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title: "Verified publisher"
type: "glossary-term"
category: "Trust & signals"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/glossary/trust-and-signals/verified-publisher"
updated: "2026-07-09"
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# Verified publisher

**A verified publisher badge means a signed-in GitHub user with admin access to the repo has claimed the listing - distinct from an automated owner-type guess.**

A **verified publisher** badge indicates that a real person, authenticated via GitHub and holding admin or maintainer permission on the repository, claimed the listing. It is a human verification step.

It is separate from the automated "owner type" field (Organization vs User) that comes from GitHub metadata alone. Claims can be disputed or revoked.

## In GraphCanon

Maintainers can claim a tool through GitHub OAuth; GraphCanon checks their permission before granting the badge. It signals stewardship of the listing, not an endorsement of the software.

## See also

- [How trust signals work](/trust-methodology)

## Related terms

- [Provenance](/glossary/knowledge-graph/provenance.md)
- [Entity](/glossary/knowledge-graph/entity.md)

[Trust & signals](/glossary/trust-and-signals.md) · [All glossary terms](/glossary.md)

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon`](/api/graphcanon)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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