> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tryreplicas.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Trigger Automation > Manually triggers an automation. Automations with a cron trigger can be triggered directly; automations with a GitHub `pull_request.command` trigger can be triggered against a specific pull request by passing `pr`. This creates a new workspace and execution. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.json post /v1/automations/{id}/trigger openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Replica API version: 2.0.0 description: >- The Replica API allows you to programmatically manage cloud workspaces for AI agents. Use this API to manage environments (the org-scoped primitive workspaces are created from — including variables, files, skills, MCPs, warm hooks, start hooks, and warm pools), create and manage replicas, send messages, manage chats, stream events, read connected repositories and repository sets, and configure automations. servers: - url: https://api.tryreplicas.com description: Production API security: - apiKey: [] tags: - name: Environments description: >- Manage environments — the primitive that workspaces are created from. Variables, files, skills, MCPs, warm-hooks, and warm-pools are all scoped to an environment. Every organization has a singleton Global environment whose values apply to every workspace. Personal environments are scoped to the authenticated user and can be standalone or source-backed by a team environment. - name: Repository description: >- Read repositories and repository sets connected to your organization. Repositories are the underlying GitHub-connection layer; bind them to an environment to use them in workspaces. - name: Replica description: Manage replicas (workspaces) for AI agents - name: Terminal description: Manage interactive terminal sessions in active workspaces - name: Preview description: Manage public preview URLs for workspace ports - name: Profile description: Read and update the authenticated user's profile - name: Credentials description: >- Manage coding-agent credentials for an organization or the authenticated user - name: Google Search Console description: >- Read Search Console properties, performance, sitemaps, and URL inspection results through a connected Google account - name: Slack description: Route Slack threads to Replicas workspaces - name: Automation description: >- Create and manage automations that trigger replicas on a schedule or in response to events - name: Downloads description: Download Replicas applications - name: Analytics description: >- Read aggregated activity and usage metrics for your organization: compute minutes, workspaces created by source, and pull request throughput over a time range. - name: Presence description: >- Read and report ephemeral member presence: who is online, where they are (environment or workspace), and whether they are typing. Presence is backed by short-lived keys rather than the database and broadcast to other members over the events stream. paths: /v1/automations/{id}/trigger: post: tags: - Automation summary: Trigger Automation description: >- Manually triggers an automation. Automations with a cron trigger can be triggered directly; automations with a GitHub `pull_request.command` trigger can be triggered against a specific pull request by passing `pr`. This creates a new workspace and execution. operationId: triggerAutomation parameters: - name: id in: path description: The unique identifier of the automation required: true schema: type: string format: uuid requestBody: required: false content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TriggerAutomationRequest' responses: '200': description: Automation triggered successfully content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TriggerAutomationResponse' '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound' '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError' components: schemas: TriggerAutomationRequest: type: object description: Request body for manually triggering an automation properties: payload: type: object description: Optional payload to pass to the automation execution additionalProperties: true pr: type: object description: >- Run the automation against a specific pull request. Only allowed for automations with a GitHub `pull_request.command` trigger matching the repository. The PR context is injected into the prompt like any other PR-triggered run. properties: repository_id: type: string format: uuid description: The Replicas repository UUID the pull request belongs to number: type: integer description: The pull request number required: - repository_id - number TriggerAutomationResponse: type: object description: Response after triggering an automation properties: execution_id: type: string format: uuid description: Unique identifier for the execution workspace_id: type: - string - 'null' format: uuid description: The workspace created for this execution required: - execution_id - workspace_id Error: type: object properties: error: type: string description: Error message details: type: - string - 'null' description: Additional error details required: - error responses: BadRequest: description: Bad request - Missing or invalid parameters content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' Unauthorized: description: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' NotFound: description: Resource not found content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' InternalServerError: description: Internal server error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' securitySchemes: apiKey: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- API key authentication. Obtain your API key from the Replicas dashboard under Organization → Settings → API Keys. ````