# Create an invite

> Make an invite.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="post">POST</span><code>/user/invites</code></div>

With `email`, it is sent there and only that address can use it; without, anyone with the code can, once. It works for 30 days. It uses one of your invites, or with `workspace`, one of the invites g1t granted that workspace (its owners only). Returns the invite with its `code`; the link is https://g1t.sh/invite/&lt;code>. People only: an agent's token or a workspace's token cannot make invites.

Refused with `402` (`limit`) when you have no invites left, with `409` when you already have a pending invite for that address or it already has a g1t account, and with `403` for an agent's or a workspace's token. The code is returned in full; send people the link `https://g1t.sh/invite/&lt;code>`.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`account`](/reference/mcp/#account) with `action` `create_invite`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`account:write`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Body parameters

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

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `email` | string | No | Only this address can use it, and it is emailed there. Left out, anyone with the code can. |
| `workspace` | string | No | Use one of the invites g1t granted this workspace instead of yours, by slug. Owners only. |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/user/invites \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "email": "ada@example.com"
  }'
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "id": "inv_01kp2x7m8n9q0r1s2t3v4w5x6y",
  "code": "g1t-k7m2-q9xd-4hpw-…",
  "hint": "g1t-k7m2",
  "email": "ada@example.com",
  "kind": "account",
  "workspace": null,
  "status": "pending",
  "charged_to": "user",
  "invited_by": "syntaqx",
  "redeemed_by": null,
  "created_at": "2026-10-05T17:00:00.000Z",
  "expires_at": "2026-11-04T17:00:00.000Z",
  "redeemed_at": null,
  "revoked_at": null
}
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |