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The Manage Content action creates, updates, deletes, or upserts a Content Instance from any content template. Available in User events only. See Automation nodes.

Configuration

FieldDescription
operationcreate, update, delete, or create_or_update (upsert).
content_typeThe instance type (e.g. stories, products).
template_idThe content template to use.
instance_id_or_slugA field mapping locating the instance (for update/delete/upsert).
instance_fieldsInstance-level fields — title, slug, description, parent_id, and hierarchy fields.
version_fieldsThe content (attribute) values for each version.
version_matrixThe { language, environment } combinations to create/update.
auto_publishPublish each version after writing it.
taxonomies / tagsAdd/remove lists of taxonomy or tag references — see Taxonomies, tags and ownership.
ownershipAdd/remove lists of { user, role } entries — see Taxonomies, tags and ownership.
On create_or_update, when the instance isn’t found and the locator is a slug, that slug becomes the new instance’s slug.

Taxonomies, tags and ownership

Besides its fields, the action can manage the instance’s Taxonomies, Tags, and ownership. Each of the three sections takes an add list and a remove list of field mappings, with strict add/remove semantics:
  • Entries already on the instance that the action doesn’t name are always preserved — the lists are never replaced wholesale.
  • On create only the add lists apply; remove lists are available on update and upsert. Removing an entry that isn’t present is a no-op.
How the values resolve:
  • Each entry may resolve to a single id or slug, a list of them, or objects copied from the run context (for example, another record’s taxonomies) — all shapes are flattened to identifiers.
  • Taxonomy values are validated against the template’s allowed taxonomies, exactly as when editing the instance by hand; the configuration picker only offers that allowed list.
  • Ownership entries are { user, role }, with role either owner or follower (default owner). The user can be referenced by id or email. Adding a user who is already on the list updates their role instead of duplicating it; archived users can’t be added.
  • Ownership doesn’t apply to taxonomy instances, which never carry an ownership list — the section is hidden for that content type.
The node’s response includes a relations summary of what was added, removed, or had its role updated, readable from later nodes in the flow. The same summary appears in each run’s node detail as Taxonomies, tags & ownership changes, with ids resolved to user emails and taxonomy/tag slugs.

Content Instances

The records this action manages.

Content Templates

The blueprint each instance uses.