persona-install-auth

name	persona-install-auth
description	Configure Persona API authentication with sandbox and production API keys. Use when setting up identity verification, configuring API credentials, or initializing Persona in your project. Trigger with phrases like "install persona", "setup persona", "persona auth", "persona API key", "KYC setup".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Bash(pip:*), Grep
version	1.4.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","persona","identity","kyc","authentication"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code, also compatible with Codex and OpenClaw

Persona Install & Auth

Overview

Set up Persona API authentication. Persona uses Bearer token auth with environment-prefixed API keys (persona_sandbox_* for testing, persona_production_* for live). No SDK required -- direct REST API calls with any HTTP client.

Prerequisites

• Persona account at withpersona.com
• At least one Inquiry Template configured in the Persona Dashboard
• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.9+

Instructions

Step 1: Get API Keys

1. Log into dashboard.withpersona.com
2. Go to Settings > API Keys
3. Copy your sandbox key (starts with persona_sandbox_)
4. For production: copy production key (starts with persona_production_)

Step 2: Configure Environment

# .env — never commit
PERSONA_API_KEY=persona_sandbox_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
PERSONA_API_VERSION=2023-01-05

# .gitignore
echo '.env' >> .gitignore

Step 3: Install HTTP Client

set -euo pipefail
# Node.js
npm install axios dotenv

# Python
pip install requests python-dotenv

Step 4: Verify Connection (Node.js)

import axios from 'axios';

const persona = axios.create({
  baseURL: 'https://withpersona.com/api/v1',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.PERSONA_API_KEY}`,
    'Persona-Version': process.env.PERSONA_API_VERSION || '2023-01-05',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
});

async function verify() {
   { data } =  persona.();
  .();
}
().(.);