comms_send_message
Email clients (plan, then send)
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Email clients of this company. Describe the audience (a course/programme, a class schedule, a specific booking, one client, a saved segment, an ad-hoc cohort, or course-level labels) and the content (an existing template type from comms_list_templates, or a custom subject + body which may use *|MERGE_VAR|* tags from comms_list_merge_vars).
TWO CALLS. First WITHOUT token: sends NOTHING. Returns the estimated recipient count, a sample of recipients, the content as it will be sent, warnings (unknown merge tags, zero recipients), and a single-use token. Show that plan to the operator and get explicit confirmation. Then call again with token + confirmed: true to actually send. Calling the first form again with adjusted filters is free and repeatable — refine the audience that way rather than guessing.
LARGE SENDS need a SECOND confirmation. If the recipient count exceeds the approval threshold, the sending call returns requires_second_confirmation: true with the count and job id and sends NOTHING yet. Show the operator the exact recipient count and ask again (e.g. "Send to all 105 clients?"). Only after they explicitly agree, call once more with the SAME token, confirmed: true, and confirm_large_send: true. If they decline, send nothing.
Resolve names to ids first: classes_find_courses for a course/programme → course_id, classes_find_classes for a class/group by name → schedule_id, sessions_find_events for a single session → event_id; never guess ids. When the operator names an ad-hoc cohort rather than the whole company — "everyone who hasn't paid", the unpaid roster, the waitlist, this week's sign-ups — resolve it with bookings_find and pass the resulting registration_id LIST as audience.registration_id. Reserve audience.whole_company for genuinely company-wide sends; do NOT use it as a shortcut for a named subset, or you email far more people than the operator asked for.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| company_id | integer | no | Zooza company id to operate against. Optional: if the user has exactly one company, the server defaults to it — you can omit this field. With multiple companies, you MUST specify which; get the id list from `whoami.available_companies[].id`. If the user hasn't indicated which company they mean, ask them before guessing. |
| token | string | no | Omit on the FIRST call — that call previews the change and returns a token. Pass the token back on the SECOND call to apply the previewed change. Single-use, expires in 15 minutes; if it is expired or already used, run the preview again. |
| confirmed | boolean | no | Required (true) on the apply call, alongside `token`. Asserts that you have SHOWN the user the preview from the first call and they approved it — not that you believe the change is correct. If the user has not seen the preview, show it and ask before setting this. Must be omitted on the preview call. |
| confirm_large_send | boolean | no | Different from `confirmed`. Set true ONLY on the follow-up call after a send came back requires_second_confirmation: true AND the operator explicitly approved the recipient COUNT. Never set it on the first sending call, and never without that separate approval. |
| channel | string | no | Only 'email' is implemented. WhatsApp is specced and coming — do not promise it yet. |
| audience | object | no | Who receives the message. At least one targeting field is required. |
| content | object | no | EITHER template_type OR subject+body — not both. |
| marketing | boolean | no | REQUIRED on the FIRST call. true = promotional content (consent rules apply; say so to the operator). false = operational (schedule changes, payment reminders, session info). |
| schedule_at | object | no | Omit to send immediately on commit. |
| bcc | string | no | Comma-separated BCC addresses. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"company_id": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"description": "Zooza company id to operate against. Optional: if the user has exactly one company, the server defaults to it — you can omit this field. With multiple companies, you MUST specify which; get the id list from `whoami.available_companies[].id`. If the user hasn't indicated which company they mean, ask them before guessing."
},
"token": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Omit on the FIRST call — that call previews the change and returns a token. Pass the token back on the SECOND call to apply the previewed change. Single-use, expires in 15 minutes; if it is expired or already used, run the preview again."
},
"confirmed": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Required (true) on the apply call, alongside `token`. Asserts that you have SHOWN the user the preview from the first call and they approved it — not that you believe the change is correct. If the user has not seen the preview, show it and ask before setting this. Must be omitted on the preview call."
},
"confirm_large_send": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Different from `confirmed`. Set true ONLY on the follow-up call after a send came back requires_second_confirmation: true AND the operator explicitly approved the recipient COUNT. Never set it on the first sending call, and never without that separate approval."
},
"channel": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"email"
],
"description": "Only 'email' is implemented. WhatsApp is specced and coming — do not promise it yet."
},
"audience": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"course_id": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"description": "Everyone registered in this course/programme."
},
"schedule_id": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"description": "Everyone in this class (schedule)."
},
"registration_id": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0
},
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0
},
"minItems": 1
}
],
"description": "One booking, or a LIST of bookings — pass a single id or an array (e.g. the registration_ids from a bookings_find result set, so you can message an ad-hoc cohort like the unpaid roster without a saved segment)."
},
"user_id": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"description": "One client (all their registrations)."
},
"segment_id": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"description": "A saved registration segment."
},
"whole_company": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Broadcast to the ENTIRE company — every booking, one email per client. The only audience needing no id. ONLY for genuinely company-wide sends. For a NAMED subset — the unpaid roster, the waitlist, one class — do NOT use this; resolve the cohort with bookings_find and pass its registration_id list to registration_id instead. This can reach a LOT of people, so ALWAYS confirm scope with the operator first, and make the all-vs-active choice explicit (see active_only) — do NOT silently email everyone. Pair with active_only."
},
"active_only": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Only meaningful with whole_company. true (DEFAULT) = only clients with an ACTIVE (registered) booking — the safe choice. false = literally EVERYONE incl. cancelled/inactive/past clients (spammy) — use only when the operator has explicitly asked for that. When whole_company is set, ASK the operator which they mean and state plainly that the default skips cancelled/inactive people."
},
"labels": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0
},
"description": "Registrations in COURSES labeled with any of these label ids — labels attach at course level, not per person."
},
"exclude": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0
},
"description": "Registration ids to leave out."
},
"guests": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Default false. Also send to guest registrations (added at send time; not in the count estimate)."
},
"inactive_customers": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Default false. Include inactive registrations."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Who receives the message. At least one targeting field is required."
},
"content": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"template_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Existing email template type from comms_list_templates, e.g. \"registration_cancellation\"."
},
"subject": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Custom email subject; may contain *|MERGE|* tags."
},
"body": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Custom email body (HTML or text); may contain *|MERGE|* tags."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "EITHER template_type OR subject+body — not both."
},
"marketing": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "REQUIRED on the FIRST call. true = promotional content (consent rules apply; say so to the operator). false = operational (schedule changes, payment reminders, session info)."
},
"schedule_at": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"date": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
"description": "Local send date, YYYY-MM-DD."
},
"hour": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 23,
"description": "Local send hour, 0-23 (24-hour clock)."
},
"minute": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 59,
"description": "Local send minute, 0-59."
}
},
"required": [
"date",
"hour",
"minute"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Omit to send immediately on commit."
},
"bcc": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated BCC addresses."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}