diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml
index b736cb9c06..71a3e556e0 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
 
 - name: generate trigger configuration
-  template: src=trigger.cfg.j2 dest=/etc/taskotron/trigger.cfg owner=root group=root mode=0744
+  template: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/taskotron/trigger.cfg owner=root group=root mode=0744
+  with_first_found:
+    - trigger.cfg.j2.{{ deployment_type }}
+    - trigger.cfg.j2
   notify:
   - restart fedmsg-hub
 
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger.cfg.j2.dev b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger.cfg.j2.dev
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73f48feccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger.cfg.j2.dev
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[buildbot]
+url = http://127.0.0.1:8080/change_hook
+
+[trigger]
+valid_arches = x86_64,armhfp
+koji_url = http://koji.fedoraproject.org/kojihub
+datagrepper_url = https://apps.fedoraproject.org/datagrepper/raw
+execdb_server = {{ execdb_server }}
+runner_type = BuildbotRunner
+job_logging = True
+joblog_file = {{ trigger_joblog_file }}
+fuse_delay = 900 ; 15 minutes in seconds
+git_cache_dir = {{ trigger_cache_dir }}
+rules_template = {{ trigger_rules_template_path }}
+{# enable this if you want taskotron-stg to react to just stg fedmsgs
+{% if deployment_type in ['stg'] %}
+deployment_type = stg
+{% endif%}
+#}
+
+[koji_build_completed]
+critpath_filepath = {{ trigger_critpath_file }}
+
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2.dev b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2.dev
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7461a521b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2.dev
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+---
+- when:
+    message_type: KojiBuildPackageCompleted
+  do:
+    - tasks:
+        - rpmlint
+    - tasks:
+        - python-versions
+        - rpmgrill
+      arches:
+        - noarch
+
+- when:
+    message_type: KojiBuildPackageCompleted
+    name:
+      $nin: [{{ trigger_abicheck_blacklist | join(',') }}]
+  do:
+    - tasks:
+        - abicheck
+
+- when:
+    message_type: KojiTagChanged
+    tag:
+      $regex: '/^f[0-9]{2}-updates(-testing)?-pending$$/'
+  do:
+    - tasks:
+        - rpmdeplint
+
+- when:
+    message_type: DistGitCommit
+    namespace: modules
+  do:
+    - tasks:
+        - check_modulemd
+      arches:
+        - noarch
+
+- when:
+    message_type: GitHubPullRequestOpened
+    repo_name:
+      $regex: '/^container-images\/.+/'
+  do:
+    - tasks:
+        - mtf-containers
+      arches:
+        - noarch
+