## monitors/drafts

`GET /v1/monitors/drafts`

The proposals waiting for review. A draft is saved, edited, tested and finally activated into a monitor or discarded; nothing runs or is charged while it is a draft.

*Monitor drafts*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `draft_id` | no | One draft; without it, every open draft — e.g. `drf_…` |
| `proposal_json` | no | With draft_id: replace the proposal (edited in the review) — e.g. `{…}` |
| `activate` | no | With draft_id: create the monitor from the proposal and close the draft — e.g. `true` |
| `discard` | no | With draft_id: close the draft without creating anything — e.g. `true` |
| `dry_run` | no | Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable. — e.g. `1` |

### Useful optional inputs

- `dry_run`: Read a free estimate before fetching sources or scheduling paid work. Zero credits; cache status and availability are snapshots rather than guarantees.

**Cost:** free — 0 credits.

```bash
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/monitors/drafts" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
```

### Response data

Illustrative abbreviated data; documented core fields are optional and may be null. Additional source fields are allowed.

```json
{
  "id": null,
  "status": null,
  "proposal": {},
  "items": [],
  "count": 0
}
```

[Field reference](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/monitors/drafts#response) · [JSON Schema for response.data](https://www.monocrawl.com/schemas/monitors/drafts.json)