API
Retrieve an automation
One automation in full: the draft `definition`, the `published` version that is running, the settings, the numbers and what is wrong with the draft.
GET/automations/{id}
Runs the real call on your workspace.
GET /automations/{id}
One automation in full: the draft definition, the published version that is running, the settings, the numbers and what is wrong with the draft.
Example
Needs automations:read.
curl "$OE/automations/aut_7c2e9a1f4b8d30c65e1a9f27" -H "$AUTH"{ "object": "automation", "id": "aut_7c2e9a1f4b8d30c65e1a9f27", "name": "Welcome series", "description": null, "status": "live", "triggerKind": "audience_joined", "stepCount": 4, "emailCount": 2, "hasUnpublishedChanges": false, "publishedVersion": 2, "pausedReason": null, "lastError": null, "counts": { "active": 38, "completed": 412, "exited": 9 }, "createdBy": "q7Vd3kX9mT2pLw8RzN4bYc6HfJ1sGa5E", "publishedAt": "2026-10-02T09:14:00.000Z", "pausedAt": null, "archivedAt": null, "createdAt": "2026-10-01T16:40:12.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-10-02T09:14:00.000Z", "definition": { "trigger": { "kind": "audience_joined", "audienceId": "aud_4c1b8e2a7d9f05c36b4e8a71", "includeImported": false }, "entry": "welcome", "steps": [ { "key": "welcome", "kind": "send_email", "next": "pause", "templateId": "tpl_9c1f0a4b7e05d3862c1f0a44", "templateVersion": null, "from": { "email": "[email protected]", "name": "Acme" }, "replyTo": null, "subject": null, "props": { "firstName": { "source": "contact", "field": "firstName" } } }, { "key": "pause", "kind": "wait", "next": "opened", "wait": { "mode": "duration", "amount": 3, "unit": "days" } }, { "key": "opened", "kind": "branch", "condition": { "kind": "email_opened", "stepKey": "welcome" }, "yes": null, "no": "nudge" }, { "key": "nudge", "kind": "send_email", "next": null, "templateId": "tpl_8f3a1c2e9b7d4a60", "templateVersion": null, "from": { "email": "[email protected]", "name": "Acme" }, "replyTo": null, "subject": "{{firstName|Hello}}, did you see this?", "props": {} } ] }, "published": { "trigger": { "kind": "audience_joined", "…": "…" }, "entry": "welcome", "steps": ["…"] }, "settings": { "timezone": "Europe/London", "sendWindow": { "days": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], "startMinute": 540, "endMinute": 1020 }, "reentryDays": null, "exitOnLeave": true, "listAudienceId": null }, "problems": []}published is null until the first publish.
problems is checked on every read, so it also reports a template that was unpublished or an audience that was deleted after you saved.
An automation in another workspace, or one a limited app may not see, answers 404 automation_not_found.