Automations

The MCP server for Marketing Cloud Engagement includes several tools for managing Automation Studio. This table includes information about tools related to managing automations.

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Important

Tool Name	Description	Required Scopes
sfmc_create_automation	Create an Automation Studio automation.	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_create_automation_file_transfer	Create a file transfer activity in Automation Studio.	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_create_ftp_location	Create a file transfer location.	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_create_sql_query	Create a SQL query activity.	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_delete_automation_file_transfer	Delete an Automation Studio file transfer activity. Special considerations: Destructive	Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_delete_ftp_location	Deactivate a file transfer location. Special considerations: Destructive	Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_execute_script_activity	Execute an SSJS activity.	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Execute
sfmc_get_automation	Retrieve an automation. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_automation_categories	List all automation folders. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_automation_file_transfer	Retrieve details of an Automation Studio file transfer activity. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_automation_file_transfers	Retrieve a list of file transfer activities from Automation Studio. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_automation_filters	Retrieve a list of filter activities from Automation Studio. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_automation_filter_definitions	Retrieve a list of filter definitions used by filter activities. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_automation_ftp_locations	Retrieve a list of file transfer locations from Automation Studio. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_automation_imports	Retrieve a list of all import file activities from Automation Studio. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_automation_instance	Retrieve a specific instance of an automation execution. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_automation_scripts	Retrieve a list of SSJS activities. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_automation_trigger_status	Check the status of a trigger API request. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_automations	List all automations. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_ftp_location	Retrieve a file transfer location. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_sql_queries	List all SQL query activities. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_get_sql_query	Retrieve a SQL query activity. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read
sfmc_run_automation	Run an automation immediately.	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Execute
sfmc_run_automation_activities	Run a set of activities in an automation by ID.	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Execute
sfmc_run_automation_activities_by_key	Run a set of activities in an automation by external key.	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Execute
sfmc_run_sql_query	Execute a SQL query activity.	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Execute
sfmc_start_automation_file_transfer	Run a file transfer activity in Automation Studio immediately.	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Execute
sfmc_update_automation	Update an automation. Special considerations: Destructive	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_update_automation_file_transfer	Update a file transfer activity in Automation Studio. Special considerations: Destructive	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_update_automation_file_trigger	Activate or deactivate the file trigger for an automation by ID. Special considerations: Destructive	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_update_automation_file_trigger_by_key	Activate or deactivate the file trigger for an automation by external key. Special considerations: Destructive	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_update_automation_trigger	Activate or deactivate the schedule trigger for an automation. Special considerations: Destructive	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_update_ftp_location	Update a file transfer location. Special considerations: Destructive	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_update_sql_query	Update a SQL query activity. Special considerations: Destructive	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Write
sfmc_validate_sql_query	Validate SQL query text. Special considerations: Read-only, open-world	Automation | Automations | Read Automation | Automations | Write