> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.canary.effectiveai.app/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Start an underwriting submission > Create a submission for a managed product and an agency account (the insured) in `scope`. `status` defaults to `received`. The submission has no file yet: open one with `openUwSubmissionFile`. Requires edit access to the scope; the product and agency account must be readable there. Not idempotent: titles are not unique, so after an uncertain response list submissions before retrying. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.json post /insurance/uw-submissions openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: Effective API version: 2.0.0 description: The public Effective REST API. Authenticate using an Effective API key. servers: - url: https://api.canary.effectiveai.app/api/v2 description: Canary security: - bearerAuth: [] paths: /insurance/uw-submissions: post: tags: - Underwriting summary: Start an underwriting submission description: >- Create a submission for a managed product and an agency account (the insured) in `scope`. `status` defaults to `received`. The submission has no file yet: open one with `openUwSubmissionFile`. Requires edit access to the scope; the product and agency account must be readable there. Not idempotent: titles are not unique, so after an uncertain response list submissions before retrying. operationId: createUwSubmission requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2UwSubmissionCreate' responses: '201': description: The new submission, with no file yet. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2UwSubmission' '400': description: >- Invalid request, or guidelines or an input the guidelines cannot use; `details` lists each problem. Restart a list after `invalid_cursor`. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '401': description: Authentication required. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '403': description: Credential or scope access denied, or the change is not permitted. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '404': description: Scope, product, guidelines, submission, file or input not found. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '409': description: >- The resource changed or already exists: read it again before retrying. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '413': description: Request body is too large. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '415': description: Content-Type must be application/json. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '500': description: Unexpected server error. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '503': description: Temporarily unavailable. Honor Retry-After in seconds. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' security: - bearerAuth: [] components: schemas: V2UwSubmissionCreate: type: object properties: scope: type: string pattern: ^mc:[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9-]{0,127}$ description: Authorization scope UUID or stable slug prefixed with mc:. productId: type: string format: uuid description: The managed product the submission is for. agencyAccountId: type: string format: uuid description: The agency account (the insured) in the same scope. title: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 500 status: type: string enum: - draft - received - in_review - needs_information - accepted_for_quoting - declined - withdrawn default: received submissionReference: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 200 businessType: type: string enum: - new - renewal requestedEffectiveDate: type: string format: date requestedExpirationDate: type: string format: date receivedAt: type: string format: date-time agencyMessage: type: string maxLength: 20000 description: type: string maxLength: 20000 required: - scope - productId - agencyAccountId - title additionalProperties: false V2UwSubmission: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2UwSubmissionSummary' - type: object properties: guidelines: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2UwGuidelinesVersion' required: - guidelines V2CodedError: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2Error' - type: object properties: code: type: string minLength: 1 description: Stable error code. Clients must tolerate unknown future codes. details: type: array items: type: object properties: location: type: string enum: - path - query - header - body path: type: array items: type: string maxLength: 64 maxItems: 12 code: type: string enum: - required - invalid_type - invalid_value - unknown_field message: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 200 required: - location - path - code - message minItems: 1 maxItems: 20 description: Bounded safe validation issues; may omit some invalid fields. requestId: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 128 description: >- Existing server correlation for this HTTP attempt, when available. dataset: type: string enum: - naic - osha description: Dataset needed for dataset_not_enabled. accessUrl: type: string nullable: true format: uri description: >- Where to add the product to your account, for product_access_required. required: - code V2UwSubmissionSummary: type: object properties: id: type: string description: Stable submission ID. title: type: string status: type: string enum: - draft - received - in_review - needs_information - accepted_for_quoting - declined - withdrawn productId: type: string nullable: true description: The managed product. Null until one is chosen; a file needs it. agencyAccountId: type: string description: The agency account, which is the insured. submissionReference: type: string nullable: true description: The agency's own reference, if any. businessType: type: string nullable: true enum: - new - renewal - null requestedEffectiveDate: type: string nullable: true format: date requestedExpirationDate: type: string nullable: true format: date receivedAt: type: string nullable: true format: date-time agencyMessage: type: string nullable: true description: The agency's message with the submission. description: type: string nullable: true required: - id - title - status - productId - agencyAccountId - submissionReference - businessType - requestedEffectiveDate - requestedExpirationDate - receivedAt - agencyMessage - description V2UwGuidelinesVersion: type: object nullable: true properties: id: type: string description: The guidelines `id`. versionId: type: string description: The exact version. Read it with `downloadFile` and `versionId`. version: type: integer description: Version number, starting at 1. required: - id - versionId - version description: >- The guidelines version the submission's file is pinned to, or null before the file is opened. V2Error: type: object properties: error: type: string minLength: 1 description: Human-readable explanation of the failure. required: - error securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: 'Effective API key. Send Authorization: Bearer sk-eai-...' ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.