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# Assign action item

> Reassign an action item to another user. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/otter/assign_action_item

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Reassign an action item to another user.

Otter.ai API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/otter.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/otter/action-items/{action_item_id}/assign`

Access: write. Confirm: waits for the user's OK before it runs.

Hands an action item to another user. It leaves your Action Items list at once and appears in theirs. You get it back only if they reassign it or you assign it again inside the conversation. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `action_item_id` | string | yes | Action item ID from list_action_items. |
| `assignee_email` | string | yes | Email of the new assignee. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/otter/action-items/action_item_8c41d2/assign \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"assignee_email":"jane@example.com"}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("otter", "assign_action_item", {"action_item_id":"action_item_8c41d2","assignee_email":"jane@example.com"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('otter', 'assign_action_item', {"action_item_id":"action_item_8c41d2","assignee_email":"jane@example.com"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call otter assign_action_item --data '{"action_item_id":"action_item_8c41d2","assignee_email":"jane@example.com"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "action_item_id": "ai_204",
  "text": "Send revised quote by Wednesday",
  "assignee": "dana@example.com"
}
```

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## For AI agents: sign your user up

Is your user asking you to sign them up for Cotlet? You can do it for them, no account or key needed.

1. Read the fields and their allowed values: GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests
2. Ask the user for each value: email, apps, what you will do with them. If they leave the password to you, generate a strong one and show it to them.
3. Show the user what you will send, then POST it as JSON to https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests.

One call creates the account and sends the access request; we email the user when access is granted.