? `?${queryParams.toString()}` : ''
+    }`;
+
+    response = await generateRequest($, {
+      requestPath,
+      method: 'GET',
+    });
+
+    if (response.integrationError) {
+      tweets.error = response.integrationError;
+      return tweets;
+    }
+
+    if (response.data.meta.result_count > 0) {
+      response.data.data.forEach((tweet: IJSONObject) => {
+        if (
+          !options.lastInternalId ||
+          Number(tweet.id) > Number(options.lastInternalId)
+        ) {
+          tweets.data.push(tweet);
+        } else {
+          return;
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  } while (response.data.meta.next_token && options.lastInternalId);
+
+  return tweets;
+};
+
+export default searchTweets;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/user-tweets/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/user-tweets/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23517c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter2/triggers/user-tweets/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { IGlobalVariable } from '@automatisch/types';
+import getUserTweets from '../../common/get-user-tweets';
+
+export default {
+  name: 'User Tweets',
+  key: 'userTweets',
+  pollInterval: 15,
+  description: 'Will be triggered when a specific user tweet something new.',
+  substeps: [
+    {
+      key: 'chooseConnection',
+      name: 'Choose connection',
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'chooseTrigger',
+      name: 'Set up a trigger',
+      arguments: [
+        {
+          label: 'Username',
+          key: 'username',
+          type: 'string',
+          required: true,
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'testStep',
+      name: 'Test trigger',
+    },
+  ],
+
+  async run($: IGlobalVariable) {
+    return await getUserTweets($, {
+      currentUser: false,
+      userId: $.db.step.parameters.username as string,
+      lastInternalId: $.db.flow.lastInternalId,
+    });
+  },
+
+  async testRun($: IGlobalVariable) {
+    return await getUserTweets($, {
+      currentUser: false,
+      userId: $.db.step.parameters.username as string,
+    });
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/global-variable.ts b/packages/backend/src/helpers/global-variable.ts
index 54ea59c7..e064a8cb 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/helpers/global-variable.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/helpers/global-variable.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,40 @@
 import createHttpClient from './http-client';
 import Connection from '../models/connection';
 import Flow from '../models/flow';
+import Step from '../models/step';
 import { IJSONObject, IApp, IGlobalVariable } from '@automatisch/types';
 
-const globalVariable = (
+const globalVariable = async (
   connection: Connection,
   appData: IApp,
-  flow?: Flow
-): IGlobalVariable => {
+  flow?: Flow,
+  currentStep?: Step
+): Promise<IGlobalVariable> => {
+  const lastInternalId = await flow?.lastInternalId();
+
   return {
     auth: {
       set: async (args: IJSONObject) => {
-        return await connection.$query().patchAndFetch({
+        await connection.$query().patchAndFetch({
           formattedData: {
             ...connection.formattedData,
             ...args,
           },
         });
+
+        return null;
       },
       data: connection.formattedData,
     },
     app: appData,
     http: createHttpClient({ baseURL: appData.baseUrl }),
     db: {
-      flow: flow,
+      flow: {
+        lastInternalId,
+      },
+      step: {
+        parameters: currentStep?.parameters || {},
+      },
     },
   };
 };
diff --git a/packages/types/index.d.ts b/packages/types/index.d.ts
index 495b244e..af658d4f 100644
--- a/packages/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/types/index.d.ts
@@ -197,13 +197,18 @@ export type IHttpClientParams = {
 
 export type IGlobalVariable = {
   auth: {
-    set: (args: IJSONObject) => Promise<IConnection>;
+    set: (args: IJSONObject) => Promise<null>;
     data: IJSONObject;
   };
   app: IApp;
   http: IHttpClient;
   db: {
-    flow: IFlow;
+    flow: {
+      lastInternalId: string;
+    };
+    step: {
+      parameters: IJSONObject;
+    }
   };
 };