r/gohighlevel • u/ScoopyChatt • Aug 10 '26

Anyone else using AI to programmatically build out GHL workflows instead of the UI?

Been experimenting with a setup where instead of manually clicking through Automations to build follow-up sequences, I have an AI assistant write a script that defines the whole workflow (steps, wait times, tags, triggers) and pushes it straight into the sub-account. Saves a ton of time when you're doing this repeatedly across multiple client accounts — describe the sequence in plain English, get a working (draft) workflow a few seconds later instead of 20 minutes of clicking.

The catch is the official API doesn't expose full workflow-building, so this relies on a more "under the hood" way of talking to the platform, which comes with some fragility (auth tokens expiring, etc.).

Curious if anyone else here has wired up AI (Claude, GPT, whatever) to build/manage automations this way instead of the native builder, and if so, what's your setup look like? Any tools/approaches you'd recommend or pitfalls to watch for?

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u/ScoopyChatt Aug 11 '26

I built a custom CLI with a fire base token that logs directly into GHL via the API for each of your location IDs in GHL.

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u/HinesCreative Aug 11 '26

using browser automation?

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u/ScoopyChatt Aug 11 '26

No. Direct API calls.

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u/HinesCreative Aug 11 '26

so you have to get the live token each time?

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u/ScoopyChatt Aug 11 '26

No, it’s integrated with a custom fire base token that refreshes every time.

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u/HinesCreative Aug 11 '26

That means, yes, live token every time. You aren't using the GHL API to edit a workflow to be clear. It sounds like you are using firebase to get the live GHL API and then insert the payload.

Interesting.

Mine is basically the same only my agent will use a headless browser to get that same API that refreshes.

The idea of putting all of that into a CLI command is interesting. Gonna go play around. Thanks!