Create an automation

POST

api

automations

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_invalid_content_length",
    "message": "Invalid Content-Length.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_unauthorized",
    "message": "Authentication required.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_automation_plan_limit",
    "message": "The account plan does not allow this automation.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>",
    "details": "<unknown>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_account_not_granted",
    "message": "This credential is not authorized for the request.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_automation_media_not_found",
    "message": "The referenced Instagram media was not found.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_body_too_large",
    "message": "The JSON request body exceeds 1 MiB.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_unsupported_media_type",
    "message": "Content-Type must be application/json.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_automation_follow_up_missing",
    "message": "A start_follow_up opening button requires a follow-up.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>",
    "details": "<unknown>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Rate limit exceeded.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_automation_committed_response_unavailable",
    "message": "The automation committed, but its response could not be verified. Do not retry automatically.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>",
    "details": {
      "committed": true,
      "retryable": false
    }
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_account_resolution_unavailable",
    "message": "The reachable account set could not be read.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

Create an automation by sending an accessible account_id, a name, a status, and one complete configuration. All four fields are required and no other field is accepted. Your API key needs the automations:write scope. There are no template identifiers in API v1. The configuration you send is the configuration the automation runs.

Choose the starting status

status is an enum with two values:

Value	Result
`draft`	The automation is stored but does not process triggers.
`live`	The configuration is validated, published, and starts processing matching triggers.

Creating a live automation needs the automations:activate scope in addition to automations:write. Create a draft first when you want to review the stored configuration before it runs. A successful request returns 201 with the stored automation.

Send the complete configuration

configuration is a complete, typed object. It is not a partial merge and it has no server-side defaults to fall back on. Five sections are required:

Section	Purpose
`contact_filter`	Which contacts the automation is allowed to answer.
`trigger`	What starts the automation and which publication or keywords it watches.
`opening`	The first direct message, and the optional public reply.
`follow_up`	The ordered actions after the opening message, or `null`.
`extras`	Cooldown behavior between repeated triggers.

The OpenAPI document is the source of truth for every field, enum, bound, and nested action shape. Its PublicAutomationCreateV1 schema defines the complete request body. The API rejects unknown properties and returns 422 with api_automation_invalid_configuration and a list of issues in error.details.issues. Use List Instagram media to find the media id for a trigger that watches one specific publication.

Example request

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://levios.app/api/v1/automations' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${LEVIOS_API_KEY}" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data @- <<JSON
{
  "account_id": "${LEVIOS_ACCOUNT_ID}",
  "name": "Guide request",
  "status": "draft",
  "configuration": {
    "contact_filter": "anyone",
    "trigger": {
      "type": "comment",
      "publication": {
        "mode": "all"
      },
      "keywords": {
        "mode": "specific",
        "match_mode": "whole_word",
        "values": ["guide"]
      }
    },
    "opening": {
      "direct_message": {
        "delay_seconds": 0,
        "message": {
          "text": "Here is the guide you asked for.",
          "buttons": [
            {
              "type": "url",
              "title": "Open the guide",
              "url": "https://example.com/guide"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "public_reply": {
        "enabled": false
      }
    },
    "follow_up": null,
    "extras": {
      "cooldown": {
        "mode": "none"
      }
    }
  }
}
JSON

Retry behavior

Creating an automation is not idempotent. An automatic retry can create a second automation.

If the API returns api_automation_committed_response_unavailable with committed: true and retryable: false, the automation was created but the API could not verify the response. Do not retry automatically. List the account’s automations before creating another one.

Carousel messages

Use Send carousel messages for image cards, URL buttons, a complete request, and a separate following message.

Example success response

Illustrative IDs, timestamps, and content. HTTP 201.

{
  "automation": {
    "id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000002",
    "account_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
    "name": "Guide request",
    "status": "draft",
    "has_unpublished_changes": false,
    "draft_updated_at": null,
    "created_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00.000000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00.000000Z",
    "trigger_type": "comment",
    "configuration": {
      "contact_filter": "anyone",
      "trigger": {
        "type": "comment",
        "publication": {
          "mode": "all"
        },
        "keywords": {
          "mode": "specific",
          "match_mode": "whole_word",
          "values": [
            "guide"
          ]
        }
      },
      "opening": {
        "public_reply": {
          "enabled": false
        },
        "direct_message": {
          "delay_seconds": 0,
          "message": {
            "text": "Here is the guide you asked for.",
            "buttons": [
              {
                "type": "url",
                "title": "Open the guide",
                "url": "https://example.com/guide"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      "follow_up": null,
      "extras": {
        "cooldown": {
          "mode": "none"
        }
      }
    },
    "authoring_compatibility": "public_v1"
  }
}

Authoring guides

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Levios API key sent as a Bearer token.

Body

application/json

The body is of type any.

Response

Successful response.

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_invalid_content_length",
    "message": "Invalid Content-Length.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_unauthorized",
    "message": "Authentication required.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_automation_plan_limit",
    "message": "The account plan does not allow this automation.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>",
    "details": "<unknown>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_account_not_granted",
    "message": "This credential is not authorized for the request.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_automation_media_not_found",
    "message": "The referenced Instagram media was not found.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_body_too_large",
    "message": "The JSON request body exceeds 1 MiB.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_unsupported_media_type",
    "message": "Content-Type must be application/json.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_automation_follow_up_missing",
    "message": "A start_follow_up opening button requires a follow-up.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>",
    "details": "<unknown>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Rate limit exceeded.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_automation_committed_response_unavailable",
    "message": "The automation committed, but its response could not be verified. Do not retry automatically.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>",
    "details": {
      "committed": true,
      "retryable": false
    }
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "api_account_resolution_unavailable",
    "message": "The reachable account set could not be read.",
    "correlation_id": "<string>"
  }
}

Reference

Automations

Accounts

Contacts

Contact tags

Metrics

Create an automation

Choose the starting status

Send the complete configuration

Example request

Retry behavior

Carousel messages

Example success response

Authoring guides

Authorizations

Body

Response

​Choose the starting status

​Send the complete configuration

​Example request

​Retry behavior

​Carousel messages

​Example success response

​Authoring guides

Authorizations

Body

Response

Choose the starting status

Send the complete configuration

Example request

Retry behavior

Carousel messages

Example success response

Authoring guides