Link Credit
AI-powered DeFi credit boosts that dynamically improve lending rates via Plaid + World ID.
What it is
Link Credit is a credit layer for DeFi lending.
Today, most protocols require heavy overcollateralization because they cannot evaluate off-chain repayment behavior and cannot reliably
prevent Sybil identity abuse.
Link Credit combines three signals to solve this:
1. Plaid cashflow data (user-permissioned, sandbox in demo)
2. World ID proof-of-personhood (one human, one scoring identity)
3. Chainlink CRE workflow execution to compute and deliver on-chain credit outcomes
How it works:
- User links bank data via Plaid and verifies identity via World ID.
- A Chainlink CRE workflow exchanges Plaid tokens, fetches balances/transactions, computes a deterministic credit score, then applies bounded
AI calibration.
- The workflow writes the final score (scoreBps) on-chain.
- Lending logic reads this score and applies a Plaid-based credit boost.
- World ID verification adds a fixed +10% boost.
- Final boost is additive: finalBoost = plaidBoost + worldIdBoost.
This improves capital efficiency for good borrowers while preserving privacy and adding Sybil resistance.
How it Works
We built it as a simple end-to-end pipeline:
- A React frontend where users connect wallet, run Plaid, verify with World ID, and borrow.
- A lightweight API layer that creates Plaid link tokens and triggers workflows.
- A Chainlink CRE workflow that does the heavy lifting: exchange Plaid token, fetch balances/transactions, run scoring, and write the final
score on-chain.
- Smart contracts (Aave-based integration + credit oracle) that read the score and apply borrowing boosts.
The scoring model is practical: a deterministic rule-based score first, then a bounded AI adjustment for edge cases.
So users get better lending terms from real financial behavior, while keeping the result transparent and controlled.
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Created by
- HH
- Noy Wang