---
title: "Run Automations"
description: "Manually run one or more automations against one or more media items now (outside the normal trigger)."
---

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# Run Automations

Use the Speak AI MCP server tool `run_automations` to manually run one or more
automations against one or more media items now (outside the normal trigger).

## What does it do?

Manually run one or more automations against one or more media items now (outside
the normal trigger).

## Parameters

`run_automations` takes 2 parameters, all of them required.

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mediaIds` | array of string | Yes | Media ids to run the automations against |
| `automationIds` | array of string | Yes | Automation ids to run |

## Behaviour

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

- Can change data in your workspace.
- Does not delete or overwrite existing data.
- Repeating an identical call can have an extra effect.
- Can reach systems outside Speak AI.

## 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/run_automations/index.mdx