emdly badges
Badges are how emdly says this author’s work went through review and held up. Every one is verifiable from the catalog itself — published skills, their review state, curator picks — never from payments or follower counts. A badge is earned once, recorded with the date, and never revoked; your profile shows every tier you hold.
The three tiers
Verified author · tier 1
At least one skill approved and published. It means a human reviewer read the author’s work and it passed the whole pipeline — automated checks, AI safety scan, review. The baseline “this is a real author, not a drive-by upload”.
Recommended by emdly · tier 2
At least one of the author’s skills was hand-picked by a curator as Emdly recommended. This is an editorial choice, not a metric: skills earn it by being genuinely useful, precisely written and safe to run. There is no form to apply and no way to buy it — curators pick from the published catalog.
Certified by emdly · tier 3
10 published skills, every single one Security checked on its current version. Sustained volume and a spotless review record — the strongest signal the catalog can give about an author. Your profile shows a progress bar towards it.
Marks on skills
Two related marks live on individual skills — they are what the author badges are computed from:
- Emdly recommended — the seal on a skill card. A curator picked this exact skill as one worth installing; it also feeds the author’s Recommended badge and ranks the skill higher in the catalog.
- Security checked — a property of a skill’s published version: Markdown lint, license and prompt-injection checks passed, the AI safety scan came back clean, and a human reviewer approved it. It reduces risk; it does not replace reading the file. Ten of these at once make an author Certified.
Embedding your badge
Every earned badge is a live image at a stable URL — put it in a README, on your site or on LinkedIn. It links back to your profile and always renders your current best standing (or a specific tier with ?tier=):
https://emdly.com/badge/{handle}.svg → best earned tier, crisp SVG
https://emdly.com/badge/{handle}.png → the same as PNG, for places that block SVG
https://emdly.com/badge/{handle}.svg?tier=verified → a specific earned tier
# Markdown for a README
[](https://emdly.com/u/{handle})Copy-paste HTML and Markdown snippets are on your author page (/u/{handle}) under Author badge. The URL answers 404 until the tier is earned — nobody can embed a badge they don’t hold.
Frequently asked
What does Recommended by emdly mean?
A curator hand-picked at least one of the author’s skills as Emdly recommended — an editorial mark for skills that are genuinely useful, well written and safe to run. It cannot be bought or automated.
What does Verified author mean?
The author published at least one skill that passed the full review pipeline: automated checks, the AI safety scan and a human reviewer.
What does Certified by emdly mean?
The author has 10 published skills and every one of them is Security checked — clean automated checks, a clean AI safety scan and human approval on the current version.
Can a badge be revoked or expire?
No. A badge is earned once, recorded with the date, and never taken away. The embeddable image always renders the author’s current best standing.
How do I put my badge in a README?
Every earned badge has a stable image URL — emdly.com/badge/your-handle.svg (or .png) — and copy-paste HTML and Markdown snippets on your profile. The image links back to your profile and updates itself.