---
title: "Create an active Automation"
method: POST
path: "/v1/automations"
tags: ["Automations"]
---

# Create an active Automation

`POST /v1/automations`

Den schedules Automations and keeps durable run history; execution is dispatched to the owner's connected desktop app. If no desktop runner is connected when an occurrence is due, that occurrence is recorded as missed. Creation makes an Automation active immediately and uses the owner's current OpenWork Connect integrations. Deactivation stops future runs but does not cancel a run already in progress. There is no draft, review, or permission-grant step.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `instructions` string, required
  - `schedule` union, required
    - object
      - `kind` 'once', required
      - `timezone` string, required
      - `at` integer, required
    - object
      - `kind` 'daily', required
      - `timezone` string, required
      - `hour` integer, required
      - `minute` integer, required
    - object
      - `kind` 'weekly', required
      - `timezone` string, required
      - `daysOfWeek` integer[], required
      - `hour` integer, required
      - `minute` integer, required
  - `model` object, required
    - `providerId` string, required
    - `modelId` string, required
    - `variant` string, nullable

## Response `201`

Active Automation created.

- object
  - `automation` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `organizationId` string, required
    - `ownerMemberId` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `state` 'active' | 'inactive' | 'needs_attention' | 'archived', required
    - `currentRevisionId` string, required
    - `nextDueAt` integer, nullable, required
    - `latestRunAt` integer, nullable, required
    - `needsAttentionReason` object, nullable, required
      - `code` 'owner_membership_lost' | 'model_access_lost' | 'provider_unavailable' | 'connect_access_unavailable' | 'execution_runtime_unavailable', required
      - `message` string, required
      - `occurredAt` integer, required
    - `createdAt` integer, required
    - `updatedAt` integer, required
    - `archivedAt` integer, nullable, required
  - `revision` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `automationId` string, required
    - `version` integer, required
    - `instructions` string, required
    - `schedule` union, required
      - object
        - `kind` 'once', required
        - `timezone` string, required
        - `at` integer, required
      - object
        - `kind` 'daily', required
        - `timezone` string, required
        - `hour` integer, required
        - `minute` integer, required
      - object
        - `kind` 'weekly', required
        - `timezone` string, required
        - `daysOfWeek` integer[], required
        - `hour` integer, required
        - `minute` integer, required
    - `model` object, required
      - `providerId` string, required
      - `modelId` string, required
      - `variant` string, nullable
    - `executionTarget` 'desktop', required
    - `maximumRuntimeMs` integer, required
    - `digest` string, required
    - `createdAt` integer, required
  - `latestRun` object, nullable, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `automationId` string, required
    - `revisionId` string, required
    - `trigger` 'scheduled' | 'recovery' | 'manual', required
    - `scheduledFor` integer, nullable, required
    - `idempotencyKey` string, required
    - `status` 'queued' | 'claimed' | 'running' | 'succeeded' | 'failed' | 'cancelled' | 'skipped', required
    - `leaseOwner` string, nullable, required
    - `leaseExpiresAt` integer, nullable, required
    - `heartbeatAt` integer, nullable, required
    - `attemptCount` integer, required
    - `executionTarget` 'desktop', required
    - `executionThread` object, nullable, required
      - `id` string, required
      - `threadKind` 'automation', required
      - `executionLocation` 'desktop', required
      - `automationId` string, required
      - `automationRunId` string, required
      - `engineKind` string, required
    - `providerId` string, required
    - `modelId` string, required
    - `modelVariant` string, nullable
    - `startedAt` integer, nullable, required
    - `finishedAt` integer, nullable, required
    - `error` object, nullable, required
      - `code` 'owner_membership_lost' | 'model_access_lost' | 'provider_unavailable' | 'connect_access_unavailable' | 'execution_runtime_unavailable' | 'execution_failed' | 'execution_timed_out' | 'runner_unavailable' | 'cancelled' | 'lease_lost' | 'internal_error', required
      - `message` string, required
      - `retryable` boolean, required
    - `resultSummary` string, nullable, required
    - `usage` object, required
      - `inputTokens` integer, nullable, required
      - `outputTokens` integer, nullable, required
      - `costMicros` integer, nullable, required
    - `createdAt` integer, required
    - `updatedAt` integer, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request.
- `401` — Sign-in required.

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