Create an AI Lead Finder Agent

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/ai-agents/lead-finder \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Lead Finder - Outbound US",
  "campaign_id": "01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99",
  "search_filters": {
    "title": {
      "include": [
        "VP of Sales"
      ]
    },
    "level": [
      "Vice President (VP)"
    ],
    "industry": {
      "include": [
        "Financial Services"
      ]
    },
    "employeeCount": [
      "25 - 100"
    ],
    "locations": [
      {
        "country": "United States"
      }
    ]
  },
  "min_active_leads": 50,
  "on_exhaustion": "broaden"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/ai-agents/lead-finder"

payload = {
    "name": "Lead Finder - Outbound US",
    "campaign_id": "01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99",
    "search_filters": {
        "title": { "include": ["VP of Sales"] },
        "level": ["Vice President (VP)"],
        "industry": { "include": ["Financial Services"] },
        "employeeCount": ["25 - 100"],
        "locations": [{ "country": "United States" }]
    },
    "min_active_leads": 50,
    "on_exhaustion": "broaden"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'Lead Finder - Outbound US',
    campaign_id: '01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99',
    search_filters: {
      title: {include: ['VP of Sales']},
      level: ['Vice President (VP)'],
      industry: {include: ['Financial Services']},
      employeeCount: ['25 - 100'],
      locations: [{country: 'United States'}]
    },
    min_active_leads: 50,
    on_exhaustion: 'broaden'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/ai-agents/lead-finder', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/ai-agents/lead-finder")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Lead Finder - Outbound US\",\n  \"campaign_id\": \"01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99\",\n  \"search_filters\": {\n    \"title\": {\n      \"include\": [\n        \"VP of Sales\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"level\": [\n      \"Vice President (VP)\"\n    ],\n    \"industry\": {\n      \"include\": [\n        \"Financial Services\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"employeeCount\": [\n      \"25 - 100\"\n    ],\n    \"locations\": [\n      {\n        \"country\": \"United States\"\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  \"min_active_leads\": 50,\n  \"on_exhaustion\": \"broaden\"\n}")
  .asString();

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/ai-agents/lead-finder",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'Lead Finder - Outbound US',
    'campaign_id' => '01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99',
    'search_filters' => [
        'title' => [
                'include' => [
                                'VP of Sales'
                ]
        ],
        'level' => [
                'Vice President (VP)'
        ],
        'industry' => [
                'include' => [
                                'Financial Services'
                ]
        ],
        'employeeCount' => [
                '25 - 100'
        ],
        'locations' => [
                [
                                'country' => 'United States'
                ]
        ]
    ],
    'min_active_leads' => 50,
    'on_exhaustion' => 'broaden'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/ai-agents/lead-finder"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Lead Finder - Outbound US\",\n  \"campaign_id\": \"01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99\",\n  \"search_filters\": {\n    \"title\": {\n      \"include\": [\n        \"VP of Sales\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"level\": [\n      \"Vice President (VP)\"\n    ],\n    \"industry\": {\n      \"include\": [\n        \"Financial Services\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"employeeCount\": [\n      \"25 - 100\"\n    ],\n    \"locations\": [\n      {\n        \"country\": \"United States\"\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  \"min_active_leads\": 50,\n  \"on_exhaustion\": \"broaden\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

{
  "id": "01a0206f-ab5d-7a94-b390-0e72d746d00a",
  "organization_id": "01a0206f-ab5d-7a94-b390-0e739ce03f39",
  "name": "Test AI Agent",
  "timestamp_created": "2026-08-20T18:29:44.413Z",
  "timestamp_updated": "2026-08-20T18:29:44.413Z",
  "status": 1,
  "payload": {
    "campaign_id": "01a0206f-ab5d-7a94-b390-0e718e34de4a",
    "campaign_name": "Outbound US",
    "search_filters": {},
    "min_active_leads": 50,
    "on_exhaustion": "pause",
    "fallback_search_filters": {},
    "ai_enrichment": {},
    "ai_enrichment_workflow": "custom:0198c2a4-3f1e-7000-8000-000000000000"
  },
  "type": 6,
  "is_auto_created": false,
  "created_by": "01a0206f-ab5d-7a94-b390-0e74994e2dba",
  "description": "Optional agent description"
}

{
  "statusCode": 400,
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "body must have required property 'name'"
}

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Missing Authorization header"
}

{
  "statusCode": 402,
  "error": "Payment Required",
  "message": "Workspace does not have an active paid plan"
}

{
  "statusCode": 404,
  "error": "Not Found",
  "message": "Resource not found"
}

{
  "statusCode": 409,
  "error": "Conflict",
  "message": "This campaign already has an active Lead Finder Agent."
}

{
  "statusCode": 429,
  "error": "Too Many Requests",
  "message": "Rate limit exceeded"
}

POST

api

ai-agents

lead-finder

Create an AI Lead Finder Agent

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/ai-agents/lead-finder \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Lead Finder - Outbound US",
  "campaign_id": "01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99",
  "search_filters": {
    "title": {
      "include": [
        "VP of Sales"
      ]
    },
    "level": [
      "Vice President (VP)"
    ],
    "industry": {
      "include": [
        "Financial Services"
      ]
    },
    "employeeCount": [
      "25 - 100"
    ],
    "locations": [
      {
        "country": "United States"
      }
    ]
  },
  "min_active_leads": 50,
  "on_exhaustion": "broaden"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/ai-agents/lead-finder"

payload = {
    "name": "Lead Finder - Outbound US",
    "campaign_id": "01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99",
    "search_filters": {
        "title": { "include": ["VP of Sales"] },
        "level": ["Vice President (VP)"],
        "industry": { "include": ["Financial Services"] },
        "employeeCount": ["25 - 100"],
        "locations": [{ "country": "United States" }]
    },
    "min_active_leads": 50,
    "on_exhaustion": "broaden"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'Lead Finder - Outbound US',
    campaign_id: '01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99',
    search_filters: {
      title: {include: ['VP of Sales']},
      level: ['Vice President (VP)'],
      industry: {include: ['Financial Services']},
      employeeCount: ['25 - 100'],
      locations: [{country: 'United States'}]
    },
    min_active_leads: 50,
    on_exhaustion: 'broaden'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/ai-agents/lead-finder', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/ai-agents/lead-finder")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Lead Finder - Outbound US\",\n  \"campaign_id\": \"01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99\",\n  \"search_filters\": {\n    \"title\": {\n      \"include\": [\n        \"VP of Sales\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"level\": [\n      \"Vice President (VP)\"\n    ],\n    \"industry\": {\n      \"include\": [\n        \"Financial Services\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"employeeCount\": [\n      \"25 - 100\"\n    ],\n    \"locations\": [\n      {\n        \"country\": \"United States\"\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  \"min_active_leads\": 50,\n  \"on_exhaustion\": \"broaden\"\n}")
  .asString();

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/ai-agents/lead-finder",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'Lead Finder - Outbound US',
    'campaign_id' => '01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99',
    'search_filters' => [
        'title' => [
                'include' => [
                                'VP of Sales'
                ]
        ],
        'level' => [
                'Vice President (VP)'
        ],
        'industry' => [
                'include' => [
                                'Financial Services'
                ]
        ],
        'employeeCount' => [
                '25 - 100'
        ],
        'locations' => [
                [
                                'country' => 'United States'
                ]
        ]
    ],
    'min_active_leads' => 50,
    'on_exhaustion' => 'broaden'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/ai-agents/lead-finder"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Lead Finder - Outbound US\",\n  \"campaign_id\": \"01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99\",\n  \"search_filters\": {\n    \"title\": {\n      \"include\": [\n        \"VP of Sales\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"level\": [\n      \"Vice President (VP)\"\n    ],\n    \"industry\": {\n      \"include\": [\n        \"Financial Services\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"employeeCount\": [\n      \"25 - 100\"\n    ],\n    \"locations\": [\n      {\n        \"country\": \"United States\"\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  \"min_active_leads\": 50,\n  \"on_exhaustion\": \"broaden\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

{
  "id": "01a0206f-ab5d-7a94-b390-0e72d746d00a",
  "organization_id": "01a0206f-ab5d-7a94-b390-0e739ce03f39",
  "name": "Test AI Agent",
  "timestamp_created": "2026-08-20T18:29:44.413Z",
  "timestamp_updated": "2026-08-20T18:29:44.413Z",
  "status": 1,
  "payload": {
    "campaign_id": "01a0206f-ab5d-7a94-b390-0e718e34de4a",
    "campaign_name": "Outbound US",
    "search_filters": {},
    "min_active_leads": 50,
    "on_exhaustion": "pause",
    "fallback_search_filters": {},
    "ai_enrichment": {},
    "ai_enrichment_workflow": "custom:0198c2a4-3f1e-7000-8000-000000000000"
  },
  "type": 6,
  "is_auto_created": false,
  "created_by": "01a0206f-ab5d-7a94-b390-0e74994e2dba",
  "description": "Optional agent description"
}

{
  "statusCode": 400,
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "body must have required property 'name'"
}

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Missing Authorization header"
}

{
  "statusCode": 402,
  "error": "Payment Required",
  "message": "Workspace does not have an active paid plan"
}

{
  "statusCode": 404,
  "error": "Not Found",
  "message": "Resource not found"
}

{
  "statusCode": 409,
  "error": "Conflict",
  "message": "This campaign already has an active Lead Finder Agent."
}

{
  "statusCode": 429,
  "error": "Too Many Requests",
  "message": "Rate limit exceeded"
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

name

string

required

Name of the agent

Required string length: 1 - 255

Example:

"Lead Finder - Outbound US"

campaign_id

string<uuid>

required

Campaign the agent keeps topped up. A campaign can have at most one active agent.

Example:

"01a0206f-e3f2-7716-a5df-27ff44ad9c99"

search_filters

object

required

Audience search filters in the SuperSearch format. Unknown keys are rejected: the search would otherwise silently ignore them and return unfiltered results. Enum values are matched literally, including spacing.

Show child attributes

Example:

{
  "title": { "include": ["VP of Sales"] },
  "level": ["Vice President (VP)"],
  "industry": { "include": ["Financial Services"] },
  "employeeCount": ["25 - 100"],
  "locations": [{ "country": "United States" }]
}

min_active_leads

number

required

Threshold below which the agent tops up the campaign

Required range: 10 <= x <= 10000

Example:

50

on_exhaustion

enum<string>

required

What the agent does when the search runs out of new leads

Available options:

pause,

fallback,

broaden

Example:

"broaden"

fallback_search_filters

object

Broadened audience used when the primary search is exhausted. Required when on_exhaustion is fallback.

Show child attributes

Example:

{
  "title": { "include": ["VP of Sales"] },
  "level": ["Vice President (VP)"],
  "industry": { "include": ["Financial Services"] },
  "employeeCount": ["25 - 100"],
  "locations": [{ "country": "United States" }]
}

show_one_lead_per_company

boolean

Deliver at most one lead per company in each top-up. Defaults to true.

Example:

true

source

enum<string>

Entry point the agent was created from, for adoption attribution.

Available options:

agents_page,

campaign_banner,

supersearch,

announcement,

campaign_setup

Example:

"campaign_banner"

ai_enrichment

object

AI enrichment columns filled on every top-up, keyed by output column name. Leads are held back until they are filled.

Show child attributes

ai_enrichment_workflow

string

Workflow template the enrichment chain was loaded from — a built-in key or custom:<id>. Display-only.

Example:

"custom:0198c2a4-3f1e-7000-8000-000000000000"

Response

The created AI Lead Finder Agent

An AI Lead Finder Agent

string<uuid>

required

read-only

Unique identifier for the AI agent

Example:

"01a0206f-ab5d-7a94-b390-0e72d746d00a"

organization_id

string<uuid>

required

read-only

Organization ID

Example:

"01a0206f-ab5d-7a94-b390-0e739ce03f39"

name

string

required

Name of the AI Agent

Example:

"Test AI Agent"

timestamp_created

string

required

read-only

Timestamp when the AI agent was created

Example:

"2026-08-20T18:29:44.413Z"

timestamp_updated

string

required

read-only

Timestamp when the AI agent was updated

Example:

"2026-08-20T18:29:44.413Z"

status

enum<number>

required

Status of the AI Agent

Available options:

-1,

0,

1

Example:

1

payload

object

Lead Finder Agent payload

Show child attributes

type

null | enum<number>

Type of the AI Agent

Available options:

6

Example:

6

is_auto_created

null | boolean

Whether the AI agent was auto-created

Example:

false

created_by

null | string<uuid>

read-only

User ID who created the AI agent

Example:

"01a0206f-ab5d-7a94-b390-0e74994e2dba"

description

null | string

read-only

Description of the AI agent

Example:

"Optional agent description"

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