How you arrive on Parts Known.
You might sign up fresh, or you might find that a record already exists for you — built by collaborators who credited you before you joined. Either way, everything is waiting when you get here.
Overview
- —Sign up with email in under a minute
- —Find and claim any pending profiles that were created for you
- —Join groups and venues when an admin adds you
- —Get credited as an author on works you've written
Signing up
Creating an account takes a few minutes. You'll confirm your email, add your name and location, and upload a photo if you want one. Then you're in.
- —Sign up with your email address
- —Confirm your email to activate your account
- —Add your name, location and a profile photo
- —You're taken straight to your backstage to start adding credits
- —An early adopter award is granted to your profile on signup
Claiming a pending profile
If a collaborator created a placeholder for you before you joined — to credit you on a production or add you to a group — that profile is waiting for you to claim. Claiming it transfers everything attached to it into your account.
- —Pending profiles are created by admins and collaborators who credit people not yet on Parts Known
- —Find them by searching for your name, or by visiting a production you worked on
- —Tap "Claim this profile" on any unclaimed pending profile
- —All credits, group memberships, venue staff roles and authorships transfer instantly
- —The pending profile is retired — your real profile takes its place
- —Claiming is always manual — nothing merges automatically on signup
Joining a group or company
Groups and companies on Parts Known manage their own membership. You can't request to join — a group admin adds you directly. This keeps membership accurate and intentional.
- —A group owner or admin adds you from their backstage
- —They search for your account by name or create a pending profile if you're not registered yet
- —You're assigned a role title and permission level: owner, admin or member
- —You'll receive a notification when you've been added
- —If you were added as a pending profile, claiming it grants you the group membership
Joining a venue
Venue staff work the same way as group membership. The venue owner or an admin adds you directly — you can't apply or request access.
- —A venue owner or admin adds you from their venue backstage
- —You're assigned a role title and permission level
- —Staff members appear on the venue's public Staff tab
- —Admins and owners can manage spaces, equipment, events and opportunities
- —If added as a pending profile, claiming it grants you the staff role
Getting credited on a work
Authorship credits link you to a work as its playwright, composer, lyricist or other author role. These can be added by you or by someone with access to the work.
- —Add yourself as an author from the work's page
- —Credit types include Playwright, Composer, Bookwriter, Lyricist and more
- —Authorship credits appear on your profile alongside your production credits
- —Work invites can be shared so collaborators can verify your authorship
- —Every production of the work links back to you as its author