---
title: "AI-draft a reply for a social thread. Nothing posts — the draft lands on the thread for human review. Subject to the same warm-up/pacing guards as the dashboard."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/social/draft-reply"
---

# AI-draft a reply for a social thread. Nothing posts — the draft lands on the thread for human review. Subject to the same warm-up/pacing guards as the dashboard.

`POST /api/v1/social/draft-reply`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.rctrl.com`
- URL: `https://api.rctrl.com/api/v1/social/draft-reply`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Requires the `write:social` scope.

## Request body

- object
  - `threadId` string, required: Thread id from list_social_threads
  - `mentionMode` 'none' | 'natural' | 'founderOpen': Brand-mention mode; warm-up accounts are clamped to none

## Response `200`

Success; the payload is wrapped in a data envelope

- object
  - `data` unknown

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad input
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key
- `403`: API key lacks the required scope
- `404`: Not found in this workspace
- `429`: Rate limited; the body includes a retryAfterMs hint

---

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