Salesforce Automation System

Salesforce Automation System refers to the collection of APIs and tools within Salesforce for automating business processes, including Flow Builder, approval processes, Process Builder, and Workflow Rules. These capabilities enable organizations to automate CRM, sales, marketing, and customer service workflows programmatically via the Salesforce REST API.

Salesforce Automation System publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Flows API and Process Automation API. Tagged areas include Approval Process, Automation, CRM, Flow, and Process Builder.

The Salesforce Automation System catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Salesforce Automation System’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, support, and 12 more developer resources.

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43.1/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 35/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessEnterpriseSelf serve

4 APIs

Approval ProcessAutomation CRM FlowProcess BuilderSalesforce Workflows

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 43.1/100 · developing

Contract Quality 18.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 8.6 / 20

Access Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 1.6 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Salesforce Automation System Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Salesforce Automation System Scopes

2 scopes · authorizationCode/clientCredentials

2 scopes

SCOPES

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

Community

Community

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Trailhead

Trailhead

Source (apis.yml)

aid: salesforce-automation-system
name: Salesforce Automation System
description: Salesforce Automation System refers to the collection of APIs and tools within Salesforce for automating business
  processes, including Flow Builder, approval processes, Process Builder, and Workflow Rules. These capabilities enable organizations
  to automate CRM, sales, marketing, and customer service workflows programmatically via the Salesforce REST API.
type: Index
kind: company
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/salesforce-automation-system.png
tags:
- Approval Process
- Automation
- CRM
- Flow
- Process Builder
- Salesforce
- Workflows
tags_raw:
- Approval Process
- Automation
- CRM
- Flow
- Process Builder
- Salesforce
- Workflow
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/salesforce-automation-system/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: salesforce-automation-system:salesforce-flow-builder
  name: Salesforce Flow Builder
  description: Visual automation tool for building screen flows, autolaunched flows, record-triggered flows, and scheduled
    flows without code.
  humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.flow.meta/flow/flow_intro.htm
  tags:
  - Automation
  - Flow
  - No-Code
  - Salesforce
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.flow.meta/flow/flow_intro.htm
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/trails/automate_business_processes
- aid: salesforce-automation-system:salesforce-approval-processes
  name: Salesforce Approval Processes
  description: Multi-step approval automation for routing records through review chains with configurable criteria, approvers,
    and post-approval actions.
  humanURL: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.approvals_landing_page.htm
  tags:
  - Approval
  - Automation
  - CRM
  - Salesforce
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.approvals_landing_page.htm
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_process_approvals.htm
- aid: salesforce-automation-system:salesforce-automation-system-flows-api
  name: Salesforce Automation System Flows API
  description: Manage Salesforce Flow definitions and metadata.
  humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_actions_invocable.htm
  baseURL: https://{instance}.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0
  tags:
  - Flows
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/salesforce-automation-system-flows-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_actions_invocable.htm
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/salesforce-flow-definition-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/salesforce-approval-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/salesforce-automation-system-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/salesforce-automation-system-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/salesforce-automation-system-vocabulary.yml
- aid: salesforce-automation-system:salesforce-automation-system-process-automation-api
  name: Salesforce Automation System Process Automation API
  description: Query and invoke automation processes.
  humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_actions_invocable.htm
  baseURL: https://{instance}.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0
  tags:
  - Process Automation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/salesforce-automation-system-process-automation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_actions_invocable.htm
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/salesforce-flow-definition-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/salesforce-approval-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/salesforce-automation-system-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/salesforce-automation-system-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/salesforce-automation-system-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/salesforce-automation-system/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/salesforce-automation-system-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/salesforce-automation-system-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/salesforce-automation-system-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/salesforce-automation-system-scopes.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.salesforce.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/
- type: Trailhead
  url: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/trails/automate_business_processes
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/intro_oauth_and_connected_apps.htm
- type: Blog
  url: https://developer.salesforce.com/blogs
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.salesforce.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://help.salesforce.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.salesforce.com/company/privacy/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/salesforce
- type: Community
  url: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/trailblazer-community/topics/salesforcedeveloper

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