Docassemble API

Name: Docassemble API
Brand: Docassemble API
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For Agents

Drive guided interviews and document assembly on a docassemble server, manage users and files, and automate intake-to-document pipelines.

Install Jentic One Beta

Connect the Docassemble API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Docassemble API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.

Step 1: Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Step 2: Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with Docassemble API.

Start a new interview session from a YAML interview file

Step through interview questions, posting answers to advance the session

Go back to a previous interview screen or trigger a defined action

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Use Cases

Patterns agents use Docassemble API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Embedded Legal Intake

A legal aid organisation can embed a docassemble interview into its website and step the user through it via the API rather than redirecting to the docassemble UI. POST /api/session/new starts the interview, GET /api/session/question reads the next question, and POST /api/session submits answers. The result is a branded intake flow that still benefits from the underlying interview logic.

POST /api/session/new with the interview filename, then loop calling /api/session/question and POST /api/session until completion.

Document Assembly Pipeline

Use the API to script document generation in batch — for example, generating tenant notices, immigration forms or contracts from CSV input. A worker process starts a session per row, posts the answers, and retrieves the assembled PDF from /api/file/{file_number}. Cuts manual drafting time on repetitive document workflows.

For each row in a CSV, start a new session, post answers, then call /api/file/{file_number} to download the resulting PDF and save it under the row id.

User and Server Administration

Operations teams running a multi-tenant docassemble server can automate user provisioning, package updates and configuration changes via the API. Endpoints under /api/user, /api/user_list and the configuration routes let an admin script bulk-add users from an HR feed or roll a new package version across instances.

Iterate the HR export and POST /api/user/new for each new hire, then GET /api/user_list to verify the count matches.

AI Agent Legal Tech Assistant

Through Jentic, an AI assistant can guide a user through a docassemble interview by translating natural-language replies into the structured answers the API expects. The agent searches Jentic for the interview intent, loads the session operations, and posts answers back. This combines docassemble's structured legal logic with conversational UX.

Use Jentic to search 'docassemble session question', load /api/session/question, and execute it after each user reply, posting answers back to /api/session.

Key Endpoints

25 endpoints — docassemble is an open-source platform for guided interviews that assemble legal documents and intake forms.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

POST

/api/session/new

Start a new interview session

GET

/api/session/question

Get the current question for a session

POST

/api/session

Submit answers to advance the session

POST

/api/session/back

Go back to the previous question

POST

/api/session/action

Trigger a defined interview action

GET

/api/interviews

List interviews on the server

GET

/api/file/{file_number}

Download an assembled file

POST

/api/user/new

Create a new user on the server

POST

/api/session/new

Start a new interview session

GET

/api/session/question

Get the current question for a session

POST

/api/session

Submit answers to advance the session

POST

/api/session/back

Go back to the previous question

POST

/api/session/action

Trigger a defined interview action

Why Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

Docassemble X-API-Key values are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Agents receive scoped access via Jentic's MAXsystem and never see the raw key, which matters for self-hosted servers handling sensitive intake data.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent (for example 'start a docassemble interview' or 'submit interview answers') and Jentic returns the matching session operations such as /api/session/new and /api/session with their input schemas, so the agent steps through interviews without parsing docs.

Time to first call

Direct Docassemble integration: 2-3 days to wire session lifecycle, file download and error handling. Through Jentic: under 1 hour — search, load schema, execute.

FAQs

Specific to using Docassemble API through Jentic.

What authentication does the Docassemble API use?

Docassemble uses an API key in the X-API-Key header. Keys are issued per user on the host docassemble server. When called through Jentic, the key lives in the Jentic vault and the agent receives only a scoped reference.

Can I drive an entire interview through the Docassemble API?

Yes. Start the session with POST /api/session/new, then loop calling GET /api/session/question to read the next prompt and POST /api/session with the answers. /api/session/back and /api/session/action handle navigation and custom triggers.

What are the rate limits for the Docassemble API?

Docassemble is typically self-hosted, so rate limits are governed by the host server's resources rather than a vendor quota. Treat heavy batch jobs carefully and watch CPU on the docassemble worker nodes.

How do I retrieve an assembled document with the Docassemble API through Jentic?

After completing an interview, call GET /api/file/{file_number} to download the assembled PDF or DOCX. Through Jentic, search 'docassemble download file', load the operation and execute it with the file number returned by the session.

Can I create users on a Docassemble server with the API?

Yes. POST /api/user/new creates a new user account on the server, and GET /api/user_list returns the current roster, which makes it straightforward to sync users from an HR or directory system.

Is the Docassemble API free?

Docassemble itself is open source and free to self-host, so API access has no vendor cost. Your only costs are the server hosting and any commercial extensions you install on top.

Docassemble API

Connect the Docassemble API to your agent

Capabilities

Start building with Docassemble API

Use Cases

Key Endpoints

Why Jentic?

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