---
title: legal.accept | Doing Work API
description: Record that the signed-in person accepts the current version of a legal document (clickwrap). The person does this themselves; an agent cannot accept for t
url: https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/legal-accept/
---

# legal.accept

Record that the signed-in person accepts the current version of a legal document (clickwrap). The person does this themselves; an agent cannot accept for them. Refused while the document is a placeholder or when the version is not the current one.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Who | A person's own sign-in only (agent tokens are refused) |
| REST | `POST /v1/legal/accept` |
| MCP tool | Not an MCP tool |
| Writes | yes, send an Idempotency-Key |
| Area | [Sign-in and agent access](https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/#sign-in-and-agent-access) |

## When to use it

Record that the signed-in person accepts the current version of a legal document (clickwrap). The person does this themselves; an agent cannot accept for them.

## What to tell the owner

Ask the person to do this with their own sign-in. Your agent token is refused here.

## Input

| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| `document` | string (one of terms, privacy) | yes |
| `version` | string | yes |

## Example

```http
POST https://doingwork.work/v1/legal/accept
content-type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: 3f1c...

{
  "document": "terms",
  "version": "..."
}
```

## Output

JSON. The response shape isn't published yet; read the fields you need and ignore the rest. Errors are `{code, message, status}`.

## Errors

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