> ## Documentation Index
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# Suggest Follow-ups

> Generate personalized follow-up action suggestions for a contact based on recent activity

<Warning>
  This endpoint consumes 2 AI credits per call. If the workspace balance is insufficient, the API returns `402 insufficient_credits`.
</Warning>

## Request

### Headers

```
Authorization: Bearer wbk_your_api_key_here
Content-Type: application/json
```

<ParamField header="Idempotency-Key" type="string">
  Optional UUID for retry deduplication.
</ParamField>

### Body Parameters

<ParamField body="contact_id" type="string" required>
  UUID of the contact to generate suggestions for.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="count" type="integer" default="3">
  Number of suggestions to generate (1 - 10).
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="lookback_days" type="integer" default="60">
  Window of recent activity to consider.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="channels" type="array">
  Optional whitelist of acceptable channels for suggestions: `email`, `call`, `meeting`, `linkedin`, `whatsapp`. Defaults to all.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField name="data" type="object">
  <Expandable title="properties">
    <ResponseField name="suggestions" type="array">
      <Expandable title="Suggestion">
        <ResponseField name="type" type="string">`email`, `call`, `meeting`, `linkedin`, or `whatsapp`</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="title" type="string">Short title describing the action</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="reason" type="string">Why this follow-up was suggested</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="suggested_when" type="string">Natural-language timing hint (e.g. "Tomorrow morning")</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="draft_body" type="string">For email / message types, a draft ready to send</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="confidence" type="number">0.0 - 1.0</ResponseField>
      </Expandable>
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="activity_summary" type="string">Short summary of recent activity that informed the suggestions</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="credits_remaining" type="integer">Balance after this call</ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

Responses include `X-RateLimit-Limit`, `X-RateLimit-Remaining`, `X-RateLimit-Reset`, and `X-Request-ID`.

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST \
    https://data.leadlex.com/functions/v1/api-gateway/v1/ai/suggest-followups \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer wbk_your_api_key_here" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"contact_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000", "count": 3}'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  API_KEY = "wbk_your_api_key_here"
  BASE_URL = "https://data.leadlex.com/functions/v1/api-gateway"

  r = requests.post(
      f"{BASE_URL}/v1/ai/suggest-followups",
      headers={
          "Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}",
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
      },
      json={"contact_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000", "count": 3},
  )
  for s in r.json()["data"]["suggestions"]:
      print(s["type"], "-", s["title"])
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  const res = await fetch(
    'https://data.leadlex.com/functions/v1/api-gateway/v1/ai/suggest-followups',
    {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: {
        'Authorization': 'Bearer wbk_your_api_key_here',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      },
      body: JSON.stringify({ contact_id: '123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000' }),
    }
  );
  const { data } = await res.json();
  console.log(data.suggestions);
  ```
</CodeGroup>

### Example Response

```json theme={null}
{
  "data": {
    "suggestions": [
      {
        "type": "email",
        "title": "Share fee proposal",
        "reason": "Jane asked for pricing on the last call and hasn't received the proposal yet.",
        "suggested_when": "Today",
        "draft_body": "Hi Jane, following up on our call on Tuesday - please find our flat-fee proposal attached...",
        "confidence": 0.9
      },
      {
        "type": "meeting",
        "title": "Schedule legal review session",
        "reason": "Next step in the sales cycle per prior conversation notes.",
        "suggested_when": "Next week",
        "draft_body": null,
        "confidence": 0.78
      }
    ],
    "activity_summary": "3 emails and 1 meeting with Jane in the last 14 days; last touch was a discovery call on 2026-04-15.",
    "credits_remaining": 4861
  }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Code                       | Description                           |
| ------ | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| 400    | `validation_error`         | Missing or malformed `contact_id`     |
| 401    | `invalid_key`              | Invalid or expired API key            |
| 402    | `insufficient_credits`     | Workspace credit balance is exhausted |
| 403    | `insufficient_permissions` | Missing `write:ai` permission         |
| 404    | `not_found`                | Contact not found in this workspace   |
| 429    | `rate_limited`             | Rate limit exceeded                   |