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POST
Create an automation

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Your Reason API key from Settings > API. New keys use reason_; legacy ara_ keys remain accepted. Keys are capability-scoped: run, mcp:read, mcp:write, secrets:read, secrets:write, sessions:read, sessions:debug, knowledge:read, memory:read, memory:write, skills:read, skills:write, repos:read, repos:write, reviews:read, reviews:write, deployment:read, analytics:read, org:read, org:write, attachments:read, attachments:write, guardrails:read, guardrails:write, automations:read, automations:write, agent_auth:read. mcp:write manages MCP server configuration only; it does not authorize remote MCP-tool execution. sessions:debug is privileged: it expands diagnostic session events only for organization owners/admins.

Path Parameters

orgId
string
required

Organization id or slug. Resolve it with GET /v3/self.

Body

application/json

Creates the automation's configuration. It has no triggers until you add one via POST /automations/{automationId}/triggers, so it will not fire on its own yet.

instructions
string
required

The system instructions the automation runs with.

repo
string
required

Connected GitHub repository path in owner/name form.

name
string

Display name. Defaults to the first line of instructions.

provider
enum<string>

Source-control provider for the connected repository. GitHub is the only supported provider.

Available options:
github
model
string | null

Model override. null uses the workspace default. New runs accept only the currently available Ara model catalog.

tools
object

Response

Created.

An automation: its instructions, tools, environment binding, and triggers.

id
string
org_id
string
name
string | null
instructions
string | null

The system instructions the automation runs with.

model
string | null
enabled
boolean

A paused (false) automation's triggers never fire.

tools
object
environment
object
triggers
object[]

Every condition that fires this automation. Empty until you add one.

created_at
string<date-time>
updated_at
string<date-time>