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title: "Get Automation Details"
description: "Get detailed information about a specific automation rule, including its trigger and step graph."
---

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# Get Automation Details

Use the Speak AI MCP server tool `get_automation` to get detailed information about
a specific automation rule, including its trigger and step graph.

## What does it do?

Get detailed information about a specific automation rule, including its trigger and
step graph.

## Parameters

`get_automation` takes 1 parameter, all of them required.

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `automationId` | string | Yes | Unique identifier of the automation |

## Behaviour

The Speak AI MCP server publishes these behaviour hints for `get_automation`.

- Only reads data. Does not modify your workspace.
- Does not delete or overwrite existing data.
- Repeating an identical call is safe.
- Stays inside Speak AI. Does not reach other systems.

## Related

- [Automations](/mcp/tools/automations/) lists the rest of the Automations category.
- [Tool reference](/mcp/tools/) lists every Speak AI MCP server tool.
- [MCP server](/mcp/) covers setup, supported clients, and what agents can do once
  connected.

Source: https://docs.speakai.co/mcp/tools/automations/get_automation/index.mdx