============================================================================== USERNAME.md — Your identity. Your routes. Your terms. ============================================================================== ARD-discoverable identity layer for the agentic web. Claim a universal handle, route every service from one place, and let AI agents act on your terms — verifiably, on a domain you own. USERNAME.md is the lightweight identity hub that pairs with about-me.md for your full profile and vault. WHAT A HANDLE LOOKS LIKE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ curl username.md/chris { "username": "chris", "did": "did:web:chrisbergeron.com", "profile": "chris.about-me.md", "github": "github.com/chrisbergeron", "prefs": "preferences.sh/chris", "atproto": "@chris.bsky.social", "email": "chris@username.md" -> forward, "ai-catalog": "chrisbergeron.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json" } One lookup returns everything — signed and verified. Your identity is a simple JSON document, or a signed bundle, or a DID, or an ATproto handle, depending on what asks. THE HANDSFREE ECOSYSTEM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Four services, one identity. USERNAME.md connects them all. USERNAME.md The universal identity router. Claim a handle, publish a lookup table for every service you use, and let agents resolve "you" from one place. about-me.md Your home base on the internet. Public profile, signed claims, a personal vault, and safe delegation for AI agents. Pairs with your USERNAME.md handle. preferences.sh Store and sync your preferences across tools, devices, and environments. Your settings, everywhere — powered by your USERNAME.md identity. HOW IT WORKS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Claim your username Pick a handle. It becomes your identity across USERNAME.md, about-me.md, preferences.sh, and emitter.bot. 2. Get your email route Every handle comes with yourname@username.md — a forwarding address that lands in whatever inbox you already use. Per-service aliases like stripe.yourname@username.md tag and route mail by sender, automatically. 3. Map your services Link your GitHub, BlueSky, email, SSH keys, or any other service to your handle. One lookup returns everything — signed and verified. 4. Connect the ecosystem Your profile lives at about-me.md. Your preferences sync via preferences.sh. Your automations fire via emitter.bot. It all resolves through your USERNAME.md handle. 5. Query it anywhere Use the API, CLI, or just curl — exactly like you're doing now. RESERVE YOUR HANDLE — $9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Founding-member reservations are open. $9 reserves yourname.md as your identity and yourname@username.md as your forwarding email. Full refund if we don't ship by 2026-09-30. From a browser: https://username.md/ From the terminal: # 1. Check that your handle isn't already taken curl -s https://username.md/api/reserved-handles.json # 2. Open checkout with your handle (4-32 chars, a-z 0-9 _ -) open "https://buy.stripe.com/aFaeVde4V0O2cZ6bOAd3i00?client_reference_id=YOURHANDLE" Get a second handle free — tell us where you heard about us and which handle you'd like: reservations@username.md MORE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FAQ ............ https://username.md/faq.html Manifesto ...... https://username.md/manifesto.html Premium ........ https://username.md/premium.html (1-3 char auction) For AI agents .. https://username.md/llms.txt (c) 2026 USERNAME.md — Part of the Handsfree Community You are reading the plain-text rendering served to terminal clients. Browsers receive HTML at the same URL; this file is also always available at https://username.md/index.txt