# Persona Identity Checks \[Use Persona data in Newton policies for identity or verification-based vault gates.]

The Persona policy pack lets a composite policy include identity or verification signals from Persona before a manager action executes.

## Deployment

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pack id | `persona` |
| PolicyData addresses | [VaultKit address table](/developers/vaults/policy-packs#deployed-policydata-addresses) |
| Canonical deployments | [`deployments.json`](https://github.com/newt-foundation/newton-policy-packs/blob/main/deployments.json) |

### Secret

| Secret | Required? | Where to get it |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `PERSONA_API_KEY` | Required | [withpersona.com](https://withpersona.com) |

## Usage

Install the pack package, include its module in `defineComposite(...)`, upload the API key with `shield.uploadSecrets(...)`, and pass any per-call identity input the pack's `prepareQuery` requires under `prepareQueryOptions.persona`.