TOOL API

update_automation

Replaces the entire draft configuration (trigger, graph, name, description) of an existing automation. If the automation is on, live behavior is unchanged until unpublished changes are applied with Update in the Airtable UI. Use list_automations to find the automationId, then call get_automation to retrieve the current trigger, nodes, and description before updating — list_automations returns node summaries without their inputs. Call get_create_automation_instructions once per session for the full catalog of trigger types, action types, and expression shapes. This is a full replacement — all fields (trigger, nodes, name, description) must be provided, even if only one changed. The previous configuration is discarded entirely. On success, the response includes an actionId that can be passed to revert_action to undo the update and restore the previous configuration.