> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.slate.inc/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction to Slate's Legal Recovery API Platform

> Slate is API infrastructure for legal recovery workflows, keeping accounts synced, compliant, and secure between creditors and law firms.

Slate is the infrastructure layer that connects creditors and law firms across every stage of the legal recovery lifecycle. By integrating with Slate, you gain a single API surface for placing accounts, managing documents, capturing e-signatures, enforcing redaction rules, and running quality control — without building or maintaining those workflows yourself. Slate keeps your inventory synchronized with your servicing partners, ensures every document meets compliance requirements, and provides a full audit trail of every action taken on every account.

## What You Can Do with Slate

Slate organizes its capabilities into five API domains. Each domain handles a distinct part of the legal recovery workflow, and they compose together to power end-to-end case management.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Accounts API" icon="file-invoice-dollar" href="/docs/accounts-overview">
    Upsert and manage accounts, along with their creditors, firms, and entities. Keep your inventory in sync and maintain account lifecycle state from placement through closure.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Files & Requests API" icon="folder-open" href="/docs/files-and-requests">
    Upload files, organize evidence and claims requests with exhibits, apply redactions, and run bulk downloads.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Signatures API" icon="signature" href="/docs/signatures-overview">
    Create e-signature and e-notary requests. Get signing URLs, track status, and receive completed documents.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Quality Control API" icon="clipboard-check" href="/docs/quality-control-overview">
    Define checklists, run structured review processes, and approve or reject requests with role-based reviewer assignments.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Users API" icon="users" href="/api-reference/users/list-users">
    Manage the people and service credentials that interact with Slate, including notaries, affiants, and integration service accounts.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Note>
  The Accounts API is currently marked **DRAFT** in its specification — its shapes, field names, and endpoints may change before it is finalized.
</Note>

## Base URLs

Slate serves each API under its own service prefix on the `api.slate.inc` host. Combine the host, the service prefix, and the endpoint's version-prefixed path:

| Service          | Base URL                           |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Accounts         | `https://api.slate.inc/accounts`   |
| Files & Requests | `https://api.slate.inc/files`      |
| Signatures       | `https://api.slate.inc/signatures` |
| Quality Control  | `https://api.slate.inc/qc`         |
| Users            | `https://api.slate.inc/users`      |

For example, the Accounts list endpoint is `https://api.slate.inc/accounts/v1/accounts`. Endpoints are versioned under `/v1` or `/v2` path prefixes that follow the service prefix; where a v2 endpoint exists, prefer it for new integrations. For the UAT (staging) environment, swap the host to `api.uat.slate.inc` (for example, `https://api.uat.slate.inc/accounts`).

## Authentication

Every request must include a Bearer token in the `Authorization` header. Tokens are scoped to an **owner** (your organization), so all data you read or write is automatically isolated to your owner context. See [Authentication](/docs/authentication) for details on obtaining a token and handling credential errors.

## Security and Compliance

Slate is **SOC 2 certified** and built on bank-grade security infrastructure. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Every action taken through the API — account updates, document uploads, signature events, QC decisions — is recorded in immutable audit logs. You can retrieve audit history for any resource at any time, giving you a complete chain of custody for every account you service.

<Note>
  If you need access to audit log endpoints or have questions about Slate's compliance posture, contact your Slate account manager.
</Note>