diff --git a/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/automations.js b/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/automations.js
index b7d55ee2d4..1d1a758c13 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/automations.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/automations.js
@@ -733,10 +733,7 @@ const automationActions = store => ({
         automation.definition.trigger.inputs.rowActionId
       )
     } else {
-      await API.deleteAutomation({
-        automationId: automation?._id,
-        automationRev: automation?._rev,
-      })
+      await API.deleteAutomation(automation?._id, automation?._rev)
     }
 
     store.update(state => {
@@ -818,10 +815,7 @@ const automationActions = store => ({
   test: async (automation, testData) => {
     let result
     try {
-      result = await API.testAutomation({
-        automationId: automation?._id,
-        testData,
-      })
+      result = await API.testAutomation(automation?._id, testData)
     } catch (err) {
       const message = err.message || err.status || JSON.stringify(err)
       throw `Automation test failed - ${message}`
@@ -875,10 +869,7 @@ const automationActions = store => ({
     })
   },
   clearLogErrors: async ({ automationId, appId } = {}) => {
-    return await API.clearAutomationLogErrors({
-      automationId,
-      appId,
-    })
+    return await API.clearAutomationLogErrors(automationId, appId)
   },
   addTestDataToAutomation: async data => {
     let newAutomation = cloneDeep(get(selectedAutomation).data)
diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/api/automations.js b/packages/frontend-core/src/api/automations.ts
similarity index 64%
rename from packages/frontend-core/src/api/automations.js
rename to packages/frontend-core/src/api/automations.ts
index 37a834cf04..a348dc52a7 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/api/automations.js
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/api/automations.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,52 @@
-export const buildAutomationEndpoints = API => ({
+import {
+  Automation,
+  AutomationLogPage,
+  DeleteAutomationResponse,
+  FetchAutomationResponse,
+} from "@budibase/types"
+import { BaseAPIClient } from "./types"
+
+export interface AutomationEndpoints {
+  getAutomations: () => Promise<FetchAutomationResponse>
+  createAutomation: (
+    automation: Automation
+  ) => Promise<{ message: string; automation: Automation }>
+  updateAutomation: (
+    automation: Automation
+  ) => Promise<{ message: string; automation: Automation }>
+  deleteAutomation: (
+    automationId: string,
+    automationRev: string
+  ) => Promise<DeleteAutomationResponse>
+  clearAutomationLogErrors: (
+    automationId: string,
+    appId: string
+  ) => Promise<{ message: string }>
+
+  // Missing request or response types
+  triggerAutomation: (
+    automationId: string,
+    fields: Record<string, any>,
+    timeout?: number
+  ) => Promise<any>
+  testAutomation: (
+    automationdId: string,
+    testData: Record<string, any>
+  ) => Promise<any>
+  getAutomationDefinitions: () => Promise<any>
+  getAutomationLogs: (options: any) => Promise<AutomationLogPage>
+}
+
+export const buildAutomationEndpoints = (
+  API: BaseAPIClient
+): AutomationEndpoints => ({
   /**
    * Executes an automation. Must have "App Action" trigger.
    * @param automationId the ID of the automation to trigger
    * @param fields the fields to trigger the automation with
+   * @param timeout an optional timeout override
    */
-  triggerAutomation: async ({ automationId, fields, timeout }) => {
+  triggerAutomation: async (automationId, fields, timeout) => {
     return await API.post({
       url: `/api/automations/${automationId}/trigger`,
       body: { fields, timeout },
@@ -16,7 +58,7 @@ export const buildAutomationEndpoints = API => ({
    * @param automationId the ID of the automation to test
    * @param testData the test data to run against the automation
    */
-  testAutomation: async ({ automationId, testData }) => {
+  testAutomation: async (automationId, testData) => {
     return await API.post({
       url: `/api/automations/${automationId}/test`,
       body: testData,
@@ -68,7 +110,7 @@ export const buildAutomationEndpoints = API => ({
    * @param automationId the ID of the automation to delete
    * @param automationRev the rev of the automation to delete
    */
-  deleteAutomation: async ({ automationId, automationRev }) => {
+  deleteAutomation: async (automationId, automationRev) => {
     return await API.delete({
       url: `/api/automations/${automationId}/${automationRev}`,
     })
@@ -99,7 +141,7 @@ export const buildAutomationEndpoints = API => ({
    * @param automationId optional - the ID of the automation to clear errors for.
    * @param appId The app ID to clear errors for.
    */
-  clearAutomationLogErrors: async ({ automationId, appId }) => {
+  clearAutomationLogErrors: async (automationId, appId) => {
     return await API.delete({
       url: "/api/automations/logs",
       body: {
diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/api/types.ts b/packages/frontend-core/src/api/types.ts
index 5df7f777c0..1e027b9157 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/api/types.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/api/types.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { AppEndpoints } from "./app"
 import { AttachmentEndpoints } from "./attachments"
 import { AuditLogsEndpoints } from "./auditLogs"
 import { AuthEndpoints } from "./auth"
+import { AutomationEndpoints } from "./automations"
 
 export enum HTTPMethod {
   POST = "POST",
@@ -52,4 +53,5 @@ export type APIClient = BaseAPIClient &
   AppEndpoints &
   AttachmentEndpoints &
   AuditLogsEndpoints &
-  AuthEndpoints & { [key: string]: any }
+  AuthEndpoints &
+  AutomationEndpoints & { [key: string]: any }
diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/tsconfig.json b/packages/frontend-core/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e0cb00434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "paths": {
+      "@budibase/types": ["../types/src"],
+      "@budibase/shared-core": ["../shared-core/src"]
+    }
+  }
+}