---
title: "create_marketing_automation_contacts_audience. Metadata MCP tool reference"
url: https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_marketing_automation_contacts_audience
description: "Create a Marketing-Automation-contacts custom audience (platform customAudienceType MA_CONTACTS_STATIC or MA_CONTACTS_DYNAMIC) from a provider library list. Writes tool on the Metadata MCP server, with its full JSON Schema."
source: metadata.io
---

# create_marketing_automation_contacts_audience

Create a Marketing-Automation-contacts custom audience (platform customAudienceType MA_CONTACTS_STATIC or MA_CONTACTS_DYNAMIC) from a provider library list.

Writes [audiences](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/#cat-audiences)

## What it does

## Arguments

| Argument | Type |   | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `custom_audience_name` | string | required | Audience display name. Must not contain '/'. |
| `library_list_id` | integer | required | The library list id from list_marketing_automation_lists. |
| `provider` | string | required | The Marketing-Automation provider that owns the list.one of: `HUBSPOT`, `MARKETO` |
| `variant` | string | required | STATIC = snapshot (MA_CONTACTS_STATIC); DYNAMIC = refreshing (MA_CONTACTS_DYNAMIC). Ask the user if unspecified.one of: `STATIC`, `DYNAMIC` |
| `list_name` | string |   | Optional: the source list's own name, from list_marketing_automation_lists. |

## Request

**Request template, not a complete runnable example.** Replace placeholders, empty objects, arrays, and zero values with valid account-specific inputs. Read required fields and nested constraints in the full schema. Confirm the account, connected channels, and referenced assets before calling a write tool.

## Response

## Related

Other audiences tools:

- [archive_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/archive_audience) Destructive
- [create_audience_from_segment](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_audience_from_segment) Writes
- [create_bombora_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_bombora_audience) Writes
- [create_csv_upload_linkedin_native_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_csv_upload_linkedin_native_audience) Writes
- [create_facebook_native_criteria_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_facebook_native_criteria_audience) Writes
- [create_firmographic_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_firmographic_audience) Writes
- [create_g2_intent_dynamic_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_g2_intent_dynamic_audience) Writes
- [create_g2_intent_linkedin_native_dynamic_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_g2_intent_linkedin_native_dynamic_audience) Writes

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