See your Sigil

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Your Sigil is your verified identity. Once it is ready, every agent you connect carries proof that a real, verified person stands behind it. You don’t request a Sigil. It is issued to you after verification is approved. This step is where you see it.

See it

In your agent (MCP, recommended)
In the terminal (CLI, for developers)

Ask for it

Ask your agent to show you your Sigil. It calls sigil_show.

Read the state

Your agent tells you which state your Sigil is in. The states are listed below.

If it's on its way, ask again later

Nothing is pushed to your agent when your Sigil is ready. If it’s on its way, ask again shortly; your agent reads the latest state each time.

Show it

sumvin sigil show

When verification is approved, sumvin kyc status --wait also prints a line about your Sigil. sumvin sigil show gives the full picture.

Read the state

The first line names the state:

State: minted

For agents and scripts, sumvin sigil show --json returns the same answer with the state in data.state.

What your agent shows you

Your agent words it in its own way. When your Sigil is ready, expect something like this:

Your Sigil

Your Sigil is ready.

  Sigil          Ready
  Token id       12345
  Issued         1 September 2026, 09:30 UTC
  Verified by    Phone number and identity document
  Stands for     You, a verified person
  Carried by     This agent, and any other agent you connect

From now on, anything I do through Sumvin carries proof that a
verified person stands behind it, and that I act for you.

The token id and issue time are your Sigil’s public record. When your Sigil is ready, sigil_show returns them as token_id and minted_at (Unix milliseconds). In the terminal, sumvin sigil show prints the token id:

State: minted
Sigil minted — token 12345.
Mint status: completed

sumvin sigil show --json carries it as data.did_token_id. You don’t need either to use Sumvin.

What you’ll see

State	What it means	What to do
Ready	Your Sigil exists.	Nothing. Go on to your first Stamped Mandate.
On its way	Your Sigil is being issued now.	Check again shortly.
Not issued yet	You’re verified, and your Sigil hasn’t been issued. This is a normal answer.	Check again later.
Something went wrong	Issuing your Sigil didn’t succeed, and it won’t fix itself.	Email hello@sumvin.com. Asking again won’t change it.
Couldn’t be read	Sumvin couldn’t read your account right now. This says nothing either way.	Try again.

If you haven’t finished verification, the terminal shows not_verified and points you to sumvin kyc start. Your agent reports Not issued yet in that case, so ask it to check your setup as well. Either way, go back to Verify.

The raw state names

Plain state	From your agent (`sigil_show`)	In the terminal (`sumvin sigil show`)
Ready	`minted`	`minted`
On its way	`mint_in_flight`	`in_flight`
Not issued yet	`mint_not_started`	`not_started`
Something went wrong	`mint_failed`	`failed`
Couldn’t be read	`lookup_unavailable`	exits with an error
Not verified yet	`mint_not_started` (your agent can confirm with `onboarding_status`)	`not_verified`
Not recognised by this CLI version	not applicable	`unknown`: upgrade the CLI

What can go wrong

It has said 'on its way' for a long time

Keep checking back. If it moves to Something went wrong, email hello@sumvin.com.

It says 'not issued yet' after verification

This is an ordinary answer, not a fault. Being verified and having a Sigil are separate facts, and issuing can follow verification. Check again later.

Your agent keeps waiting on one answer

Each check is a fresh read. If your agent treats the first answer as final, ask it to check again.

Try asking your agent: “Show me my Sigil.”

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