> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.mansafi.xyz/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.mansafi.xyz/everyday-use/handles.md). # Handles A handle is the readable name — `@yourname` — that stands in for your account. It is how money finds you without anyone reading, retyping, or fumbling a raw EVM address. *** ## Claiming one Handles are claimed at signup and can be changed afterward from **Settings → Handle**, availability permitting. * Between 3 and 20 characters * Letters, digits, and underscores * Lookup ignores case; the casing you chose is what gets displayed *** ## What happens on send A handle is an off-chain mapping MansaFi maintains between `@yourname` and your public Robinhood Chain address. Paying one works like this: 1. The app resolves `@yourname` into an address. 2. The transfer is constructed and signed as usual, directed at your actual Robinhood Chain account. 3. The handle itself never reaches the chain. What settles is a plain address-to-address transfer. So a handle buys convenience and introduces no new party to trust. The payment underneath carries exactly the guarantees described in [Encrypted Amounts](/privacy/encrypted-amounts.md) — readable for humans, cryptographic where it counts. *** ## Agent handles Agent accounts receive a namespaced handle beneath their parent: `@yourname/agent-name`. When software spends money, knowing that it was software matters, and the namespace makes it obvious in the payer's interface and in your own feed that an autonomous system was involved rather than a person. See [Agent Wallets](/agents/agent-wallets.md). *** ## Changing yours Change a handle and the old one is released for others after a short hold. Request links built on the previous handle stop resolving at that point. Your Robinhood Chain address is untouched by any of this, so direct address-based history stays valid regardless. The name is mutable; the chain record is not. *** ## Continue * [Moving Money](/everyday-use/moving-money.md) * [Activity Feed](/everyday-use/activity-feed.md) --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.mansafi.xyz/everyday-use/handles.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.