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Create a keep-in-touch cadence

Add a contact's Team cadence (`kind: 'team'`; owners, admins and standard members) or the caller's own My cadence (`kind: 'my'`; every member, viewers included) on one of the workspace's frequencies.

POST /v2/keep-in-touch/cadences

Parameters

Header parameters

Idempotency-Key
string required
Required. UUID per logical operation, reused on every retry. See apps/rest-api/src/shared/idempotency.ts for the full contract. Missing → 400 BadRequest; same key + different body → 409 Conflict.

Request body

Content-Type: application/json

contact_id
string (uuid) required
kind
string enum required
Possible values: "team", "my"
frequency_id
string (uuid) required

Example

{
  "contact_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
  "kind": "team",
  "frequency_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}

Responses

201 — Created

Content-Type: application/json

data
object required
data.cadence
object required
data.cadence.id
string (uuid) required
data.cadence.kind
string enum required
Possible values: "team", "my"
data.cadence.contact_id
string (uuid) required
data.cadence.frequency_id
string (uuid) required
data.cadence.days
integer required
data.cadence.next_due_at
string (date-time) required
data.cadence.snoozed_until
string (date-time) required
data.cadence.created_at
string (date-time) required
data.cadence.updated_at
string (date-time) required
data.cadence.contact
object required
data.cadence.contact.id
string (uuid) required
data.cadence.contact.first_name
string | null required
data.cadence.contact.last_name
string | null required
data.cadence.contact.image_url
string | null required
data.cadence.contact.job_title
string | null

Example

{
  "data": {
    "cadence": {
      "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "kind": "team",
      "contact_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "frequency_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "days": 0,
      "next_due_at": "2026-10-23T10:31:51.470Z",
      "snoozed_until": "2026-10-23T10:31:51.470Z",
      "created_at": "2026-10-23T10:31:51.470Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-23T10:31:51.470Z",
      "contact": {
        "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
        "first_name": "string",
        "last_name": "string",
        "image_url": "string"
      }
    }
  }
}

400 — Request body failed validation.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)
any

401 — Missing or invalid API key.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)
any

403 — Valid key, insufficient permission.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)
any

404 — Resource does not exist.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)
any

409 — Request conflicts with the current state of the resource.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)
any

429 — Rate limit exceeded.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)
any

500 — Unexpected server error.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)
any

Code samples

curl https://api.prod.getdex.com/v2/keep-in-touch/cadences \
  --request POST \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "contact_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
  "kind": "team",
  "frequency_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}'

Delete a keep-in-touch frequency

Delete a frequency. When cadences use it, say what happens to them: `?cadences=move&move_to=<frequencyId>` moves them to another frequency (400 `invalid_move_target` otherwise) and `?cadences=delete`

Add keep-in-touch cadences in bulk

Add the Team cadence (`kind: 'team'`; owners, admins and standard members) or the caller's own My cadence (`kind: 'my'`; every member, viewers included) on one frequency to up to 1000 contacts (`conta

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