---
title: "User"
description: "a person, only through a sign-in; the platform holds no password"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/user
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# User

a person, only through a sign-in; the platform holds no password

[figure: User is a entity at tenant scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | entity |
| scope | tenant |
| key | the provider and the subject |
| store | postgres |
| family | people |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `provider` | [SignInProvider](/concepts/signinprovider) | yes |  |
| `subject` | `text` | yes | the subject the provider gives |
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `mail` | `address` | no |  |
| `chat_member_id` | `text` | no | once a workspace is tied |
| `home_tenant` | `id` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns User directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.