DocuSign Skill

Programmatic DocuSign — send a PDF, anchor-place signature fields, get status, download completed copies. JWT Grant auth so the skill is server-to-server (no browser handoff per call).

First-time setup (~10 minutes)

You only do this once per DocuSign account.

1. Get an Integration Key + RSA keypair

DocuSign Admin → Apps and Keys:

1. Click "Add App and Integration Key"
2. Name it something like "Claude Skill — server"
3. Copy the Integration Key (Client ID) — UUID format
4. Under "Service Integration", add an RSA Keypair:

- Click "Generate RSA" - Download the private key immediately (you can't retrieve it later) - Save it as ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/private.key (chmod 600)

1. Under "URI for Redirect", add: https://www.docusign.com (placeholder; only used during one-time consent)

2. Find your User ID + Account ID

Still in DocuSign Admin:

• User ID: Users → click your name → URL contains the user UUID. Or in My Preferences → API and Keys → User ID.
• API Account ID: Apps and Keys page top-right shows the API Account ID (a UUID; different from the short Account #).

3. Save credentials

python3 ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/docusign_skill.py setup

Interactive prompts. Defaults to production; pass --env demo for sandbox.

This writes ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/credentials.json.

4. One-time consent

python3 ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/docusign_skill.py consent

Prints a URL. Open it in a browser logged in as the impersonation user. Click "Allow". Done. You'll be redirected somewhere harmless — ignore any error on the redirect page.

5. Verify

python3 ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/docusign_skill.py whoami

Should print user + accounts JSON.

Commands

All output is JSON to stdout. Errors to stderr.

Send a PDF for signature

python3 ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/docusign_skill.py send-pdf \
  path/to/agreement.pdf \
  --signer "Rohit Gupta <[email protected]>" \
  --subject "Epoch AI — Advisor Agreement" \
  --message "Hey Rohit, sending over the advisor agreement we discussed. Sign at your convenience."

Default anchor tabs (auto-placed if these strings appear anywhere in the PDF):

• [Signature] → signature field
• [Printed Name] → auto-filled full name
• [Date] → date signed

Override with --anchor-tabs:

--anchor-tabs '\sig1\=signature,\date1\=date,\name1\=fullname'

Types: signature, date, fullname, initial, text.

Other flags:

• --draft — create as draft (status created) instead of immediate send
• --dry-run — print what would be sent

Get envelope status

python3 ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/docusign_skill.py status ENVELOPE_ID

Returns status (sent / delivered / signed / completed / declined / voided) + per-signer state with signed timestamps.

List recent envelopes

python3 ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/docusign_skill.py list --days 30
python3 ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/docusign_skill.py list --status completed

Download a completed envelope

python3 ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/docusign_skill.py download ENVELOPE_ID --output ./signed.pdf

Default downloads the combined PDF (all docs + certificate of completion).

Bulk-send from JSON spec

python3 ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/docusign_skill.py bulk-send envelopes.json

Spec format:

[
  {
    "pdf": "/path/to/Rohit-Advisor-Agreement.pdf",
    "signer": "Rohit Gupta <[email protected]>",
    "subject": "Epoch AI — Advisor Agreement",
    "message": "Hey Rohit, ..."
  },
  {
    "pdf": "/path/to/Farzam-Advisor-Agreement.pdf",
    "signer": "Farzam Kamel <[email protected]>",
    "subject": "Epoch AI — Advisor Agreement",
    "message": "Hey Farzam, ..."
  }
]

Per-item optional: anchor_tabs, draft.

Anchor-tab workflow

DocuSign's anchor-string field placement is the killer feature for this skill:

1. Embed unique placeholder strings in your PDF where fields should go (e.g. [Signature], [Printed Name], [Date])
2. Send via this skill — fields auto-place wherever those strings appear
3. Strings are rendered as text in the PDF but DocuSign overlays the interactive field on top

Best practice: use bracket-style placeholders that are unlikely to appear elsewhere in the doc. The defaults ([Signature], [Printed Name], [Date]) match Epoch's existing advisor-agreement template.

If you're using a different template style, override per-send:

--anchor-tabs '\sig\=signature,\date\=date'

Bulk export (all envelopes, last N days)

# Epoch account (default profile)
python3 ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/docusign_skill.py bulk-download --days 365 --output ~/Downloads/docusign-export/epoch

# zergai account (second profile — see below)
DOCUSIGN_PROFILE=zergai python3 ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/docusign_skill.py bulk-download --days 365 --output ~/Downloads/docusign-export/zergai

Per envelope it writes <date><subject><id8>/combined.pdf (all docs + certificate), certificateofcompletion.pdf, and envelope.json (status, signers, signed timestamps). A manifest.json at the root makes re-runs idempotent (--force to re-pull). --separate also saves each document individually. --status completed to restrict.

Multi-account (profiles)

Set DOCUSIGN_PROFILE=<name> to use credentials.<name>.json + private.<name>.key instead of the defaults. Run setup and consent once per profile:

DOCUSIGN_PROFILE=zergai python3 docusign_skill.py setup --env prod
DOCUSIGN_PROFILE=zergai python3 docusign_skill.py consent
DOCUSIGN_PROFILE=zergai python3 docusign_skill.py whoami

Known accounts (2026-09): epoch = [email protected], account #189204260, na2 (paid). zergai = [email protected] trial started 2025-09-12.

Multi-account / accounts other than the JWT-impersonated user

V1 supports a single configured impersonation user. If the user has multiple DocuSign accounts (e.g. multiple companies), the active one is set via account_id in credentials.json — edit to switch. Future: --account flag for inline switching.

Auth model

• JWT Grant — server-to-server. RSA-signed JWT exchanges for an access token good for 1 hour.
• Skill caches the access token in ~/.claude/skills/docusign-skill/tokens/.
• One-time per integration-key + user: a browser-based consent grant via the consent command.
• No interactive OAuth dance after the initial consent.

Files / where credentials live

• credentials.json / credentials.<profile>.json — integration key, user ID, account ID, env (prod/demo)
• private.key / private.<profile>.key — your RSA private key (chmod 600, gitignored)
• tokens/token_<user>.json — short-lived access token cache

Security

• Private key is never sent — JWT is signed locally with it.
• Access tokens cache locally (file mode 600).
• All sensitive files are gitignored.
• Revoke access anytime in DocuSign Admin → Apps and Keys → revoke the key.

Requirements

pip install docusign-esign cryptography PyJWT requests