Run an automation from a conversation

Start an automation execution with conversation, contact, and recent messages as initial_payload, matching the “Run automation” action in the message composer.

Endpoint

/automations-executions

Prerequisite — load context like the app

1. GET /conversations/:id with query: { organization_id }
2. GET /contacts/:contactId if the conversation has contact_id
3. GET /conversation-messages-{channel} with:

json

Reverse the data array chronologically when building the payload (the app does this before create).

Request

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Response

Returns the created execution record (exact fields depend on server configuration). The app shows a success toast and closes the picker.

Notes

• Unsupported channels: the UI only enables this when a conversation-messages-{channel} service exists for the conversation’s channel.
• Keep $limit at 50 when loading messages for the payload.