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Begins a device sign-in.

POST/device/code

Show the person verification_uri_complete and have them open it in a browser, where they sign in or register and approve the code. Then poll /device/token.

Authentication: None.
MCP tool: None. Signing in is on the REST API only.

Body parameters

Send a JSON object. Names are snake_case, as in responses; the camelCase spelling is accepted too.

Name	Type	Required	Description
`client_name`	string	No	What is asking, shown to the person approving. For example, Claude Code.

Example request

curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/device/code \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "client_name": "Claude Code"
  }'

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "device_code": "Gm3k…",
  "user_code": "WDJB-MJHT",
  "verification_uri": "https://g1t.sh/device",
  "verification_uri_complete": "https://g1t.sh/device?code=WDJB-MJHT",
  "expires_in": 900,
  "interval": 5
}