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Dropbox Sign Signature Request

Create Dropbox Sign requests from app documents and keep signer status in sync.

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What it adds

A signature request flow that submits app documents to Dropbox Sign, mirrors per-signer progress, and stores the completed file.

What your agent is told to do

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    Represent the request, each signer, and the signing order in the app's own data before any outbound call, so status can be rendered from local state instead of a live request on every page load.

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    Place signature fields through a configured template with named fields wherever one exists, and fall back to explicit coordinates only for documents the app itself generates at a fixed layout it controls.

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    Make submission idempotent against the app record, keyed on something generated before the call, so a request that timed out after the provider accepted it is resumed rather than sent again to the same signers.

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    Verify each callback before it is allowed to change local status, deduplicate repeated deliveries, and ignore events that would move a request backwards from a terminal state.

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    If DocuSign Signature Request is also being applied, do not build two signing stacks. The app's request, signer, and status model is shared and belongs to whichever brief is applied first; this brief owns only the Dropbox Sign transport, template mapping, and callback verification.

Edge cases it handles

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  • Field placement by coordinate is fragile. A document whose layout, font, or page count shifts will put a signature block over body text or off the page entirely, and nothing about the request will look wrong until a human opens it.
  • Multiple signers need an explicit order, and the app must distinguish sequential from parallel signing. Sending everything in parallel when the agreement requires a counter-signature produces a legally awkward document.
  • Callbacks must be verified as genuine before local status changes. An unverified endpoint that marks a request complete lets anyone who finds the URL mark any agreement as signed.
  • A timeout during submission does not mean the request was not created. Without an idempotency key generated before the call, the retry sends every signer a second copy of the same agreement.
  • Completed documents must be stored under the app's own permissions, and any temporary download link the provider issues must be treated as short-lived and never persisted in the database or emailed as a permanent reference.
  • Cancelled, declined, and expired requests need represented states and a defined effect on whatever the app was gating behind the signature.
  • Rate limits and provider outages must queue and back off, with the user shown a pending state rather than a false confirmation that the request was sent.
  • Lost callbacks leave requests stuck. Reconcile open requests on a schedule so status converges even when an event was never delivered.

Definition of done

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  • Requests, signers, and their statuses are stored locally and rendered without a live provider call.
  • Field placement uses named template fields wherever a template exists.
  • Submission is idempotent, so a timeout retry never sends signers a duplicate request.
  • Callbacks are verified and deduplicated, and cannot move a request out of a terminal state.
  • Cancelled, declined, expired, and completed requests each have a defined state and consequence.
  • Completed documents are stored under app permissions, with provider links treated as expiring.
  • Scheduled reconciliation resolves any request whose callback was lost.
  • The feature matches the existing design system.
  • No existing functionality is broken.

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How it works

  1. 1

    Copy the link

    Grab the Markdown instruction URL for this feature.

  2. 2

    Give it to your AI

    Paste it into Claude Code, Cursor, v0, Lovable — whatever you build with.

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    It inspects, then implements

    Your agent reads your existing app first, then adds the feature to fit it.

Works with your stack

These instructions are written to adapt. They tell the agent to detect your framework, match your existing design system, and reuse what you already have — rather than assuming a particular stack.

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