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POST
/
v4
/
sequences
Create a sequence
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.kit.com/v4/sequences \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-Kit-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Full Series",
  "email_address": "joe924@ck.lol",
  "email_template_id": 11,
  "send_days": [
    "monday",
    "wednesday",
    "friday"
  ],
  "send_hour": 9,
  "time_zone": "America/Los_Angeles",
  "active": true,
  "repeat": true,
  "hold": true,
  "exclude_subscriber_sources": [
    {
      "type": "tag",
      "ids": [
        2
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "sequence",
      "ids": [
        29
      ]
    }
  ]
}
'
{
  "sequence": {
    "id": 30,
    "name": "Full Series",
    "hold": true,
    "repeat": true,
    "created_at": "2026-04-17T13:55:22Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-17T13:55:22Z",
    "email_address": "joe924@ck.lol",
    "email_template_id": 11,
    "send_days": [
      "monday",
      "wednesday",
      "friday"
    ],
    "send_hour": 9,
    "time_zone": "America/Los_Angeles",
    "active": true,
    "exclude_subscriber_sources": [
      {
        "type": "sequence",
        "ids": [
          29
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "tag",
        "ids": [
          2
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Authorizations

​
X-Kit-Api-Key
string
header
required

Authenticate API requests via an API Key

Body

application/json
​
name
string

The name of the sequence.

​
email_address
string

The sending email address to use. Uses the account's sending email address if not provided.

​
email_template_id
integer

Id of the email template to use.

​
send_days
string[]

The days of the week to send the sequence on. Must be one of: monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday.

​
send_hour
integer

The hour of the day to send the sequence at. Must be an integer between 0 and 23.

​
time_zone
string

The timezone to use for the sequence. Must be a valid IANA timezone string.

​
active
boolean

true to activate the sequence, false to deactivate it.

​
repeat
boolean

When true, subscribers can restart the sequence multiple times.

​
hold
boolean

When true, subscribers added via Visual Automations stay in the sequence after receiving the last email.

​
exclude_subscriber_sources
object[]

The subscriber sources to exclude from the sequence.

Response

Creates a new sequence

​
sequence
object
required