---
title: "Create Inbox Profile"
method: POST
path: "/developer/inbox-automation/profiles"
tags: ["Developer", "Developer - Inbox Automation"]
---

# Create Inbox Profile

`POST /developer/inbox-automation/profiles`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openintake.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.openintake.ai/developer/inbox-automation/profiles`
- Auth: none declared

An email profile for one mirrored mailbox. It starts disabled and in dry run.

## Request body

- CreateInboxProfileRequest
  - `source_key` string, required
  - `profile_key` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `settle_minutes` integer
  - `process_since` string, date-time, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- InboxProfileSchema
  - `inbox_profile_id` string, uuid, required
  - `channel` string, required
  - `source_key` string, required
  - `profile_key` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `enabled` boolean, required
  - `dry_run` boolean, required
  - `create_case` boolean, required
  - `update_case` boolean, required
  - `post_notes` boolean, required
  - `attach_files` boolean, required
  - `require_approval` boolean, required
  - `settle_minutes` integer, required
  - `process_since` string, date-time, required
  - `config` object, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `held_attachments` integer

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-10-16** `c9ca07b3ac1e`: 1 info
  - added the optional property `held_attachments` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-10-15** `f88cd96236c1`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/openintake/apis/fastapi/changes/developer/inbox-automation/profiles/post.md)

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