Rightis

rightis-js

Use this before your code generates a real person's face, voice or persona. Image, video and voice models, face swap, voice cloning, AI avatars and chat personas of real people or registered characters: ask Rightis first, on the server, before the generation call.

Rightis is a public registry of identity rights. People and rights holders register a likeness and say which AI uses they allow, want to approve, or refuse. This repository is the JavaScript SDK and CLI.

Package	Path	What it is
@rightis/sdk	packages/sdk	Typed client: rights checks, licences, usage, webhook verification
rightis	packages/cli	npx rightis: check from the terminal, log in, get a sandbox key

30-second quickstart

npm install @rightis/sdk
npx rightis check BR-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX --use "instagram ad" --asset face --public

import { Rightis } from '@rightis/sdk';

const rightis = new Rightis(); // server only; reads RIGHTIS_SECRET_KEY, keyless without it
const result = await rightis.rights.check({
  rights_id: 'BR-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX',
  use_type: 'instagram ad',
  ai_methods: ['image_generation'],
  asset_types: ['face'],
  territory: ['US'],
});
console.log(result.decision, result.next_action.type, result.next_action.url);

Read next_action, not just decision:

decision	next_action.type	Meaning
allowed	request_license	Pre-approved scopes. Not free use: the licence request is approved without the holder reviewing it if the fee clears their floor. Still request it.
requires_approval	request_license	The holder decides each request.
unspecified	request_license	The holder has said nothing. Not a yes.
denied	stop	Refused. Do not generate.
null	not_registered	Not in the registry. Not cleared.
null	describe_use	Registered, but no use was described. Add use_type, ai_methods, asset_types.

A failed lookup is not "not registered": on any RightisError, do not generate. The SDK deliberately ships no boolean that turns a decision into "go ahead".

Only have a name? rightis.rights.search('name') returns listed registrations with their Rights ID. No match is not clearance.

For AI coding assistants

• Claude Code skill: skills/rightis/SKILL.md. Copy it to .claude/skills/rightis/SKILL.md in your project (or ~/.claude/skills/rightis/).
• Cursor rule: .cursor/rules/rightis.mdc. Copy it to .cursor/rules/ in your project.
• Codex and other agents: AGENTS.md, including a snippet to paste into your own AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md.
• Keyless MCP server: https://rightis.org/api/public-mcp/mcp (rights_lookup, rights_search, registry_info).

Links

• Developers: https://rightis.org/en/developers
• Guide, generating real people: https://rightis.org/en/developers/guides/real-person-likeness
• SDK reference: packages/sdk/README.md
• CLI reference: packages/cli/README.md

Sandbox

npx rightis login                                   # browser sign-in (OAuth with PKCE)
npx rightis init                                    # sandbox key into .env.local, plus an example file
npx rightis people                                  # the sandbox sample people
npx rightis check BR-SANDBOX-... --use "social media ad" --asset face
node --env-file=.env.local rightis-example.mjs      # the same check from code

Develop

pnpm install
pnpm -r build
pnpm -r test
pnpm -r typecheck

Node 20 or later. Point the SDK and CLI at a local server with RIGHTIS_API_URL=http://localhost:3000 (or --base-url).

Publish with pnpm publish --access public from packages/sdk, then packages/cli. Not npm publish: the CLI's workspace:^ dependency is rewritten only by pnpm.

License

MIT, The Backers Inc.