> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getmembrane.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a new flow ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/membrane-api.json post /flows openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Membrane API description: API documentation for Membrane Engine version: '1.0' contact: {} servers: - url: https://api.getmembrane.com security: - bearer: [] tags: [] paths: /flows: post: tags: - Flows summary: Create a new flow operationId: createFlow parameters: [] requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFlow' responses: '200': description: '' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse' components: schemas: CreateFlow: type: object properties: uuid: description: >- Stable unique identifier (UUID). Can be provided on create; otherwise generated. Must be unique across elements of this type. type: string key: description: >- Stable key for referencing the element (e.g. in selectors). Unique per (parent, integration) scope. Generated from name if not provided on create. type: string name: description: >- Display name. Optional on create; used to generate key when key is omitted. type: string description: description: Optional human-readable description. type: string meta: description: Optional key-value metadata. type: object additionalProperties: type: object integrationId: description: >- Internal ID of the integration this element belongs to. Omit for universal elements; set for integration-specific elements. Uniqueness of key is scoped per integration. type: string integrationUuid: description: >- UUID of the integration; alternative to integrationId when creating from export. Resolved to integrationId by the API. type: string integrationKey: description: >- Key of the integration; alternative to integrationId. Resolved to integrationId by the API. type: string parentUuid: description: >- UUID of the parent element; alternative to parentId when creating (e.g. from export). Resolved to parentId by the API. type: string parentKey: description: >- Key of the parent element; alternative to parentId. Resolved to parentId by the API. type: string connectionId: type: string instanceKey: type: string isUniversal: description: >- When true, the element is universal (shared across all integrations). Requires universal-element access. Omit or false for integration-specific elements. type: boolean externalAppId: description: >- Internal ID of the external app this element belongs to. Auto-populated from the integration when integrationId is set and the integration has an externalAppId. type: string externalAppUuid: description: >- UUID of the external app; alternative to externalAppId when creating from export. Resolved to externalAppId by the API. type: string externalAppKey: description: >- Key of the external app; alternative to externalAppId. Resolved to externalAppId by the API. type: string flowId: type: string universalFlowId: type: string parametersSchema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFlow__schema0' parameters: type: object enabled: type: boolean nodes: type: object additionalProperties: type: object properties: type: type: string version: type: number name: type: string description: type: string config: type: object concurrency: type: number onError: type: string enum: - stop - continue ui: type: object inputSchema: type: object outputSchema: type: object outputExample: type: object links: type: array items: type: object properties: key: type: string filter: type: object name: type: string isCustomized: type: boolean state: type: string enum: - SETUP_FAILED - READY errors: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFlow__schema1' userConfig: type: object testInput: type: object dependencies: type: array items: type: object autoCreateInstances: type: boolean FlowApiResponse: type: object properties: id: type: string description: >- Internal database ID of the element. Assigned by the API; unique per element. name: type: string description: >- Display name. Always present in API responses (filled by API if not set on create). uuid: description: >- Stable unique identifier (UUID). Can be provided on create; otherwise generated. Must be unique across elements of this type. type: string key: description: >- Stable key for referencing the element (e.g. in selectors). Unique per (parent, integration) scope. Generated from name if not provided on create. type: string description: description: Optional human-readable description. type: string meta: description: Optional key-value metadata. type: object additionalProperties: type: object state: type: string enum: - BUILDING - CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED - CONFIGURATION_ERROR - SETUP_FAILED - READY - DISCONNECTING errors: description: Validation or setup errors when state is not READY. type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema0' revision: description: >- Opaque revision token; changes on each update. Used for optimistic concurrency. type: string createdAt: type: string updatedAt: type: string archivedAt: description: >- When set, the element is archived (soft-deleted). Archived elements cannot be patched. type: string isDeactivated: description: >- When true, setup is skipped and the element is treated as inactive (e.g. when dependencies are deactivated or the element is archived). type: boolean isReadOnly: description: >- When true, the element cannot be modified (e.g. published package elements or elements from another workspace). type: boolean integrationId: description: >- Internal ID of the integration this element belongs to. Omit for universal elements; set for integration-specific elements. Uniqueness of key is scoped per integration. type: string integrationUuid: description: >- UUID of the integration; alternative to integrationId when creating from export. Resolved to integrationId by the API. type: string integrationKey: description: >- Key of the integration; alternative to integrationId. Resolved to integrationId by the API. type: string parentUuid: description: >- UUID of the parent element; alternative to parentId when creating (e.g. from export). Resolved to parentId by the API. type: string parentKey: description: >- Key of the parent element; alternative to parentId. Resolved to parentId by the API. type: string connectionId: type: string instanceKey: type: string isUniversal: description: >- When true, the element is universal (shared across all integrations). Requires universal-element access. Omit or false for integration-specific elements. type: boolean externalAppId: description: >- Internal ID of the external app this element belongs to. Auto-populated from the integration when integrationId is set and the integration has an externalAppId. type: string externalAppUuid: description: >- UUID of the external app; alternative to externalAppId when creating from export. Resolved to externalAppId by the API. type: string externalAppKey: description: >- Key of the external app; alternative to externalAppId. Resolved to externalAppId by the API. type: string flowId: type: string universalFlowId: type: string parametersSchema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema1' parameters: type: object enabled: type: boolean nodes: type: object additionalProperties: type: object properties: type: type: string version: type: number name: type: string description: type: string config: type: object concurrency: type: number onError: type: string enum: - stop - continue ui: type: object inputSchema: type: object outputSchema: type: object outputExample: type: object links: type: array items: type: object properties: key: type: string filter: type: object name: type: string isCustomized: type: boolean state: type: string enum: - SETUP_FAILED - READY errors: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema0' userConfig: type: object testInput: type: object dependencies: type: array items: type: object autoCreateInstances: type: boolean isCustomized: type: boolean userId: type: string tenantId: type: string flowRevision: type: string universalFlowRevision: type: string customized: type: object properties: name: type: boolean nodes: type: boolean dependencies: type: array items: type: object integration: type: object properties: id: type: string description: >- Internal database ID of the element. Assigned by the API; unique per element. name: type: string description: >- Display name. Always present in API responses (filled by API if not set on create). uuid: description: >- Stable unique identifier (UUID). Can be provided on create; otherwise generated. Must be unique across elements of this type. type: string key: description: >- Stable key for referencing the element (e.g. in selectors). Unique per (parent, integration) scope. Generated from name if not provided on create. type: string description: description: Optional human-readable description. type: string meta: description: Optional key-value metadata. type: object additionalProperties: type: object state: description: >- Current lifecycle or health state (e.g. READY, SETUP_FAILED, CONFIGURATION_ERROR, BUILDING). Set by the engine during setup and validation. type: string enum: - BUILDING - CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED - CONFIGURATION_ERROR - SETUP_FAILED - READY - DISCONNECTING errors: description: Validation or setup errors when state is not READY. type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema0' revision: description: >- Opaque revision token; changes on each update. Used for optimistic concurrency. type: string createdAt: description: ISO date when the element was created. type: string updatedAt: description: ISO date when the element was last updated. type: string archivedAt: type: string isDeactivated: type: boolean isReadOnly: description: >- When true, the element cannot be modified (e.g. published package elements or elements from another workspace). type: boolean logoUri: type: string connectorId: type: string connectorVersion: type: string oAuthCallbackUri: type: string parameters: type: object hasMissingParameters: type: boolean hasDocumentation: type: boolean hasOperations: type: boolean operationsCount: type: number hasData: type: boolean dataCollectionsCount: type: number hasEvents: type: boolean eventsCount: type: number hasGlobalWebhooks: type: boolean hasUdm: type: boolean isTest: type: boolean externalAppId: type: string authType: type: string enum: - integration-app-token - membrane-token - oauth2 - oauth1 - client-credentials - proxy optionsConfig: type: object additionalProperties: type: object properties: disabled: type: boolean parameters: type: object additionalProperties: type: object required: - id - name - logoUri appliedToIntegrations: type: array items: type: object properties: element: type: object properties: id: type: string description: >- Internal database ID of the element. Assigned by the API; unique per element. name: type: string description: >- Display name. Always present in API responses (filled by API if not set on create). uuid: description: >- Stable unique identifier (UUID). Can be provided on create; otherwise generated. Must be unique across elements of this type. type: string key: description: >- Stable key for referencing the element (e.g. in selectors). Unique per (parent, integration) scope. Generated from name if not provided on create. type: string description: description: Optional human-readable description. type: string meta: description: Optional key-value metadata. type: object additionalProperties: type: object state: type: string enum: - BUILDING - CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED - CONFIGURATION_ERROR - SETUP_FAILED - READY - DISCONNECTING errors: description: Validation or setup errors when state is not READY. type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema0' revision: description: >- Opaque revision token; changes on each update. Used for optimistic concurrency. type: string createdAt: type: string updatedAt: type: string archivedAt: description: >- When set, the element is archived (soft-deleted). Archived elements cannot be patched. type: string isDeactivated: description: >- When true, setup is skipped and the element is treated as inactive (e.g. when dependencies are deactivated or the element is archived). type: boolean isReadOnly: description: >- When true, the element cannot be modified (e.g. published package elements or elements from another workspace). type: boolean integrationId: description: >- Internal ID of the integration this element belongs to. Omit for universal elements; set for integration-specific elements. Uniqueness of key is scoped per integration. type: string integrationUuid: description: >- UUID of the integration; alternative to integrationId when creating from export. Resolved to integrationId by the API. type: string integrationKey: description: >- Key of the integration; alternative to integrationId. Resolved to integrationId by the API. type: string parentUuid: description: >- UUID of the parent element; alternative to parentId when creating (e.g. from export). Resolved to parentId by the API. type: string parentKey: description: >- Key of the parent element; alternative to parentId. Resolved to parentId by the API. type: string connectionId: type: string instanceKey: type: string isUniversal: description: >- When true, the element is universal (shared across all integrations). Requires universal-element access. Omit or false for integration-specific elements. type: boolean externalAppId: description: >- Internal ID of the external app this element belongs to. Auto-populated from the integration when integrationId is set and the integration has an externalAppId. type: string externalAppUuid: description: >- UUID of the external app; alternative to externalAppId when creating from export. Resolved to externalAppId by the API. type: string externalAppKey: description: >- Key of the external app; alternative to externalAppId. Resolved to externalAppId by the API. type: string flowId: type: string universalFlowId: type: string parametersSchema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema1' parameters: type: object enabled: type: boolean nodes: type: object additionalProperties: type: object properties: type: type: string version: type: number name: type: string description: type: string config: type: object concurrency: type: number onError: type: string enum: - stop - continue ui: type: object inputSchema: type: object outputSchema: type: object outputExample: type: object links: type: array items: type: object properties: key: type: string filter: type: object name: type: string isCustomized: type: boolean state: type: string enum: - SETUP_FAILED - READY errors: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema0' userConfig: type: object testInput: type: object dependencies: type: array items: type: object autoCreateInstances: type: boolean isCustomized: type: boolean userId: type: string tenantId: type: string flowRevision: type: string universalFlowRevision: type: string customized: type: object properties: name: type: boolean nodes: type: boolean dependencies: type: array items: type: object required: - id - name integration: type: object properties: id: type: string description: >- Internal database ID of the element. Assigned by the API; unique per element. name: type: string description: >- Display name. Always present in API responses (filled by API if not set on create). uuid: description: >- Stable unique identifier (UUID). Can be provided on create; otherwise generated. Must be unique across elements of this type. type: string key: description: >- Stable key for referencing the element (e.g. in selectors). Unique per (parent, integration) scope. Generated from name if not provided on create. type: string description: description: Optional human-readable description. type: string meta: description: Optional key-value metadata. type: object additionalProperties: type: object state: description: >- Current lifecycle or health state (e.g. READY, SETUP_FAILED, CONFIGURATION_ERROR, BUILDING). Set by the engine during setup and validation. type: string enum: - BUILDING - CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED - CONFIGURATION_ERROR - SETUP_FAILED - READY - DISCONNECTING errors: description: Validation or setup errors when state is not READY. type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema0' revision: description: >- Opaque revision token; changes on each update. Used for optimistic concurrency. type: string createdAt: description: ISO date when the element was created. type: string updatedAt: description: ISO date when the element was last updated. type: string archivedAt: type: string isDeactivated: type: boolean isReadOnly: description: >- When true, the element cannot be modified (e.g. published package elements or elements from another workspace). type: boolean logoUri: type: string connectorId: type: string connectorVersion: type: string oAuthCallbackUri: type: string parameters: type: object hasMissingParameters: type: boolean hasDocumentation: type: boolean hasOperations: type: boolean operationsCount: type: number hasData: type: boolean dataCollectionsCount: type: number hasEvents: type: boolean eventsCount: type: number hasGlobalWebhooks: type: boolean hasUdm: type: boolean isTest: type: boolean externalAppId: type: string authType: type: string enum: - integration-app-token - membrane-token - oauth2 - oauth1 - client-credentials - proxy optionsConfig: type: object additionalProperties: type: object properties: disabled: type: boolean parameters: type: object additionalProperties: type: object required: - id - name - logoUri required: - element - integration user: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string meta: type: object additionalProperties: type: object internalId: type: string fields: type: object additionalProperties: type: object credentials: type: object lastActiveAt: type: string isTest: type: boolean isBillable: type: boolean isActive: type: boolean aiCreditsRolling30DayLimit: type: number minimum: 0 nullable: true createdAt: type: string archivedAt: type: string required: - id - name - internalId connection: type: object properties: id: type: string description: >- Internal database ID of the element. Assigned by the API; unique per element. name: type: string userId: type: string tenantId: type: string type: type: string enum: - connector - mcp key: type: string isTest: type: boolean connected: type: boolean disconnected: description: Use `connected` instead. type: boolean deprecated: true isDefunct: type: boolean state: type: string enum: - BUILDING - CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED - CONFIGURATION_ERROR - SETUP_FAILED - READY - DISCONNECTING errors: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema0' requestError: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema0' error: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema0' description: Use `requestError` and `errors` instead. deprecated: true integrationId: type: string connectorId: type: string externalAppId: type: string connectorVersion: type: string authOptionKey: type: string createdAt: type: string updatedAt: type: string lastActiveAt: type: string nextCredentialsRefreshAt: type: string nextRetryTimestamp: type: string retryAttempts: type: number canTest: type: boolean canRefreshCredentials: type: boolean archivedAt: type: string isDeactivated: type: boolean meta: type: object additionalProperties: type: object buildingAgentSessionId: description: >- Session ID for building the element via intent-based endpoints (create/update with intent). Present when state is BUILDING. type: string clientAction: description: >- Action the client must perform to advance this connection. Present if and only if state is CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED. type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - connect - provide-input description: type: string uiUrl: type: string agentInstructions: type: string handoffAgentInstructions: type: string required: - type - description required: - id - name - userId - createdAt - updatedAt flow: type: object properties: id: type: string description: >- Internal database ID of the element. Assigned by the API; unique per element. name: type: string description: >- Display name. Always present in API responses (filled by API if not set on create). uuid: description: >- Stable unique identifier (UUID). Can be provided on create; otherwise generated. Must be unique across elements of this type. type: string key: description: >- Stable key for referencing the element (e.g. in selectors). Unique per (parent, integration) scope. Generated from name if not provided on create. type: string description: description: Optional human-readable description. type: string meta: description: Optional key-value metadata. type: object additionalProperties: type: object state: type: string enum: - BUILDING - CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED - CONFIGURATION_ERROR - SETUP_FAILED - READY - DISCONNECTING errors: description: Validation or setup errors when state is not READY. type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema0' revision: description: >- Opaque revision token; changes on each update. Used for optimistic concurrency. type: string createdAt: type: string updatedAt: type: string archivedAt: description: >- When set, the element is archived (soft-deleted). Archived elements cannot be patched. type: string isDeactivated: description: >- When true, setup is skipped and the element is treated as inactive (e.g. when dependencies are deactivated or the element is archived). type: boolean isReadOnly: description: >- When true, the element cannot be modified (e.g. published package elements or elements from another workspace). type: boolean integrationId: description: >- Internal ID of the integration this element belongs to. Omit for universal elements; set for integration-specific elements. Uniqueness of key is scoped per integration. type: string integrationUuid: description: >- UUID of the integration; alternative to integrationId when creating from export. Resolved to integrationId by the API. type: string integrationKey: description: >- Key of the integration; alternative to integrationId. Resolved to integrationId by the API. type: string parentUuid: description: >- UUID of the parent element; alternative to parentId when creating (e.g. from export). Resolved to parentId by the API. type: string parentKey: description: >- Key of the parent element; alternative to parentId. Resolved to parentId by the API. type: string connectionId: type: string instanceKey: type: string isUniversal: description: >- When true, the element is universal (shared across all integrations). Requires universal-element access. Omit or false for integration-specific elements. type: boolean externalAppId: description: >- Internal ID of the external app this element belongs to. Auto-populated from the integration when integrationId is set and the integration has an externalAppId. type: string externalAppUuid: description: >- UUID of the external app; alternative to externalAppId when creating from export. Resolved to externalAppId by the API. type: string externalAppKey: description: >- Key of the external app; alternative to externalAppId. Resolved to externalAppId by the API. type: string flowId: type: string universalFlowId: type: string parametersSchema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema1' parameters: type: object enabled: type: boolean nodes: type: object additionalProperties: type: object properties: type: type: string version: type: number name: type: string description: type: string config: type: object concurrency: type: number onError: type: string enum: - stop - continue ui: type: object inputSchema: type: object outputSchema: type: object outputExample: type: object links: type: array items: type: object properties: key: type: string filter: type: object name: type: string isCustomized: type: boolean state: type: string enum: - SETUP_FAILED - READY errors: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema0' userConfig: type: object testInput: type: object dependencies: type: array items: type: object autoCreateInstances: type: boolean isCustomized: type: boolean userId: type: string tenantId: type: string flowRevision: type: string universalFlowRevision: type: string customized: type: object properties: name: type: boolean nodes: type: boolean dependencies: type: array items: type: object required: - id - name required: - id - name CreateFlow__schema0: type: object properties: $ref: 0400f5ca-086b-4117-8121-4c09a882541f title: type: string description: type: string type: anyOf: - type: string - type: array items: type: string format: type: string properties: type: object additionalProperties: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFlow__schema0' items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFlow__schema0' additionalProperties: anyOf: - type: boolean - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFlow__schema0' enum: type: array items: anyOf: - type: string - type: number referenceRecords: type: array items: type: object referenceCollection: type: object properties: key: type: object parameters: type: object additionalProperties: type: object referenceUdm: type: string default: type: object allowCustom: type: boolean required: type: array items: type: string minLength: type: number maxLength: type: number minimum: type: number maximum: type: number maxItems: type: number readOnly: type: boolean writeOnly: type: boolean examples: type: array items: type: object anyOf: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFlow__schema0' isImplied: type: boolean isSensitive: type: boolean referenceCollectionPath: type: string referenceCollectionUri: type: string additionalProperties: type: object CreateFlow__schema1: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - bad_request - connection - configuration - dependency_error - flow_run - flow_instance_setup - concurrency - internal - action_run - action_instance_setup - unit_run - custom_code - insufficient_credit - openrouter_not_configured key: type: string message: type: string data: type: object stack: type: object causedByError: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFlow__schema1' logs: type: array items: type: object required: - message FlowApiResponse__schema0: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - bad_request - connection - configuration - dependency_error - flow_run - flow_instance_setup - concurrency - internal - action_run - action_instance_setup - unit_run - custom_code - insufficient_credit - openrouter_not_configured key: type: string message: type: string data: type: object stack: type: object causedByError: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema0' logs: type: array items: type: object required: - message FlowApiResponse__schema1: type: object properties: $ref: ea14874c-9880-420b-9e01-0e762a8ba4f0 title: type: string description: type: string type: anyOf: - type: string - type: array items: type: string format: type: string properties: type: object additionalProperties: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema1' items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema1' additionalProperties: anyOf: - type: boolean - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema1' enum: type: array items: anyOf: - type: string - type: number referenceRecords: type: array items: type: object referenceCollection: type: object properties: key: type: object parameters: type: object additionalProperties: type: object referenceUdm: type: string default: type: object allowCustom: type: boolean required: type: array items: type: string minLength: type: number maxLength: type: number minimum: type: number maximum: type: number maxItems: type: number readOnly: type: boolean writeOnly: type: boolean examples: type: array items: type: object anyOf: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowApiResponse__schema1' isImplied: type: boolean isSensitive: type: boolean referenceCollectionPath: type: string referenceCollectionUri: type: string additionalProperties: type: object securitySchemes: bearer: scheme: bearer bearerFormat: JWT type: http ````