Guardian Identity

You don’t need an account to plant a thought. You need one to keep it. Here is everything an account is — and everything it isn’t.

Signing in (no password, ever)

Open the Command Palette (Cmd+K or ::) → ::login:

1. Enter your email
2. Type the 6-digit code from your inbox
3. First time? Choose your username — it becomes your address: standard.garden/@username

After your first login, set up a passkey (FaceID / TouchID) — next time, signing in is one touch. No password exists anywhere, so none can leak.

What an account gives you

• Permanence — your notes never compost. They live at /@username/slug until you remove them.
• Your address — standard.garden/@username is your garden’s front gate, with an RSS feed at /feed/@username for anyone who wants to follow your thinking the quiet way.
• An API key — unlocks the API and the CLI. The Obsidian plugin connects through your browser and manages its own key — you never paste anything.
• Editing — update a note anytime; the URL never changes.

Your API key

::api in the Command Palette shows your key:

• Rotate generates a new key (and invalidates the old one)
• Copy it right away — the plaintext is only visible at generation; we store only a hash
• If a key ever leaks: rotate, done

The tiers

Upgrade or manage your subscription on the Standard Pro page — cancel anytime, effective at the end of the billing period.

What an account is NOT

No profile to perform. No follower count to grow. No notifications to clear. An account here is a key to permanence, not an identity to maintain. The only thing that accumulates is your writing.

See Also

• Creating Your First Note
• The Compost Protocol — why anonymous notes expire
• Power User — the fast paths