activate_campaign

Start sending email campaigns in Instantly.ai by activating a configured campaign with assigned accounts, leads, sequences, and schedule.

Instructions

Activate campaign to start sending.

Prerequisites (all required):

At least one sender account assigned (email_list)
At least one lead added to the campaign
Email sequences configured
Schedule configured

Use get_campaign to verify all prerequisites are met.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`params`	Yes

Implementation Reference

src/instantly_mcp/tools/campaigns.py:437-451 (handler)

The primary handler function that executes the activate_campaign tool logic. It proxies the request to the Instantly API endpoint /campaigns/{campaign_id}/activate and returns the JSON response.

async def activate_campaign(params: ActivateCampaignInput) -> str:
    """
    Activate campaign to start sending.
    
    Prerequisites (all required):
    1. At least one sender account assigned (email_list)
    2. At least one lead added to the campaign
    3. Email sequences configured
    4. Schedule configured
    
    Use get_campaign to verify all prerequisites are met.
    """
    client = get_client()
    result = await client.post(f"/campaigns/{params.campaign_id}/activate")
    return json.dumps(result, indent=2)

src/instantly_mcp/models/campaigns.py:161-170 (schema)

Pydantic input schema (BaseModel) for the activate_campaign tool, defining the required campaign_id parameter.

class ActivateCampaignInput(BaseModel):
    """
    Input for activating a campaign.
    
    Prerequisites: accounts, leads, sequences, schedule must be configured.
    """
    
    model_config = ConfigDict(str_strip_whitespace=True, extra="ignore")
    
    campaign_id: str = Field(..., description="Campaign UUID to activate")

src/instantly_mcp/server.py:81-81 (registration)
MCP tool registration annotation in the TOOL_ANNOTATIONS dictionary, specifying destructiveHint: False for the activate_campaign tool.
```
"activate_campaign": {"destructiveHint": False},
```
src/instantly_mcp/tools/campaigns.py:517-526 (registration)
List of campaign tools (CAMPAIGN_TOOLS) that includes activate_campaign, used by get_all_tools() for dynamic registration in the MCP server.
```
CAMPAIGN_TOOLS = [
    create_campaign,
    list_campaigns,
    get_campaign,
    update_campaign,
    activate_campaign,
    pause_campaign,
    delete_campaign,
    search_campaigns_by_contact,
]
```

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