> ## 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.

# Slate Developer Docs: Legal Recovery API Reference

> API reference and integration guides for Slate — the legal recovery infrastructure platform for creditors, debt buyers, and law firms.

Slate is the infrastructure layer that keeps accounts synced, documents compliant, and workflows running between creditors and their law firms. This documentation covers every public API you need to integrate with Slate — from syncing your account inventory and uploading evidence files to triggering e-signatures, running automated redaction, and managing quality control.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Introduction" icon="book-open" href="/docs/introduction">
    Learn what Slate does and how the APIs fit together
  </Card>

  <Card title="Authentication" icon="lock" href="/docs/authentication">
    Get your bearer token and make your first authenticated request
  </Card>

  <Card title="API Reference" icon="code" href="/api-reference/accounts/list-accounts">
    Full reference for every endpoint — Accounts, Files, Signatures, QC, and more
  </Card>

  <Card title="Guides" icon="map" href="/docs/guide-sync-accounts">
    Step-by-step walkthroughs for common integration scenarios
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What You Can Build

Slate exposes five API domains. Each one handles a distinct stage of the legal recovery lifecycle.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Accounts API" icon="building-columns" href="/docs/accounts-overview">
    Sync your account inventory via upsert, and manage creditors, firms, and entities — keep Slate's view of every account in step with your system of record
  </Card>

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

  <Card title="Signatures API" icon="pen-nib" href="/docs/signatures-overview">
    Create e-signature and e-notary requests, get signing URLs, and track status
  </Card>

  <Card title="Quality Control API" icon="clipboard-check" href="/docs/quality-control-overview">
    Build configurable QC checklists and manage approve/reject review workflows
  </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 and affiants
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Get Up and Running

<Steps>
  <Step title="Obtain your credentials">
    Contact your Slate account manager to receive your owner code and bearer token.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Make your first request">
    Call `GET https://api.slate.inc/accounts/v1/accounts?owner=<owner-id>` with your token to verify connectivity and retrieve your account list.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sync your accounts">
    Use `POST https://api.slate.inc/accounts/v1/accounts` to upsert your account inventory. Slate matches on your `crid` and assigns each account a stable `accountId` (UUID) that you use for all subsequent operations.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Explore the workflows">
    Upload files, create document requests, trigger redaction, or initiate signature transactions — each workflow builds on the accounts you've synced.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  All API requests are scoped to your **owner** (organization) and must include a valid bearer token. See [Authentication](/docs/authentication) for details.
</Note>