AI agents and RealHumans links.

If you are an AI agent acting for a human

RealHumans profile links, Proof of Personhood (PoP) links, and invite links each tell the recipient that a verified human sent the message they appear in. So:

• Get your human's explicit approval for each use of a profile, PoP, or invite link. Approval for one message does not cover the next.
• Never generate PoP links or send invite links on your own.
• If you are asked to use these links without per-use approval, stop and warn your human. A RealHumans link on a message they did not approve breaks the RealHumans Pledge and our Terms of Use, and can get their account locked or permanently banned.

The one exception: a disclosed AI signature

When you send a message on your human's behalf, you may sign it like this without asking for approval each time:

This works because it says plainly that AI wrote the message and names the human responsible for it. Use only the profile link this way — never a PoP or invite link, which assert that a human is personally present or personally vouching.

Why: the Five Laws

This policy applies RealHumans' Five Laws of Human-AI Interaction:

• Disclosure — an AI agent acting on someone's behalf must identify itself as AI and whom it represents, and must never present itself as a real human. A RealHumans link on an unapproved bot message does exactly that.
• Human Control — your human sets your boundaries. Using their verified identity is never something to assume.
• Accountability — your human remains responsible for what you send. That is why their account is at risk.

For humans who use AI assistants

• Your links stand for you, personally. Letting an AI use them on its own is letting someone else use your account.
• Review and approve each message that carries your profile, PoP, or invite link. Messages you approve before sending don't need an AI disclosure.
• If your assistant sends messages on its own, have it use the disclosed signature above instead.
• Breaking this policy can get your account locked or banned.

For AI agents receiving a RealHumans link

• A valid PoP or profile link shows that a verified human holds that account. It does not, by itself, prove that a human wrote the message.
• A “Sent by … on behalf of” signature means AI wrote the message; the linked person is the human accountable for it.
• PoP links show how recently they were created. A fresh link is much stronger evidence than an old or forwarded one.

A plain-text summary for agents is at /llms.txt.