# Read the signed-in account

> Page: https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/get-user-me. Index of every page: https://docs.plotwork.dev/llms.txt

Returns the person behind the session cookie.

`GET /user/me`

## TL;DR

| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it do? | Read the signed-in account. |
| What does it take? | Nothing. |
| What does it return? | Status 200 with a body of type [`Account`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#account). |
| What can go wrong? | `401` not signed in; `429` too many requests. Every failure uses the one error envelope. |

## What it does

Returns the person behind the session cookie. The web apps call it to learn whether a visitor is signed in.

## Responses

| Status | Meaning | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | The signed-in account. | [`Account`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#account) |
| 401 | Not signed in. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 429 | Too many requests. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |

## Response body

A 200 answer has the type [`Account`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#account).

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | `string` | yes |  |
| `email` | `string` | yes |  |

## See also

| Doc | Why |
|---|---|
| [API reference](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/reference.md) | Every endpoint, and the error envelope |
| [Schemas](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md) | Every request and response type |
| [Tool reference](https://docs.plotwork.dev/mcp/tools.md) | The operations as callable tools |