# verified-email

Walks your agent through adding verified email retrieval on Android Credential Manager, with no OTP step. Useful when sign-up or account recovery needs less friction.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1500 installs · ★ 9764
- Author: Google LLC
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/android/skills/tree/HEAD/identity/verified-email/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/verified-email

## What it does

This skill covers the client side of getting a verified email on Android through the Digital Credentials Verifier API and an OpenID4VP request. The agent starts by locating the relevant flows in your codebase: `signup`, `registration`, `forgot_password` routes, view models such as `SignUpViewModel` and `AuthViewModel`, and reauthentication spots before a password change or account deletion. Then it builds the digital credential request, presents it to the user, and parses the response.

Inside are instructions for the `androidx.credentials:credentials:1.7.0-alpha03` and `credentials-play-services-auth:1.7.0-alpha03` dependencies, creating a `CredentialManager`, parsing raw SD-JWT with a local `SdJwtParser`, and holding the result in a `VerifiedUserInfo` data class. Minimum SDK 28 and Google Play services 25.49.x or higher are required. Server-side validation is out of scope — the skill leaves a TODO, and you have to verify the returned credential in your backend or the whole flow proves nothing.

A couple of limits matter before you start. Google does not issue verifiable credentials for Google Workspace accounts. For addresses outside `@gmail.com`, the email is verified at account creation with no freshness claim, so the skill suggests adding a challenge such as an OTP.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill verified-email -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/verified-email/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/verified-email/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill verified-email -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/verified-email/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill verified-email -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/verified-email/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install android/skills verified-email
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/verified-email/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill verified-email -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/android/skills --path identity/verified-email
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/verified-email/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill verified-email -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/android/skills/tree/HEAD/identity/verified-email/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- drop the manual verification code from sign-up
- confirm email ownership during account recovery
- re-check the email before a password change or account deletion
- find the screens and view models where the flow belongs
- parse the SD-JWT response and pull out name and email

## Example prompts
- Add verified email via Credential Manager to the sign-up screen
- Find the account recovery screens in this project and suggest where verified email fits
- Build an OpenID4VP request for a verified email and parse the response

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: verified-email
description: Provides a complete workflow for implementing verified email retrieval
  on Android Credential Manager API. Use this skill to integrate a secure, OTP-less
  email verification flow into an Android app. This skill solves the problem of high-friction
  sign-up processes by leveraging cryptographically verified credentials from trusted
  providers like Google.
license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
metadata:
  author: Google LLC
  last-updated: '2026-09-16'
  keywords:
  - implementation
  - Android
  - Credential Manager
  - Digital Credentials
  - Verified Email
  - OpenID4VP
  - SD-JWT
  - OTP-less
  - authentication
  - passkeys
  - CredMan
  - identity.
---

## Fundamentals

- *[Overview of Digital Credentials](references/android/identity/digital-credentials/email-verification.md)*: Learn about cryptographically verifiable documents and the role of Credential Manager.
- *[Glossary](references/android/identity/digital-credentials/email-verification-implementation.md)* : Definitions for `dcql_query`, `UserInfoCredential`, and `GetDigitalCredentialOption`.

### Standards \& Examples

- *[OpenID4VP Standard](https://openid.net/specs/openid-4-verifiable-presentations-1_0.html#name-introduction)*: The specification used to create digital credentials requests.
- *[Digital Credentials Demo](https://digital-credentials.dev/)*: Example requests and cross-platform testing tool.
- *[W3C Verifiable Credentials](https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/)*: The data model for cryptographically secured claims.
- *[SD-JWT](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt/)*: Selective Disclosure JSON Web Token format used for responses.
- *[mdoc](https://www.iso.org/standard/69084.html)*: ISO/IEC 18013-5 standard for mobile documents.

### Requirements

- **SDK Version**: Minimum SDK 28 (Android 9) is required.
- **GMS Version**: Google Play services version 25.49.x or higher.

### Use Cases

Email verification is applicable for the following use cases:

- **Account Creation/Sign-up**: Remove friction by skipping manual email verification.
- **Account Recovery**: Securely verify email ownership during recovery flows.
- **Re-authentication**: Versatile verification for high-risk actions, independent of the initial sign-in method.

### Limitations \& Nuances

- **Workspace Accounts**: Google does not issue verifiable credentials for Google Workspace Accounts.
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