# fbaInbound_generateTransportationOptions (https://sellersheetai.com/docs/mcp-api/tools/fbaInbound_generateTransportationOptions)

> Start generating transportation options for a placement option (async).

Access: **WRITE** · toolset amazon_sp · family sp.fulfillmentInbound_2024-03-20

Wraps generateTransportationOptions. After it completes (poll operationId), call fbaInbound_listTransportationOptions. Amazon SP-API · generateTransportationOptions · POST /inbound/fba/2024-03-20/inboundPlans/{inboundPlanId}/transportationOptions Gate: approve — interactive: show the change (Amazon's preview first where one exists), wait for an explicit approve; autopilot: only when the seller's own words asked for this change; otherwise ask.

## Call it

MCP tool call:

```json
{
  "name": "fbaInbound_generateTransportationOptions",
  "arguments": {
    "store": "myStore-US",
    "plan_id": "<plan_id>",
    "placement_option_id": "<placement_option_id>",
    "shipment_transportation_configurations": []
  }
}
```

Tool API (early access — contact us):

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sellersheetai.com/api/v1/tools/fbaInbound_generateTransportationOptions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SELLERSHEET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"store":"myStore-US","plan_id":"<plan_id>","placement_option_id":"<placement_option_id>","shipment_transportation_configurations":[]}'
```

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `store` | string | yes | the store ref `<store>-<CC>` (name-country, e.g. 'myStore-US') — one of get_user_context's store_refs, verbatim. |
| `plan_id` | string | yes | the inboundPlanId (from fbaInbound_createInboundPlan or fbaInbound_listInboundPlans). |
| `placement_option_id` | string | yes | the placementOptionId (from fbaInbound_listPlacementOptions). |
| `shipment_transportation_configurations` | object[] | yes | one entry per shipment of the placement option (its shipmentIds), shaped as the Body block below. readyToShipWindow.start is a date-time with minutes, 'yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mmZ' (e.g. '2026-06-01T00:00Z'). contactInformation is optional. freightInformation and pallets are for freight modes only; freightClass is NONE or FC_50 … FC_500 (Amazon lists the values only in prose); declaredValue.code is ISO 4217. |

## Result

- `data.operationId` — poll with fbaInbound_getInboundOperationStatus until SUCCESS.
- `data.status` — 'IN_PROGRESS'.

## Body (Amazon schema)

- placementOptionId*: string (38–38 chars) shipmentTransportationConfigurations*: [{contactInformation: {email, name*, phoneNumber*}, freightInformation: {declaredValue, freightClass}, pallets: [{dimensions, quantity*, stackability, weight}], readyToShipWindow*: {start*}, shipmentId* (38–38 chars)}] (min 1) shipmentTransportationConfigurations.pallets.dimensions.unitOfMeasurement: IN | CM shipmentTransportationConfigurations.pallets.stackability: STACKABLE | NON_STACKABLE shipmentTransportationConfigurations.pallets.weight.unit: LB | KG