> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.patch.gg/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Claim a project as its original creator > Signed in to Patch as yourself, not with an API key (403 `session_required`). A project whose `original_creator` hasn't claimed it can be claimed by them; Patch knows them by their GitHub account, so a Patch account with no GitHub linked gets 422 `github_required` (link it in Settings, Account). When a GitHub account linked to yours is the one Patch recorded, the claim is approved at once (200): the project moves to your own account, keeping its slug, or the next free one there (`project.slug_changed`), and its old address keeps leading to it. Otherwise the claim waits for Patch's staff (202), and needs `evidence` (422 `evidence_required`): a link that shows it's yours, or a few words. Asking again while it waits replaces the evidence. A project with no original creator answers 409 `no_original_creator`, one already claimed 409 `already_claimed`, and one on an account you're in 409 `already_yours`. You need a username first (422 `username_required`). ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /projects/{owner}/{slug}/claim openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Patch API version: 1.0.0 description: >- The public API behind patch.gg, the desktop app and pch. Changes within v1 are additive only. Errors are { error: { code, message, details } }; branch on code. servers: - url: https://patch.gg/api/v1 security: [] paths: /projects/{owner}/{slug}/claim: post: tags: - Projects summary: Claim a project as its original creator description: >- Signed in to Patch as yourself, not with an API key (403 `session_required`). A project whose `original_creator` hasn't claimed it can be claimed by them; Patch knows them by their GitHub account, so a Patch account with no GitHub linked gets 422 `github_required` (link it in Settings, Account). When a GitHub account linked to yours is the one Patch recorded, the claim is approved at once (200): the project moves to your own account, keeping its slug, or the next free one there (`project.slug_changed`), and its old address keeps leading to it. Otherwise the claim waits for Patch's staff (202), and needs `evidence` (422 `evidence_required`): a link that shows it's yours, or a few words. Asking again while it waits replaces the evidence. A project with no original creator answers 409 `no_original_creator`, one already claimed 409 `already_claimed`, and one on an account you're in 409 `already_yours`. You need a username first (422 `username_required`). parameters: - schema: type: string example: patch required: true name: owner in: path - schema: type: string example: demo-mod required: true name: slug in: path requestBody: required: false content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: evidence: type: string maxLength: 2000 description: >- What shows it's yours, for staff: a link (the original's page or repo naming you) or a few words. Not needed when your GitHub account is the one recorded. example: https://github.com/mira/lantern responses: '200': description: 'It''s yours: the project is on your account now' content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: status: type: string enum: - approved claim: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectClaim' project: type: object properties: owner: type: string slug: type: string handle: type: string example: mira/lantern slug_changed: type: boolean description: >- Your account already had a project at that slug, so it took the next free one required: - owner - slug - handle - slug_changed old_handle: type: string description: Where it was, which keeps leading to it example: patch/lantern required: - status - claim - project - old_handle '202': description: Your claim waits for Patch's staff content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: status: type: string enum: - pending claim: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectClaim' required: - status - claim '308': description: Renamed or moved; follow the Location header '400': description: Invalid request content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '401': description: Not signed in content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '403': description: Not allowed content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '404': description: Not found content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '409': description: Nothing to claim, or already claimed content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '422': description: GitHub, evidence or a username needed content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' security: - bearer: [] components: schemas: ProjectClaim: type: object properties: id: type: string format: uuid status: type: string enum: - pending - approved - rejected evidence: type: - string - 'null' github_login: type: - string - 'null' description: The GitHub account it was made with, when Patch knows its login reviewed_at: type: - string - 'null' created_at: type: string required: - id - status - evidence - github_login - reviewed_at - created_at Error: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string example: version_exists message: type: string details: {} required: - code - message required: - error securitySchemes: bearer: type: http scheme: bearer description: An API key (pch_...) or the token from pch login. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.