What should be clear before a companion is bookable?
The companion should have reviewed boundaries, approved touch types, training status, trusted-space protocol, incident readiness, and a way to decline out-of-scope requests.
The public profile should make readiness practical rather than performative.
How should consent be handled?
Consent should be specific, active, and reversible. A client should know what is allowed, what is not allowed, and how to pause or stop.
A companion should never have to renegotiate core boundaries inside the room under pressure.
What does training need to cover?
Training should cover scope, allowed touch types, stop language, pause language, trusted-space protocol, incident reporting, privacy expectations, and category drift.
The academy path should remain a launch gate until the company can prove that trained companions understand and apply the standard.
Why does this matter for growth?
The marketplace can only become valuable if the people inside it feel protected. Companion readiness is not an HR detail; it is core product quality.
The strongest version of Humanly Held turns companion standards into a durable trust asset.