Directory
The public directory lists verified records, the ones that passed the identity check. Anyone can search it and read a verified record, free, without an account. A free Registered entry is a private record of standing for its owner: they get their THB number and receipt, but the entry is not listed here and has no public page. Only verification makes a record public.
Right now the directory is empty. Verification is not open yet; until then no record is verified, so a search returns nothing yet. The search box is already here so you can see how it works. Once it opens, verified records will start appearing in it.
Searching
Section titled “Searching”The directory lives at platform.thehumanbehind.com. It searches verified records, and the search box is smart about what you type:
- Type a name and it matches the avatar name, partial matches included (searching “nov” finds “Nova”).
- Type a THB number like
THB-2026-00117and it jumps straight to that exact record, if it is verified.
You can narrow results with two filters:
| Filter | Values |
|---|---|
| Type | avatar, voice_clone, agent, image, video, music. |
| Scope | general, or the sensitive scopes health, finance, legal. |
Results are paged (twelve per page) and ordered with the most recently
verified first. Each result links to the record’s public page at
https://platform.thehumanbehind.com/r/<slug>. It is not an open directory of everyone who
registered, only of records that were verified.
Reading a record page
Section titled “Reading a record page”A verified record page shows everything that is public, and nothing else:
- The avatar’s name, type, scope and where it operates, plus the name of the responsible person.
- The THB number, the registration date and the content hash: the three pieces that make the record verifiable. See Records for how to recheck the hash yourself.
- The gold Verified seal. (The green Registered state is private and never gets a public page.)
- A “claim this record” action, for the person the record refers to. See Claims.
What you will never see on a record page is the responsible person’s email or any account data. It is not there to hide, it is simply never published.
Record statuses
Section titled “Record statuses”| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
registered (private) |
A free entry with an owner. It counts as a record of standing, but it is not listed in the directory or served by the public API. Only its owner sees it. It becomes public if it gets verified. |
verified |
A record whose identity was checked. This is the only state that appears in the directory and the public API. |
| unpublished | The owner removed the record. It disappears from search and the API, but its URL answers with a dated notice (HTTP 410) and the THB number is never reused. The registry keeps the trace. |
| under review | A verified record flagged for moderation may be temporarily hidden from the directory and the API while the team looks into it, then restored or removed. |
Consulting programmatically
Section titled “Consulting programmatically”Everything the directory shows for a single verified record is also available as JSON through the public API: no key, CORS enabled, cache-friendly. It is the same data behind the same view, so what you read in a browser and what you fetch by machine always agree. And, like the directory, it only ever returns verified records.
- Link to the record, not to a search. Once a record is
verified, its
/r/<slug>URL is stable and shareable; put it in a bio or a video description to point people at the person behind an avatar. - Bookmark by THB number. Searching the exact
THB-…code always resolves to one record, which is handy when you want an unambiguous reference.