# dev.cocore.account.profile

> Published by [cocore.dev](https://lexicon.garden/identity/did:plc:5quuhkmwe2q4k3azfsgg7kdz)

✓ This is the authoritative definition for this NSID.

## Description

A user's cocore-side profile. Auto-provisioned at first sign-in from the user's Bluesky public profile (so they don't see an empty card on first visit), then editable from /account. Independent from any bsky.app profile — the user can change their cocore display name or avatar without affecting their bsky one. One record per DID; the upsert flow uses rkey=`self` to keep it that way.

## Links

- [View on Lexicon Garden](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:5quuhkmwe2q4k3azfsgg7kdz/dev.cocore.account.profile)
- [Documentation](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:5quuhkmwe2q4k3azfsgg7kdz/dev.cocore.account.profile/docs)
- [Examples](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:5quuhkmwe2q4k3azfsgg7kdz/dev.cocore.account.profile/examples)

## Definitions

### `dev.cocore.account.profile`

**Type**: `record`

**Key**: `literal:self`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `bio` | `string` | No | Optional free-form bio text. Plain text only; no markdown rendering today. |
| `avatar` | `blob` | No | Avatar image stored as an atproto blob on the user's PDS. Preferred over `avatarUrl` when present; consumers should resolve it via `com.atproto.sync.getBlob` against the owning PDS. |
| `handle` | `string` | No | Display-only mirror of the user's bsky handle at provision time. Authoritative handle resolution still goes through PLC; this field exists so dashboards can render `@handle` without a PLC round-trip on every page load. |
| `avatarUrl` | `string` (uri) | No | Legacy avatar URL, retained for portability of records provisioned before the `avatar` blob field existed (typically the bsky CDN URL captured at first sign-in). Writers should prefer `avatar`; readers should fall back to this only when `avatar` is absent. |
| `createdAt` | `string` (datetime) | Yes |  |
| `updatedAt` | `string` (datetime) | No | Last edit time. Absent on the originally-provisioned record. |
| `displayName` | `string` | No | Optional human-readable name. When absent, consumers fall back to the bsky public-profile displayName, then the handle, then the DID. |

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "id": "dev.cocore.account.profile",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "key": "literal:self",
      "type": "record",
      "record": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "createdAt"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "bio": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 2560,
            "description": "Optional free-form bio text. Plain text only; no markdown rendering today."
          },
          "avatar": {
            "type": "blob",
            "accept": [
              "image/png",
              "image/jpeg",
              "image/webp"
            ],
            "maxSize": 2000000,
            "description": "Avatar image stored as an atproto blob on the user's PDS. Preferred over `avatarUrl` when present; consumers should resolve it via `com.atproto.sync.getBlob` against the owning PDS."
          },
          "handle": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 256,
            "description": "Display-only mirror of the user's bsky handle at provision time. Authoritative handle resolution still goes through PLC; this field exists so dashboards can render `@handle` without a PLC round-trip on every page load."
          },
          "avatarUrl": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "maxLength": 2048,
            "description": "Legacy avatar URL, retained for portability of records provisioned before the `avatar` blob field existed (typically the bsky CDN URL captured at first sign-in). Writers should prefer `avatar`; readers should fall back to this only when `avatar` is absent."
          },
          "createdAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "datetime"
          },
          "updatedAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "datetime",
            "description": "Last edit time. Absent on the originally-provisioned record."
          },
          "displayName": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 256,
            "description": "Optional human-readable name. When absent, consumers fall back to the bsky public-profile displayName, then the handle, then the DID."
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "lexicon": 1,
  "description": "A user's cocore-side profile. Auto-provisioned at first sign-in from the user's Bluesky public profile (so they don't see an empty card on first visit), then editable from /account. Independent from any bsky.app profile — the user can change their cocore display name or avatar without affecting their bsky one. One record per DID; the upsert flow uses rkey=`self` to keep it that way."
}
```