Ecosystem Architecture
The LearnCard ecosystem is modular by design. Every component plays a distinct role, built on open standards and APIs to give developers the flexibility and clarity to build confidently.
Use this guide to understand how each part connects—from low-level credential infrastructure to high-level personalized apps.
🛠️ SDK & API Model
Choose your stack:
@learncard/coreSDK for programmatic controlLearnCloud Network API for backend integrations
LearnCloud Storage API for encrypted storage
LearnCloud AI API for AI-enabled credential flows
LearnCard CLI for automation and scripting
LearnCard’s SDK is modular: bring only what you need, scale as you go.
🟨 LearnCard (Wallet)
The LearnCard wallet is the core tool for issuing, holding, sharing, and verifying credentials.
Wallet SDK
Use the SDK (via App or CLI) to:
Issue credentials like Boosts or standard W3C VCs
Share credentials with apps, orgs, or individuals
Verify incoming credentials
Consent to data access with ConsentFlows
Store, Read, Delete, and Encrypt credentials securely
✅ Ideal for apps, bots, and backends needing verifiable credential logic.
🟨 LearnCloud (Platform)
LearnCloud extends LearnCard with cloud APIs for storage, sharing, and consent-based workflows.
🌐 LearnCloud Network API
The LearnCloud Network API lets developers:
Send and receive credentials, boosts, and presentations
Create and claim credentials through peer-to-peer or QR flows
Register and manage Signing Authorities
Trigger and validate ConsentFlows
Monitor health and fetch metadata (like DIDs or challenge keys)
It’s the backbone of interaction between LearnCard users and applications.
☁️ LearnCloud Storage API
LearnCloud is LearnCard’s end-to-end encrypted storage system:
Store credentials and presentations securely
Sync across devices
Swap in your own storage backend if desired
Data is encrypted client-side. LearnCard never sees private data unless explicitly shared through a consent contract.
🧠 LearnCloud AI API
Use to:
Ingest credentials
Assess skills and outcomes
Analyze for insights
Award credentials or Boosts via automated logic
✅ Ideal for cloud-based systems and network-wide credential interaction.
🟦 Standards & Protocols
LearnCard builds on trusted, open standards:
W3C VC, W3C DID, W3C Linked Claims
OBv3, IEEE LER, CLR 2.0, LIF
xAPI, OIDC4VC, SCD, KYC, Open Awarding Service
✅ This ensures LearnCard plays nicely with existing platforms, wallets, and verifiers.
🟧 Connected Tools
These protocols and interfaces extend the LearnCard platform:
ConsentFlow: Define how data can be accessed or written with user consent
LTI: Integrate into LMSs and EdTech platforms
LearnCloud API, VC API, Trust Registry: Shared infrastructure for credential validation and storage
✅ These tools make LearnCard ecosystem-ready and plug-in compatible.
🟪 Applications & Ecosystems
LearnCard is used in:
Apps: Games, EdTech, LMS, AI, content tools
Ecosystems: Nations, states, school districts, employers, communities
Each app or system connects via APIs, ConsentFlows, or wallet interactions.
🔁 The Layered Stack
On the right side of the diagram, you'll see the Skyway Stack—our model for understanding how everything flows upward:
Data Pipes: Ingest and stream raw credential data
Portfolios: Aggregate credentials per learner/worker
Consent: Enable trusted sharing with granular control
Credentialing: Issue and verify new claims
Analytics: Gain insight from usage, learning, and pathways
Personalization: Adapt experiences in real-time
Pathways: Help users discover career and learning options
Applications: Deliver features people see and touch
✅ You don’t have to use every layer—build what you need, plug in where it makes sense.
🧠 Summary
If you’re:
Building an app → Start with the Wallet SDK
Needing automation and personalization → Tap into the AI API (public API coming soon)
✅ Next Steps
Now that you understand the big ideas:
🔗 Jump into Your First Integration
🧪 Try a live flow using the LearnCard CLI
📚 Browse the API Reference
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