In today's digital economy, trust is the ultimate currency. Whether you're onboarding a new customer, hiring an employee, or facilitating a transaction in a marketplace, verifying identity and data is non-negotiable. Yet, for decades, these processes have been a tangled mess of manual reviews, fragmented vendor APIs, and slow, friction-filled user experiences. The operational overhead is immense, and the risk of human error is ever-present.
What if we could change that? What if trust and safety protocols were no longer just operational policies, but programmable, version-controlled components of your application stack?
This is the core idea behind a new paradigm: Trust as Code. And it's the principle upon which we built verification.services.do.
If you're familiar with "Infrastructure as Code" (IaC), the concept will feel intuitive. IaC transformed server management by allowing developers to define and provision infrastructure through code, enabling automation, scalability, and repeatability.
Trust as Code applies the same logic to compliance, safety, and verification workflows. It's the practice of defining, executing, and managing identity verification, background checks, and data validation through a declarative, API-first approach.
Instead of navigating complex vendor dashboards or manually stitching together different services, you simply define your trust requirements in your code. The benefits are transformative:
The traditional approach to verification is broken. It often involves patching together multiple point solutions—one for KYC/AML, another for employment history, a third for background checks. This creates data silos, engineering complexity, and a disjointed user journey.
With verification.services.do, we consolidate this complexity into a single, elegant API call. You can now Verify Anything, Instantly.
Consider how simple it is to launch a comprehensive identity verification workflow. You're not just triggering a check; you're codifying a trust transaction.
import { Client } from '@do-sdk/client';
// Initialize the .do client with your API key
const aido = new Client({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });
// Run an identity verification workflow
const verification = await aido.services.verification.run({
type: 'identity',
provider: 'veriff', // Or let our AI select the best provider
person: {
firstName: 'Jane',
lastName: 'Doe',
email: 'jane.doe@example.com'
},
// Get real-time status updates
callbackUrl: 'https://yourapp.com/webhooks/verification_status'
});
console.log('Verification initiated:', verification.id);
// Expected output: Verification initiated: ver_123abc456def789
With just a few lines of code, you've initiated a sophisticated process. Our platform takes it from here.
When you make that API call, you're not just hitting an endpoint. You're activating a powerful verification engine.
This provider-agnostic approach future-proofs your stack. If a better, more cost-effective KYC API provider emerges for a specific region, you can switch with a single parameter change, not a full-scale engineering project.
While regulatory compliance like KYC and AML is a critical use case, the "Trust as Code" model extends to nearly any data point you need to validate. Our platform is built to handle a diverse range of checks through a single integration:
You can't build trust without a foundation of security. At verification.services.do, security isn't an afterthought—it's part of our DNA. All data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256). Our platform is designed to be fully compliant with major data privacy regulations, including GDPR and CCPA, ensuring your verification processes are always secure and your customers' data is always protected.
The era of manual compliance and fragmented verification is over. The future is automated, scalable, and defined directly in your codebase. By embracing Trust as Code, you can move faster, reduce operational friction, and build safer, more trustworthy products.
Ready to embed trust directly into your application?
Explore the documentation or sign up for an API key and start building today.