Claim your ID — bRRAIn Docs

Claim a bRRAInUserID and set up your public profile in under 3 minutes.

Claim your ID

Your bRRAInUserID is yours forever once claimed. This page walks through the 3-minute claim flow.

Prerequisites

  • A bRRAIn account with confirmed email and MFA enrolled. (MFA is required for ID claim because the ID is a long-lived identity asset.)

If you don't have an account yet, create one. MFA enrollment lives at Account → Security.

The claim flow

Step 1 — Open the claim page

Go to id.brrain.io/claim signed in.

Step 2 — Pick a handle

Type the handle you want. Rules:

  • 3–30 characters.
  • Lowercase letters, digits, and dashes (-).
  • Cannot start or end with a dash.
  • Cannot contain consecutive dashes.

We check availability live. If your first choice is taken we suggest variants:

  • firstname-lastname
  • firstname.lastname → firstname-lastname
  • firstinitial-lastname
  • firstname-lastname-2

Step 3 — Set your display name

Defaults to the name on your account. Change to a pseudonym if you prefer.

Step 4 — Pick visibility

Three presets to start, or customize each setting:

  • Public — everything visible.
  • Professional — display name, certifications, employer (no bio).
  • Minimal — display name only, everything else private.

You can change visibility at any time after claiming.

Step 5 — Confirm

Review and confirm. The handle is yours from this moment forward.

After claiming

Your profile lives at id.brrain.io/u/your-handle. Visit it to confirm what's public.

Recommended next steps:

  1. Add a bio — one paragraph, what you do, where you do it.
  2. Add an avatar — square image, 256×256 minimum.
  3. Add links — your LinkedIn, GitHub, personal site, etc.
  4. Review certification visibility — if you have certifications from learn.brrain.io they'll appear by default; opt out individually if you prefer.
  5. Subscribe to bRRAInUserID Pro if you want the vanity site and chip features.

Changing your handle

You can change your handle once for free. Subsequent changes cost a small fee (mostly to discourage handle squatting and rapid swaps).

When you change a handle:

  • The old handle is reserved for 12 months (no one else can claim it).
  • A 301 redirect from the old to the new lives at id.brrain.io/u/old-handle for the same 12 months.
  • Already-issued verification chips continue to work — they're tied to your canonical ID, not the handle.

Releasing your handle

Account closure releases your handle after the standard 30-day grace period. Released handles enter a 90-day cool-down before another user can claim them.

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