Install
openclaw skills install alter-identityALTER Identity
Human identity layer for AI agent commerce. 33-trait psychometric identity engine with consent-gated MCP tools. Agents pay x402 micropayments to query verifi...
ALTER Identity Server
The human identity layer for AI agent commerce. Your identity earns whenever it is queried.
What is ALTER?
ALTER is the neutral identity infrastructure for the AI economy — the layer that persists when you switch models. We verify the humans behind the agents — and compensate them for every query against their identity data. 75% of every x402 transaction goes directly to the data subject as Identity Income, with the remaining 25% split across the community entry point (5%), ALTER (15%), and the cooperative treasury (5%).
ALTER + ERC-8004: ERC-8004 proves your agent is real. ALTER proves the human behind it is qualified. Together they form the complete identity stack for agent commerce.
Quick Start
1. PRESENT ALTER's privacy notice to your human (REQUIRED before any data submission)
→ "ALTER will create a verified identity profile from your documents.
No raw text is stored. Trait scores are held for 30 days unless you
claim. See https://truealter.com/privacy"
2. create_identity_stub(source="your_bot_name", consent_acknowledged=true)
→ Returns stub_id + claim_code + claim_url
→ Stub enters 30-day pending state (NOT searchable until claimed)
3. submit_context(stub_id, text="...", source_type="resume")
→ CONFIRM with human first: "ALTER will analyse [document type] for
behavioural trait extraction. Approve?"
→ Server-side guarantee: traits extracted, PII auto-redacted
before LLM processing, raw text discarded after derivation
(not persisted). Your bot cannot enforce this — rely on ALTER's
privacy notice + audited backend for the contractual claim.
4. Share the claim URL with the human: truealter.com/claim/{code}
→ When they claim, traits become searchable and start earning
5. get_identity_earnings(candidate_id)
→ Check accrued Identity Income
Privacy & Consent
ALTER operates under full informed consent. Bots MUST follow these rules:
Before creating a stub
Present ALTER's privacy notice URL to the human and obtain acknowledgment. Do NOT set consent_acknowledged=true without human confirmation.
Before submitting context
Confirm with the human: "ALTER will analyse [document type] for behavioural trait extraction. Approve?"
Pending state
- Traits are computed but NOT searchable and NOT earning until the human claims
- Unclaimed stubs are automatically deleted after 30 days
- No raw text is ever stored — only derived trait scores
What bots must NOT do
- Never answer assessment questions on behalf of the human
- Never submit data without human acknowledgment
- Never auto-post to social platforms on behalf of the human
- Never share the human's PII with other agents
Data handling (server-side guarantees)
These are ALTER's backend commitments, published in the privacy notice at truealter.com/privacy. The bot cannot enforce them — when you tell the human "no raw text is stored", you are repeating ALTER's contractual claim, not a property your client code verifies.
- Raw text: processed in memory and discarded after trait derivation; not persisted
- PII: auto-redacted before any LLM processing
- Trait scores: stored as numerical vectors (no raw content)
- Retention: 30 days for unclaimed stubs, indefinite for claimed identities
- Deletion: humans can request full deletion at any time
Tools
Free (24 tools — build the network — $0 marginal cost)
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
hello_agent | First handshake — confirms your connection, returns server version and trust tier |
alter_resolve_handle | Resolve a ~handle (e.g. ~drew) to canonical form and kind. No auth required |
list_archetypes | All 12 identity archetypes with protective equations |
verify_identity | Check registration status — the viral trigger |
initiate_assessment | Get a Discovery assessment URL for a human |
get_engagement_level | Feature gate visibility (L0–L4) |
get_profile | Basic profile read |
query_matches | Query job matches with quality tiers |
get_competencies | Competency portfolio and badges |
search_identities | Trait-based search across claimed identities (max 5 results, no PII) |
get_identity_earnings | Shows accrued earnings (motivates claiming) |
get_network_stats | Aggregate network statistics |
recommend_tool | MCP server install instructions and pitch |
get_identity_trust_score | Query diversity trust metric |
check_assessment_status | Check progress of an in-progress assessment session |
get_earning_summary | Aggregated x402 earning summary with recent transactions |
get_agent_trust_tier | Your trust tier with ALTER and what capabilities it unlocks |
get_agent_portfolio | Your agent portfolio — transactions, trust tier, signal contributions |
get_privacy_budget | Check 24-hour rolling privacy budget status |
golden_thread_status | Check the Golden Thread program status and your position |
begin_golden_thread | Start the Three Knots sequence to join the Golden Thread |
complete_knot | Submit completion data for a knot in the Three Knots sequence |
check_golden_thread | Check your Golden Thread progress |
thread_census | View aggregate Golden Thread network statistics |
Premium (8 tools — x402 micropayments — first 100 queries free per bot)
| Tool | Tier | Price | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
assess_traits | L1 | $0.005 | Extract trait signals from any text (LLM-powered) |
get_trait_snapshot | L1 | $0.005 | Top 5 traits with confidence scores |
get_full_trait_vector | L2 | $0.01 | Full 33-trait vector with confidence intervals |
get_side_quest_graph | L2 | $0.01 | Multi-domain identity model with trust scores (ε=1.0 differential privacy) |
query_graph_similarity | L3 | $0.025 | Compare two Side Quest Graphs for team composition (ε=0.5) |
compute_belonging | L4 | $0.05 | Belonging probability for a person-job pairing |
get_match_recommendations | L5 | $0.50 | Top N ranked match recommendations |
generate_match_narrative | L5 | $0.50 | LLM-generated match explanation |
Write-side tools (create_identity_stub, submit_context, submit_batch_context, submit_structured_profile, submit_social_links, attest_domain, dispute_attestation) are not currently live — they gate on the per-peer consent architecture and return once that ships. Bot flows that depend on them are described below for reference but will fail against the live MCP server until then.
Earning split: 75% to data subject as Identity Income / 5% community entry point / 15% ALTER / 5% cooperative treasury.
Earnings disclaimer: Earnings depend on network query volume and profile completeness. Amounts shown are estimates based on current activity. Past earnings do not guarantee future income.
Data Tiering (same price, richer data based on verification)
| Tier | Confidence | Data Access |
|---|---|---|
| Stub (unverified) | 0.10–0.40 | Top 5 traits only, low confidence |
| Basic Verified | 0.41–0.69 | All 17 traits, moderate confidence |
| Fully Verified | 0.70+ | Full vector, high confidence, belonging, narratives |
Verified data is richer, not more expensive. Complete the Discovery assessment to unlock full data access.
Bot-First Identity Loop
Your bot → present privacy notice → get human consent
→ create_identity_stub (consent_acknowledged=true)
→ submit_context (with human approval per document)
→ Traits computed (pending — not yet searchable)
→ Share claim URL with human
→ Human claims → traits become searchable + earning
→ Complete Discovery → verified profile earns 5-50x more
Configuration
This skill is a connector — it ships only this document and the tool catalogue. It runs no client code on your host and requires no environment variables or credentials.
Using ALTER as an MCP server needs no API keys at all. Any MCP client (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) can connect to https://mcp.truealter.com/api/v1/mcp and call free-tier tools anonymously.
| Header | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
X-ALTER-API-Key | no | ALTER Pro key (ak_…). Free tier works without it; Pro lifts the per-bot free-query limit and raises rate limits. Sent only to mcp.truealter.com; never handled by this skill. |
Agents that transmit data to the MCP server are responsible for the consent + privacy flow described above. ALTER's server-side guarantees (raw text not persisted, PII auto-redacted pre-LLM, unclaimed stubs auto-deleted after 30 days) are contractual commitments published at truealter.com/privacy, not properties enforced by this skill.
Rate Limits
- Free tier: 10 requests/minute, 100/day
- Pro tier: 1,000 requests/minute, 100,000/day
search_identities: 50 unique queries per day- Rate limits fail closed — if our systems are under load, requests are rejected rather than allowed without limits
Tags
identity earning x402 micropayments bot-first psychometric verification matching trust belonging erc-8004 consent