---
title: checklists.get | Doing Work API
description: One checklist with every item (removed items included and marked), who ticked what and when, and its sign-off.
url: https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/checklists-get/
---

# checklists.get

One checklist with every item (removed items included and marked), who ticked what and when, and its sign-off.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Who | Agents can call this |
| REST | `GET /v1/checklists/get` |
| MCP tool | `checklists_get` |
| Writes | no |
| Area | [Field work (checklists, forms, time, notes, change orders, subcontractors)](https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/#field-work-checklists-forms-time-notes-change-orders-subcontractors) |

## When to use it

Keep checklist templates (checklists.saveTemplate) and put a checklist on a job or on one visit (checklists.create). Required items gate done: visits.done refuses a visit with open required items or a missing sign-off, and jobs.complete refuses a job while its own checklists, or those of visits not yet done, are open.

## What to tell the owner

Tell them what you found in plain words. Don't read back raw fields.

## Input

| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| `checklist_id` | string (uuid) | yes |

## Example

```http
GET https://doingwork.work/v1/checklists/get?checklist_id=00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000
```

## Output

| Field | Type | Always there |
|---|---|---|
| `checklist_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `shop_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `job_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `visit_id` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `checklist_template_id` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `name` | string | yes |
| `signoff_required` | boolean | yes |
| `open_required` | integer | yes |
| `done_items` | integer | yes |
| `total_items` | integer | yes |
| `signature_id` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `signoff_request_id` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `locked` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `created_at` | string (date-time) | yes |
| `items` | array | yes |
| `items[].checklist_item_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `items[].position` | integer | yes |
| `items[].label` | string | yes |
| `items[].required` | boolean | yes |
| `items[].done` | boolean | yes |
| `items[].done_at` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'd', 'a', 't', 'e', '-', 't', 'i', 'm', 'e', ')'] | yes |
| `items[].done_by` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `items[].note` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `items[].removed` | boolean | yes |

```json
{
  "checklist_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "shop_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "job_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "visit_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "checklist_template_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "name": "Ruiz Plumbing",
  "signoff_required": true,
  "open_required": 1,
  "done_items": 1,
  "total_items": 1,
  "signature_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "signoff_request_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "locked": "...",
  "created_at": "...",
  "items": [
    {
      "checklist_item_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
      "position": 1,
      "label": "...",
      "required": true,
      "done": true,
      "done_at": "...",
      "done_by": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
      "note": "...",
      "removed": true
    }
  ]
}
```

## Errors

| Code | Status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| `invalid_input`, `invalid_token`, `rate_limited` |  | Can happen on any call. See [errors](https://doingwork.work/docs/errors/). |