Add a trigger to an automation

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "frequency": "0 3 * * *"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers"

payload = { "frequency": "0 3 * * *" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({frequency: '0 3 * * *'})
};

fetch('https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'frequency' => '0 3 * * *'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"frequency\": \"0 3 * * *\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"frequency\": \"0 3 * * *\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"frequency\": \"0 3 * * *\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "trigger_example",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "enabled": true,
  "schedule": {
    "kind": "cron",
    "expression": "0 9 * * *",
    "every_seconds": null,
    "next_run_at": "2026-09-24T09:00:00Z"
  },
  "github": null,
  "webhook": null,
  "run_kind": null,
  "last_fired_at": null,
  "created_at": "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z"
}

{
  "error": "prompt_required"
}

{
  "error": "missing_bearer",
  "message": "Authorization required"
}

{
  "error": "missing_scope",
  "required_scope": "sessions:read"
}

{
  "error": "session_not_found"
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "rate_limited",
    "message": "This API key exceeded its request-rate limit"
  }
}

Automations

Add a trigger to an automation

Provide exactly one schedule: a frequency cron expression for recurring runs, every_seconds for a fixed interval, or a scheduled_at timestamp for a one-time run. More than one returns 400 schedule_conflict. every_seconds must be a positive integer (400 invalid_every_seconds); values from 1 to 59 are raised to the 60-second minimum, returned as every_seconds: 60 with a schedule_interval_raised entry in warnings. Only the automation’s creator can change it; workspace owners and admins can pause or delete it. Anyone else receives 403 automation_owner_only. A system automation (include=system) is changed only by workspace owners and admins (403 workspace_agent_admin_only); any member may add a trigger to it, which runs as that member, and remove their own triggers.

_{Scope: automations:write}

POST

organizations

{orgId}

automations

{automationId}

triggers

Add a trigger to an automation

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "frequency": "0 3 * * *"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers"

payload = { "frequency": "0 3 * * *" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({frequency: '0 3 * * *'})
};

fetch('https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'frequency' => '0 3 * * *'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"frequency\": \"0 3 * * *\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"frequency\": \"0 3 * * *\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.reasonmachines.com/v3/organizations/{orgId}/automations/{automationId}/triggers")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"frequency\": \"0 3 * * *\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "trigger_example",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "enabled": true,
  "schedule": {
    "kind": "cron",
    "expression": "0 9 * * *",
    "every_seconds": null,
    "next_run_at": "2026-09-24T09:00:00Z"
  },
  "github": null,
  "webhook": null,
  "run_kind": null,
  "last_fired_at": null,
  "created_at": "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z"
}

{
  "error": "prompt_required"
}

{
  "error": "missing_bearer",
  "message": "Authorization required"
}

{
  "error": "missing_scope",
  "required_scope": "sessions:read"
}

{
  "error": "session_not_found"
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "rate_limited",
    "message": "This API key exceeded its request-rate limit"
  }
}

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:read reads sessions, including the assistant, reasoning and tool activity in their events. sessions:debug is privileged: only for organization owners/admins, it expands session events to the full diagnostic projection (diagnostic event kinds, status text and raw event metadata).

Path Parameters

orgId

string

required

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

automationId

string

required

Body

application/json

Adds a schedule trigger to the automation. Provide exactly one of frequency, every_seconds, or scheduled_at; more than one returns 400 schedule_conflict, none returns 400 schedule_required.

frequency

string

Cron expression, e.g. 0 3 * * *, for a recurring trigger.

every_seconds

integer

Fixed interval in seconds, a positive integer. Alternative to frequency. The scheduler's minimum is 60 seconds: values from 1 to 59 are stored and returned as 60 with a schedule_interval_raised warning; zero or less returns 400 invalid_every_seconds.

scheduled_at

string<date-time>

Run-at time for a one-time trigger. Alternative to frequency.

enabled

boolean

default:true

Response

Created.

A condition that fires the automation. The webhook secret is never returned.

string

kind

enum<string>

Available options:

schedule,

github_event,

webhook

enabled

boolean

schedule

object | null

Show child attributes

github

object | null

Show child attributes

webhook

object | null

Show child attributes

run_kind

string | null

warnings

object[]

Present only when the request was accepted but something is not as sent or not usable yet. Codes: schedule_interval_raised, app_tool_not_connected.

Show child attributes

last_fired_at

string<date-time> | null

created_at

string<date-time>

updated_at

string<date-time>