> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rhetoric.law/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create filer

Creates a new filer.

A filer represents an entity that files documents through Rhetoric, such as an
individual or an organization. Filers are scoped to your organization and the
environment of the API key used to create them.

## Request

This operation takes no input.

## Response

<ResponseField name="filer" type="object">
  <Expandable title="filer" defaultOpen>
    <ResponseField name="id" type="string">
      The filer ID.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="created_at" type="string">
      The time the filer was created, in RFC 3339 format.
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

## Errors

This operation has no application errors.

## Example

```shell Request theme={null}
curl -X POST https://api.rhetoric.law/create-filer \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{}'
```

```json Response theme={null}
{
  "result": "ok",
  "filer": {
    "id": "fil_01j9x1q7ssdtfpb5qmk4qzk8y0",
    "created_at": "2026-08-13T21:00:00Z"
  }
}
```


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