# `Jido.Chat.Author`
[🔗](https://github.com/agentjido/jido_chat/blob/v1.0.0/lib/jido/chat/author.ex#L1)

Canonical author identity used by normalized incoming messages.

# `t`

```elixir
@type t() :: %Jido.Chat.Author{
  full_name: nil | nil | binary(),
  is_bot: boolean(),
  is_me: boolean(),
  metadata: map(),
  user_id: binary(),
  user_name: binary()
}
```

# `new`

Creates a new author.

# `schema`

Returns the Zoi schema for Author.

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