Clone a workflow

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

POST /api/workflows/workflow/{id}/clone

Auth

Create a copy of an existing workflow.

Required privileges

Privileges workflowsManagement:create and workflowsManagement:read

Path parameters

id string · max length: 255 required: Workflow ID

Header parameters

kbn-xsrf string required: A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Response

200

Indicates a successful response

application/json

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST kbn://api/workflows/workflow/{id}/clone

curl Shell

curl \
  -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/workflows/workflow/{id}/clone" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true"

Response

Example response returning the cloned workflow with a new ID

{
  "createdAt": "2025-11-22T11:00:00.000Z",
  "createdBy": "elastic",
  "definition": {
    "description": "This is a workflow example",
    "enabled": false,
    "inputs": [
      {
        "default": "hello world",
        "name": "message",
        "type": "string"
      }
    ],
    "name": "Example definition (copy)",
    "steps": [
      {
        "name": "hello_world_step",
        "type": "console",
        "with": {
          "message": "{{ inputs.message }}"
        }
      }
    ],
    "triggers": [
      {
        "type": "manual"
      }
    ]
  },
  "description": "This is a workflow example",
  "enabled": false,
  "id": "workflow-b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f12345678901",
  "lastUpdatedAt": "2025-11-22T11:00:00.000Z",
  "lastUpdatedBy": "elastic",
  "name": "Example definition (copy)",
  "valid": true,
  "yaml": "name: Example definition (copy)\nenabled: false\ndescription: This is a workflow example\ntriggers:\n  - type: manual\ninputs:\n  - name: message\n    type: string\n    default: \u0022hello world\u0022\nsteps:\n  - name: hello_world_step\n    type: console\n    with:\n      message: \u0022{{ inputs.message }}\u0022\n"
}