## Start a technique run

`$ flora techniques:runs create`

**post** `/techniques/{techniqueId}/runs`

Starts a run for a specific technique using the backward-compatible nested route. Mutating public API requests support an optional Idempotency-Key header for client retries; duplicate keys within two hours return idempotency_duplicate.

### Parameters

- `--technique-id: string`

  Technique identifier or slug

- `--input: array of object { id, type, value }`

  Technique inputs

- `--mode: "async" or "stream"`

  Technique run execution mode

- `--callback-url: optional string`

  HTTPS callback URL for asynchronous run completion notifications

- `--idempotency-key: optional string`

  Idempotency key for safely retrying requests

### Returns

- `TechniqueRunNewResponse: object { created_at, progress, run_id, 8 more }`

  - `created_at: number`

  - `progress: number`

  - `run_id: string`

    Run identifier

  - `status: "pending" or "running" or "completed" or "failed"`

    - `"pending"`

    - `"running"`

    - `"completed"`

    - `"failed"`

  - `charged_cost: optional number`

  - `completed_at: optional number`

  - `error_code: optional string`

    Machine-readable run error code

  - `error_message: optional string`

    Human-readable run error message

  - `outputs: optional array of object { output_id, type, url }`

    - `output_id: string`

      Run output identifier

    - `type: "imageUrl" or "videoUrl" or "audioUrl" or 2 more`

      Run output media type

      - `"imageUrl"`

      - `"videoUrl"`

      - `"audioUrl"`

      - `"text"`

      - `"documentUrl"`

    - `url: string`

      Run output URL

  - `poll_url: optional string`

  - `started_at: optional number`

### Example

```cli
flora techniques:runs create \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --technique-id art-directors-critique \
  --input '{id: id, type: text, value: value}' \
  --mode async
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "created_at": 0,
  "progress": 0,
  "run_id": "run_abc123",
  "status": "pending",
  "charged_cost": 0,
  "completed_at": 0,
  "error_code": "provider_error",
  "error_message": "The provider failed to complete the generation.",
  "outputs": [
    {
      "output_id": "output_1",
      "type": "imageUrl",
      "url": "https://media.flora.ai/output.png"
    }
  ],
  "poll_url": "https://example.com",
  "started_at": 0
}
```