> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.orbit.devotel.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a flow > Create a new automation flow at version 1 in `draft` status. Supply a `name`, the builder `definition` graph (`nodes` + `edges`), and a `trigger_type`. When `trigger_type` is `schedule` a valid 5-field `cron_expr` is required (with an optional IANA `cron_tz`, default UTC). Requires an operator role (owner / admin / developer) and the `flows:write` scope. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.yaml post /api/v1/flows/ openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Devotel CPaaS API description: Orbit by Devotel — Communications Platform as a Service API version: 1.0.0 contact: name: Devotel url: https://devotel.io email: support@devotel.io license: name: Proprietary servers: - url: https://api.orbit.devotel.io description: Production security: - Bearer: [] - ApiKey: [] tags: - name: Messages description: >- Send and manage messages across all channels (SMS, WhatsApp, RCS, Email, Viber, etc.) - name: Fax description: >- List and track fax (MMS/T.38) transmissions on Telnyx-backed fax numbers (sending flows through the Messaging API) - name: Agents description: AI agent creation, configuration, and execution - name: Voice description: Voice calls, IVR, conferencing, and SIP trunking - name: OnCall description: On-call rotations and escalation policy planning for incident alerting - name: Webhooks description: Webhook endpoint management and delivery logs - name: Numbers description: Phone number search, provisioning, and configuration - name: Brand Identity description: >- Unified cross-channel brand trust posture (10DLC, toll-free, WhatsApp, RCS, branded calling, number KYC) - name: Contacts description: Contact management, segmentation, and lifecycle tracking - name: Campaigns description: Marketing campaign orchestration and analytics - name: Flows description: Automation flow builder and execution engine - name: Templates description: Message template management and approval workflows - name: Settings description: Organization, channel, and user preference settings - name: Verify description: OTP generation and verification across channels - name: Push description: Push notification delivery via FCM and APNs - name: Integrations description: Third-party service connections and OAuth management - name: CDP description: >- Customer Data Platform — activation surface (CRM object sync, streaming destinations, ad-audience activation) - name: Files description: >- Server-to-server media upload, listing, retrieval, and deletion (signed-URL backed) - name: Commerce description: >- Omnichannel conversational-commerce — persistent cart + checkout state machine, channel-agnostic hosted pay-by-link, native WhatsApp checkout, and AP2-style agent payment mandates. - name: Sync description: >- Real-time shared-state primitive (Twilio Sync parity) — Documents, Maps, Lists, and ephemeral Streams, with change events relayed over the /api/v1/ws/sync WebSocket gateway - name: Risk description: >- Unified cross-channel Trust & Fraud risk scoring — fuses SMS-pumping, URL-reputation, Verify Fraud Guard, and Voice Biometrics signals into one composite verdict queryable before a send or a call. - name: Orby description: >- In-dashboard Orby operator assistant: streamed assistant turns, conversation threads, product knowledge-base search, and the tool-action approval gate. Available to signed-in operators only (dashboard session auth — API-key requests are rejected). paths: /api/v1/flows/: post: tags: - Flows summary: Create a flow description: >- Create a new automation flow at version 1 in `draft` status. Supply a `name`, the builder `definition` graph (`nodes` + `edges`), and a `trigger_type`. When `trigger_type` is `schedule` a valid 5-field `cron_expr` is required (with an optional IANA `cron_tz`, default UTC). Requires an operator role (owner / admin / developer) and the `flows:write` scope. requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - name - definition - trigger_type properties: name: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 200 description: type: string maxLength: 1000 definition: type: object description: Builder graph — `nodes` and `edges`. trigger_type: type: string enum: - manual - webhook - schedule - event - workflow cron_expr: type: string maxLength: 200 description: >- 5-field cron expression; required when `trigger_type` is `schedule`. cron_tz: type: string maxLength: 64 description: IANA timezone for `cron_expr` (defaults to UTC). example: name: Welcome SMS description: Send a welcome SMS when a new contact is created. trigger_type: event definition: nodes: - id: trigger-1 type: trigger data: label: Trigger triggerType: Incoming SMS - id: sendSms-1 type: sendSms data: label: Send Welcome SMS to: '{{phone}}' body: Welcome to {{company}}! edges: - id: e-trigger-sms source: trigger-1 target: sendSms-1 responses: '201': description: The created flow. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Flow' meta: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseMeta' components: schemas: Flow: type: object description: >- A saved automation flow — its builder graph (`definition`), trigger configuration, lifecycle status, and current version. properties: id: type: string description: Flow identifier (prefixed `flow_`). name: type: string description: type: string nullable: true status: type: string enum: - draft - published - archived description: Lifecycle state. Only `published` flows execute live. definition: type: object description: >- The builder graph describing triggers, messaging / agent / delay / condition steps and their connections. properties: nodes: type: array items: type: object edges: type: array items: type: object trigger_type: type: string enum: - manual - webhook - schedule - event - workflow description: How the flow is entered. trigger_config: type: object nullable: true cron_expr: type: string nullable: true description: 5-field cron expression; present when `trigger_type` is `schedule`. cron_tz: type: string nullable: true description: IANA timezone for `cron_expr` (defaults to UTC). last_scheduled_run_at: type: string format: date-time nullable: true version: type: integer nullable: true published_at: type: string format: date-time nullable: true created_at: type: string format: date-time updated_at: type: string format: date-time ResponseMeta: type: object required: - request_id - timestamp additionalProperties: false properties: request_id: type: string description: Unique request identifier (also returned as X-Request-Id header) timestamp: type: string format: date-time docs_url: type: string format: uri nullable: true securitySchemes: Bearer: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: JWT description: Dashboard JWT token from Clerk ApiKey: type: apiKey name: X-API-Key in: header description: Server-to-server API key (dv_live_sk_*) ````