# POST /automations/:automation_id/trigger

**Resource:** [Automations](./automations.md)  
**MCP tool:** `trigger_automation`  
**Scopes:** `automations-trigger:trigger`  
**Write operation:** yes

Manually trigger an automation.

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
|------|----|------|----------|-------------|
| `automation_id` | path | string | yes |  |
| `payload` | body | object | no |  |

## Request example

```bash
curl -X POST   "https://api.trustpager.com/functions/v1/api/v1/automations/:automation_id/trigger"   -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{"payload":"..."}'
```

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Base URL: `https://api.trustpager.com/functions/v1/api/v1` — Auth: `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY`