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PATCH
/
v1
/
automations
/
triggers
/
{triggerEventId}
Update a trigger
curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "title": "User Signed Up (v2)"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}"

payload = { "title": "User Signed Up (v2)" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({title: 'User Signed Up (v2)'})
};

fetch('https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'title' => 'User Signed Up (v2)'
]),
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://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"title\": \"User Signed Up (v2)\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", 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))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"title\": \"User Signed Up (v2)\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"title\": \"User Signed Up (v2)\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "triggerEventId": "tri_signup",
  "title": "User Signed Up",
  "description": "Fires when a user completes signup.",
  "provider": "brew_api",
  "payloadSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "fields": [
      {
        "key": "email",
        "type": "string",
        "required": true
      },
      {
        "key": "firstName",
        "type": "string",
        "required": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "createdAt": "2026-04-08T12:00:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-08T12:00:00.000Z"
}
{
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_REQUEST",
"type": "invalid_request",
"message": "Request validation failed.",
"suggestion": "Fix the field reported in `param` and retry.",
"docs": "https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/errors",
"param": "title"
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
"type": "authentication_error",
"message": "The provided API key is invalid.",
"suggestion": "Check the API key format and retry with a valid active key.",
"docs": "https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/authentication"
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS",
"type": "authorization_error",
"message": "The caller does not have the required permission.",
"suggestion": "Use an API key or session with the required permission.",
"docs": "https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/authentication",
"param": "automations"
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "TRIGGER_EVENT_NOT_FOUND",
"type": "not_found",
"message": "Trigger event 'tri_xxx' was not found.",
"suggestion": "List triggers with GET /v1/automations/triggers.",
"docs": "https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/errors",
"param": "triggerEventId"
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "TRIGGER_IMMUTABLE",
"type": "invalid_request",
"message": "Integration triggers are managed by their provider and cannot be edited via the API.",
"suggestion": "Edit the event configuration in the integration that provisioned this trigger.",
"docs": "https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/errors",
"param": "triggerEventId"
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "RATE_LIMITED",
"type": "rate_limit",
"message": "Too many requests.",
"suggestion": "Wait for the retry window before sending another request.",
"docs": "https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/rate-limits",
"retryAfter": 42
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"type": "internal_error",
"message": "An unexpected error occurred.",
"suggestion": "Retry the request. If it keeps failing, contact support.",
"docs": "https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/errors"
}
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
default:Bearer brew_your_api_key
required

Send your Brew API key as Authorization: Bearer brew_xxx.

Path Parameters

triggerEventId
string
required

Trigger id returned by POST /v1/automations/triggers. Custom triggers use tri_… ids; integration triggers use composite ids (e.g. clerk:org_…:brand_…:user.created, URL-encode the colons).

Required string length: 1 - 256
Example:

"tri_signup"

Body

application/json
title
string
Required string length: 1 - 120
description
string
Maximum string length: 2000
payloadSchema
object

Response

Updated.

triggerEventId
string
required
Required string length: 1 - 256
title
string
required
Required string length: 1 - 120
provider
enum<string>
required
Available options:
brew_api,
clerk,
stripe,
shopify,
stytch,
supabase,
workos,
revenuecat,
custom
payloadSchema
object
required
createdAt
string<date-time>
required
updatedAt
string<date-time>
required
description
string
Maximum string length: 2000
providerEventKey
string