What Do You Want to Build?

Pick your path — every integration starts with one of these six jobs.

Most LearnCard integrations fit one of six paths. Each starts with the lowest-effort method.

🎖️ Send & issue credentials

Issue badges, certificates, or credentials by email, phone, or LearnCard profile.

Examples include universities issuing diplomas, bootcamps certifying skills, and employers recognizing training.

• No code: issue directly from the LearnCard app

• One API call: send a credential to an email (~15 lines)

• At scale: issue at scale with templates

• Templates, webhooks, and guardian consent: all sending patterns

• OID4VCI, VC-API, or signed JSON: bring existing credentials into LearnCard

📱 Publish your app in LearnCard

Put your product inside the LearnCard app store, where users can install and launch it. Your app gets single sign-on, credential issuance, notifications, and learner context via the Partner Connect SDK.

Examples include AI tutors using consented learner history, games issuing portable badges, and career tools building skills profiles.

• Start here: Build an App Inside LearnCard — local mock mode to published listing

• Full API surface: Partner Connect SDK

🌐 Add LearnCard to your site

Let users claim credentials from your website or app — from a one-script claim button to a full embedded experience.

Examples include an LMS awarding course completions and a conference site offering an attendance badge.

• One script tag: embed a claim button

• Connected accounts: Connect a User's LearnCard to Your Platform — users link once, you issue automatically

• All options: Connect a User's LearnCard to Your Platform

🤝 Manage consent & guardianship

Request user consent to read or write data, with built-in guardian approval flows for minors.

Examples include parent-approved school apps and scouting organizations issuing to minors with guardian consent.

• Start here: Create a ConsentFlow

• Concepts: ConsentFlow overview

🔬 Going deeper

First decide who signs: you (keep a seed on your server; the SDK authenticates with your DID) or LearnCard (a hosted signing authority plus an API token from the Developer Portal or addAuthGrant). Verification-only code needs neither.

• Generate API tokens

• Test safely on staging

• Go to Production

• Build a Plugin (GitHub)

✅ Verify credentials

Check badges, degrees, and certificates presented to your hiring or verification service.

• Start here: Verify Credentials — sign locally, then test valid, tampered, expired, and revoked outcomes

• Decide which issuers to accept with Trust Registries; a valid signature alone is not issuer trust.

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For help choosing a path, open an issue or email [e-mail].