---
title: "sheet_without_consent"
url: https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/sheet_without_consent
---
# sheet_without_consent

URL: https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/sheet_without_consent

> A Pool's sheet names the job's parties to the members who read it, and the client hasn't consented before the first Task posts.

| Fix | Fails in | Suggests | Exit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add a consent ask to the client ahead of the first role step: \{ ask: 'client', to: 'consent' \}. | `services/translation.ts:12` · `deliver` | `deliver.consent: { ask: 'client', to: 'consent', expires: '7d' }` | 1 |

**Owned by** [Buyer, client, party](https://services.dev/docs/people/parties.md): the page that explains what this gate holds.

## What check says

```txt title="npx services.dev check"
  ✗ A Pool's sheet names the job's parties to the members who read it, and the client hasn't consented before the first Task posts. Add a consent ask to the client ahead of the first role step: { ask: 'client', to: 'consent' }. The translators Pool's sheet names the parties to the member who reads it, and translation posts its first Task with no consent from the client before it.
    at services/translation.ts:12 · deliver
✗ 1 to fix
```

## The failing file

```ts title="services/translation.ts"
import { Service } from 'services.dev'
import { translators } from '../pools/translators.ts'
import rules from '../rules.ts'

export default Service({
  name: 'Translation',
  description: 'A document, translated and signed.',
  input: { document: 'file', to: 'language: a BCP 47 tag, such as fr-CA', client: 'party' },
  output: { document: 'file' },
  rules,
  roles: { translator: { pool: translators } },
  deliver: {
    translate: 'ai',
    harden: { review: 'adversarial', lenses: ['meaning', 'terms'] },
    sign: { by: 'translator', stamp: true },
  },
  price: 89,
})
```

## The fix

```diff title="git add -A && git diff --staged"
diff --git a/services/translation.ts b/services/translation.ts
index a72a731..5b336a0 100644
--- a/services/translation.ts
+++ b/services/translation.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export default Service({
   rules,
   roles: { translator: { pool: translators } },
   deliver: {
+    consent: { ask: 'client', to: 'consent' },
     translate: 'ai',
     harden: { review: 'adversarial', lenses: ['meaning', 'terms'] },
     sign: { by: 'translator', stamp: true },
```

```txt title="npx services.dev check"
✓ ready to sell · 1 Service · it keeps at least 80% of every job
```

## The rest of the brand

```ts title="pools/translators.ts"
import { Pool } from 'services.dev'

export const translators = Pool({
  name: 'translators',
  roles: { translator: { credential: 'sworn translator' } },
  join: { name: 'text', languages: 'language[]' },
  verify: 'https://verify.example.test/translators',
  sees: { teaser: ['act', 'fee_usd'], sheet: ['parties'] },
  clear: { attest: ['I checked conflicts'], check: ['client'] },
  fill: ['raise 10% 2h', 'widen 4h'],
})
```

## In the legal example

How the legal example passes this gate, in lines read from its files.

```ts title="examples/legal/pools/attorneys.ts"
sees: { teaser: ['act', 'region', 'fee_usd', 'signals'], sheet: ['parties', 'kind', 'amount'] },
clear: { attest: ['I checked conflicts across my full book, including my firm'], check: ['client', 'applicant', 'recipient'] },
```

```ts title="examples/legal/services/contract-review.ts"
deliver: {
  consent: { ask: 'client', to: 'consent', expires: '7d' },
```

Read them in context: [The attorneys' Pool](https://services.dev/docs/examples/legal/pool.md), [Contract review](https://services.dev/docs/examples/legal/contract-review.md).

## Explained in

- [Buyer, client, party](https://services.dev/docs/people/parties.md)
- [What a member sees, and when](https://services.dev/docs/people/pool/disclosure.md)
- [Pool(): your marketplace](https://services.dev/docs/people/pool.md)

## What an agent reads

```json title="npx services.dev check --json · the sheet_without_consent failure"
{
  "code": "sheet_without_consent",
  "reason": "A Pool's sheet names the job's parties to the members who read it, and the client hasn't consented before the first Task posts.",
  "next": "Add a consent ask to the client ahead of the first role step: { ask: 'client', to: 'consent' }. The translators Pool's sheet names the parties to the member who reads it, and translation posts its first Task with no consent from the client before it.",
  "doc_url": "https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/sheet_without_consent",
  "file": "services/translation.ts",
  "line": 12,
  "path": "deliver",
  "suggest": {
    "path": "deliver.consent",
    "value": "{ ask: 'client', to: 'consent', expires: '7d' }"
  }
}
```

<details>
<summary>The whole document check --json prints</summary>

```json title="npx services.dev check --json"
{
  "ai": {
    "cents_per_call": 42,
    "simulated": true
  },
  "mcp": {
    "tools": 13,
    "tokens": 4529,
    "sandbox": 9,
    "budget": 8000
  },
  "files": [
    {
      "path": "rules.ts",
      "lines": 6,
      "kind": "rules",
      "says": "rules 2026-10 · 1 Service · 1 row"
    },
    {
      "path": "pools/translators.ts",
      "lines": 7,
      "kind": "pool",
      "pools": [
        "translators"
      ],
      "says": "translators · 1 role: translator · joins in 1 step · cascade · hold 24h"
    }
  ],
  "services": [
    {
      "path": "services/translation.ts",
      "lines": 12,
      "steps": "translate · ai → harden · ai · adversarial · 2 lenses → sign · translator · * · stamped",
      "ok": false,
      "price": "$89 per job, within 48 hours, charged on delivery.",
      "who": "A translator signs every document before delivery. (rules 2026-10)",
      "roles": [
        "translator · sworn translator · from translators"
      ],
      "rules": "2026-10",
      "boundary": {
        "full": [
          "reserved sign to sworn translator"
        ]
      },
      "agent": {
        "tool": "order_translation",
        "words": 20,
        "job": null,
        "status": null,
        "on": null,
        "charged": null,
        "person": false,
        "why": "add \"such as …\" to client for an agent to try it"
      },
      "ledger": "+$89.00 · AI $1.26 (example) · you $87.74",
      "approved_ledger": null,
      "outcome": null,
      "margin": {
        "floor": {
          "cents": 7120,
          "pct": 80
        },
        "own": 7120,
        "stop": 1780,
        "nested": [],
        "cases": {
          "first": 7120,
          "cap": 7120,
          "decline": 7120,
          "advice": 0,
          "caps": {
            "sign": 0.5
          },
          "owned": false,
          "terms": {
            "price": 8900,
            "ai": 1780,
            "nested": 0,
            "fees": [
              {
                "role": "translator",
                "step": "sign",
                "cents": 0
              }
            ],
            "coverage": 0
          },
          "who": "translator",
          "does": "signs",
          "again": "a second translator"
        }
      },
      "apps": [
        "customer portal",
        "delivery portal",
        "owner console"
      ],
      "failures": [
        {
          "code": "sheet_without_consent",
          "reason": "A Pool's sheet names the job's parties to the members who read it, and the client hasn't consented before the first Task posts.",
          "next": "Add a consent ask to the client ahead of the first role step: { ask: 'client', to: 'consent' }. The translators Pool's sheet names the parties to the member who reads it, and translation posts its first Task with no consent from the client before it.",
          "doc_url": "https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/sheet_without_consent",
          "file": "services/translation.ts",
          "line": 12,
          "path": "deliver",
          "suggest": {
            "path": "deliver.consent",
            "value": "{ ask: 'client', to: 'consent', expires: '7d' }"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

</details>

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