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Chase unsigned Yousign requests with reminders

A contract sent on Monday is still unsigned on Friday, and nobody knows whose turn it is until someone opens each request in Yousign.

Cotlet does it in your own Yousign account with list_signature_requests, get_signature_request and send_reminder, called by your AI agent, an n8n workflow or a script.

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Can Yousign do this on its own?

Yousign sends automatic reminders at the frequency and count set on each request, and you can send one by hand from the request page (checked 20 Oct 2026). The API has a send_reminder call on paid API plans and a webhook when a reminder goes out. Nothing in the app sums up across requests who is still silent.

How you do it in Yousign today

  1. The user opens the Signatures page and filters for requests still In progress.
  2. For each request, the user opens the details page to see which signer has not signed.
  3. A reminder to everyone goes out with "Send reminder" on the details page. For one person, the user clicks the "..." to the right of the signer and chooses "Send reminder".
  4. Automatic reminders are set per request in the settings step, with a frequency and a number of reminders, and the default sits under your initials > Signature settings.
  5. The list has no view of who ignored the last reminder, so chasing means checking request after request.

How to chase unsigned Yousign requests with reminders

Prompt

List my signature requests still In progress, tell me who has not signed, and send a reminder to those signers.
  1. 01

    List what is still open

    list_signature_requests runs with the In progress status. The agent leaves out Draft, Completed and cancelled requests, so no one is chased for a request that is not waiting on them.

  2. 02

    Find the signers who are pending

    get_signature_request returns each signer with a status. The agent keeps signers who were notified and have not signed. With a signing order set, only the signer whose turn it is counts.

  3. 03

    Skip recent sends

    The agent compares the creation date with your rule, for example "older than 3 days", and skips newer requests. Requests close to their expiration date go to the top of the list.

  4. 04

    Send the reminders

    send_reminder goes out once per signer, or once per request when you leave signer_id out. Yousign allows a reminder only while the request is In progress and the signer has been notified, so other signers are skipped and listed. Each reminder waits for your OK by default.

  5. 05

    Report who is left

    The agent returns who was reminded and who was skipped with the reason, so you know whom to call yourself.

What you get back

Example data

Requests In progress: 5
Reminded 4 signers on 3 requests, e.g. Tom Becker (Service agreement)
Skipped 2: Lease renewal (created today), NDA with Acme (signer not notified yet, waits for the previous signer)
Expires first: Lease renewal

Other ways to ask

  • Every morning, remind signers of requests older than 3 days, once, and list who stays silent.
  • Remind only the signer of the Service agreement, not the other recipients.
  • List what is waiting on me as a signer or approver and do not send anything.

What Yousign allows, and what to know first

  • A manual reminder from the request page goes to all recipients, or only to the one whose signature is pending when a signing order is set.
  • Yousign allows a reminder through the API only when the request is ongoing and the signer is notified.
  • Automatic reminders use the frequency and number set on each request, and the account default is under Signature settings.
  • A request expires 6 months after creation by default and can be set up to one year.

send_reminder asks for your OK by default. To run it daily without you, switch confirmation off for that tool in your dashboard.

Sources: Yousign Help: Send reminders to recipients · Yousign Help: Create a signature request · Yousign developers: Send manual reminder to a Signer · Yousign developers: Webhooks

Call send_reminder from a script

curl

curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/yousign/signature-requests/8c1d4e7a-52b9-4f03-a6d8-91e0b3c5f274/reminders \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"signer_id":"b7e2a9d4-1c63-4a58-8f0e-d35c6a41b2f9"}'

Example response

{
  "signature_request_id": "8c1d4e7a-52b9-4f03-a6d8-91e0b3c5f274",
  "reminded": [
    {
      "name": "Tom Becker",
      "email": "tom@example.com"
    }
  ],
  "skipped": []
}

MCP: add https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 with the same key; the call is yousign_write → send_reminder. Example data.

Schedule it in n8n, Make, Zapier or cron

Yousign tools this automation uses

Cotlet Yousign tools used to chase unsigned Yousign requests with reminders
Tool Parameters
list_signature_requests status
get_signature_request signature_request_id
send_reminder signature_request_id, signer_id
All 11 Yousign tools with descriptions

Frequently asked questions

Is it safe to connect Yousign to Cotlet?

Yes. You sign in to Yousign yourself, in your own Cloud Browser in the EU, and we never save your password. Your agents only get Yousign once you enable it, every background request is listed, and the browser profile is stored encrypted with AES-256-GCM, the cipher 1Password uses for its vaults. The AI model never sees a login, posts and messages wait for your OK, and Disable for agents cuts access in one click. Independent scanners grade cotlet.dev A+ on Qualys SSL Labs, securityheaders.com and Mozilla Observatory; live results are on https://cotlet.dev/security.

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