URGENT - Assignee names with spaces break Form URLs in Automations — no URL-encoding support
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Christophe Berton
When using an Assignee field in a ClickUp Automation to build a Form URL with hidden
fields, any assignee name containing a space (e.g. "Christophe Berton") breaks the URL.
Only the part before the space is captured in the text field.
ClickUp Support confirmed that Automations do not support string manipulation functions
(e.g. replace spaces with %20). There is currently no way to URL-encode an Assignee
value within an Automation step.
This is not a feature request — this is a fundamental bug/gap in the platform.
You allow ASSIGNEE as a dynamic variable in Automations, but you do not handle
URL-encoding, making it unusable in production for anyone whose name contains a space
(which is virtually everyone).
Expected behavior: Assignee values used in URLs should be automatically URL-encoded,
OR a string replace/encode function should be available in Automation steps.
Impact: Blocks production implementation of automated Form URL generation with
pre-filled assignee fields.
Support ticket reference: #2566565
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Zach - ClickUp
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Zach - ClickUp
Hey Christophe! This is a real gap — dynamic variables used in URLs should come out URL-safe, full stop. The fact that a space in a name silently breaks your form pre-fill is exactly the kind of thing that makes automations feel unreliable.
String manipulation in automations (replace, encode, trim) is something we want to add. No timeline yet, but this use case is a good example of why it matters. For now, routing through a webhook + Make/Zapier to handle the encoding may be the cleanest workaround here