---
title: "Create Nurture"
method: POST
path: "/nurtures"
tags: ["Sequences"]
---

# Create Nurture

`POST /nurtures`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://be.graph8.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://be.graph8.com/api/v1/nurtures`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create a nurture.

`sequence_kind` is pinned to `nurture` by the app and re-validated there,
so the nurture-specific channel rules fire even though this endpoint never
accepts the field. `user_email` defaults to the identity the key was
minted under; a personal nurture owned by anyone else is a 403.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, nullable
- `X-Target-Org-Id` string, nullable

## Request body

- NurtureCreateRequest: Create a nurture. `sequence_kind` is NOT accepted: the app pins it to `nurture` server-side and re-validates, which is what makes the nurture-specific channel rules fire. A client-supplied kind would either be ignored or, worse, look honoured.
  - `name` string, required: Nurture name.
  - `pinned_mailbox_id` integer, required: The ONE mailbox this nurture sends from. Required: a nurture is pinned to a single sender so its consented audience always hears from the same address, and every email channel attached must use it. `validate_nurture_rules` rejects a nurture without one, so this is required here rather than left to fail deeper in.
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `user_email` string, nullable: Owner of the nurture. Defaults to the identity the key was minted under. A PERSONAL nurture can only be owned by the caller - supplying anyone else's address with `is_shared=false` is a 403.
  - `is_shared` boolean: True makes the nurture visible org-wide. Requires an Admin or Owner role; see this router's note on org-scope promotion.
  - `status` string: Initial status. Nurtures start drafted.
  - `finish_on_reply` boolean: Stop nurturing a contact once they reply.
  - `send_in_same_thread` boolean: Keep follow-ups in the original email thread.
  - `wait_for_new_contacts` boolean
  - `include_unsubscribe_cta` boolean: Append the visible reply-opt-out CTA to email bodies.
  - `associated_list_id` integer, nullable: Audience list whose contacts this nurture engages.
  - `schedule_id` string, nullable
  - `textual_agent_name` string, nullable
  - `voice_agent_name` string, nullable
  - `steps` object[]: Sequence steps, in order.
  - `channels` object[]: Sending channels to attach.
  - `campaign_builder_campaign_id` string, nullable: Studio campaign to link this nurture to.

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- ApiResponseNurtureResponse
  - `data` NurtureResponse, required: One nurture sequence.
    - `id` string, nullable
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `status` string, nullable: draft, live, paused, completed, terminated.
    - `is_shared` boolean, nullable: True when visible org-wide.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, nullable
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `pagination` PaginationMeta
    - `page` integer, required: Current page number (1-indexed)
    - `limit` integer, required: Items per page
    - `total` integer, required: Total number of items
    - `has_next` boolean, required: Whether there are more pages
    - `next_cursor` string, nullable: Opaque cursor for the next page; null when there are no more items. Pass it back as the `cursor` query param to fetch the following page without computing page numbers.
    - `total_available` integer, nullable: Search endpoints only: how many records really match, when known. Can be larger than `total`, which is capped at the 10,000 results that can be paged. For company search this is a distinct-company estimate. Null when unknown; absent outside search.
    - `total_is_lower_bound` boolean, nullable: Search endpoints only: true when more records match than `total` shows (the result set is larger than the 10,000 results that can be paged). Absent outside search.
    - `notes` string[], nullable: Search endpoints only: plain-language notes about the result, e.g. that more records match than can be paged, or that a reversed `between` range was put in order.

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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