diff --git a/codegen/frame/type.ts b/codegen/frame/type.ts
index e82b9bdca..d8a39395b 100644
--- a/codegen/frame/type.ts
+++ b/codegen/frame/type.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function createTypeDecl(ctx: FrameCodegen, visitor: TyVisitor<string>, path: str
         ${docs}
         export type ${name} = ${visitor.tupleStruct(ty, members)}
         ${docs}
-        export function ${name}(...value: ${path}){ return value }
+        export function ${name}<X>(...value: C.RunicArgs<X, ${path}>): C.ValueRune<${path}, C.RunicArgs.U<X>> { return C.Rune.tuple(value) }
       `
     },
     objectStruct(ty) {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function createTypeDecl(ctx: FrameCodegen, visitor: TyVisitor<string>, path: str
         ${docs}
         export interface ${name} ${visitor.objectStruct(ty)}
         ${docs}
-        export function ${name}(value: ${path}){ return value }
+        export function ${name}<X>(value: C.RunicArgs<X, ${path}>): C.ValueRune<${path}, C.RunicArgs.U<X>> { return C.Rune.rec(value) }
       `
     },
     option: null!,
diff --git a/examples/identity_cr.ts b/examples/identity_cr.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa4364f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/identity_cr.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { $, alice } from "capi"
+import { IdentityInfoTranscoders } from "capi/patterns/identity.ts"
+import { Identity } from "polkadot_dev/mod.ts"
+
+const transcoders = new IdentityInfoTranscoders({ stars: $.u8 })
+
+await Identity
+  .setIdentity({
+    info: transcoders.encode({
+      display: "Chev Chelios",
+      additional: { stars: 5 },
+    }),
+  })
+  .signed({ sender: alice })
+  .sent()
+  .logStatus()
+  .finalized()
+  .run()
+
+await transcoders
+  .decode(Identity.IdentityOf.entry([alice.publicKey]).access("info"))
+  .log()
+  .run()
diff --git a/patterns/identity.ts b/patterns/identity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5eeef2ceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patterns/identity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { Data, IdentityInfo as IdentityInfoRaw } from "polkadot_dev/types/pallet_identity/types.ts"
+import * as $ from "../deps/scale.ts"
+import { Rune, RunicArgs } from "../rune/mod.ts"
+
+export interface IdentityInfo<A extends Record<string, unknown>> {
+  additional: A
+  display: string
+  legal?: string
+  web?: string
+  riot?: string
+  email?: string
+  pgpFingerprint?: string
+  image?: string
+  twitter?: string
+}
+
+export class IdentityInfoTranscoders<A extends Record<string, any>> {
+  constructor(readonly additionalCodecs?: { [K in keyof A]: $.Codec<A[K]> }) {}
+
+  encode<X>(props: RunicArgs<X, IdentityInfo<A>>) {
+    const { additionalCodecs } = this
+    const additional = additionalCodecs
+      ? Rune
+        .resolve(props.additional)
+        .map((additional) =>
+          Object
+            .entries(additionalCodecs)
+            .map(([k, $v]) => [encodeStr(k), encoder($v)(additional[k])] as [Data, Data])
+        )
+        .throws(IdentityDataTooLargeError)
+      : []
+    const pgpFingerprint = Rune
+      .resolve(props.pgpFingerprint)
+      .unhandle(undefined).map((v) => $.str.encode(v))
+      .rehandle(undefined)
+    const rest = Rune
+      .rec(Object.fromEntries(REST_KEYS.map((key) => [
+        key,
+        Rune
+          .resolve(props[key])
+          .unhandle(undefined)
+          .map(encodeStr)
+          .rehandle(undefined, () => Data.None()),
+      ])))
+      .unsafeAs<Record<typeof REST_KEYS[number], Data>>()
+    return Rune
+      .tuple([additional, pgpFingerprint, rest])
+      .map(([additional, pgpFingerprint, rest]) => ({ additional, pgpFingerprint, ...rest }))
+  }
+
+  decode<X>(...[identityInfo]: RunicArgs<X, [IdentityInfoRaw]>) {
+    const { additionalCodecs } = this
+    return Rune
+      .resolve(identityInfo)
+      .map(({
+        additional: additionalRaw,
+        pgpFingerprint: pgpFingerprintRaw,
+        ...restRaw
+      }) => {
+        const additional = additionalCodecs
+          ? Object.fromEntries(additionalRaw.map(([kd, vd]) => {
+            const k: keyof A = "value" in kd ? $.str.decode(kd.value) : (() => {
+              throw new CouldNotDecodeIdentityInfoAdditionalKey()
+            })()
+            return [k, vd.type === "None" ? undefined : additionalCodecs![k]!.decode(vd.value)]
+          }))
+          : {}
+        const pgpFingerprint = pgpFingerprintRaw ? $.str.decode(pgpFingerprintRaw) : undefined
+        const rest = Object.fromEntries(
+          Object
+            .entries(restRaw)
+            .map(([key, data]) => [
+              key,
+              data.type === "None" ? undefined : $.str.decode(data.value),
+            ]),
+        )
+        return { pgpFingerprint, additional, ...rest }
+      })
+      .throws(CouldNotDecodeIdentityInfoAdditionalKey)
+  }
+}
+
+const encodeStr = encoder($.str)
+function encoder<T>(codec: $.Codec<T>) {
+  return (value: T) => {
+    const encoded = codec.encode(value)
+    const { length } = encoded
+    if (length > 32) throw new IdentityDataTooLargeError()
+    return { type: `Raw${length}`, value: encoded } as Data
+  }
+}
+
+const REST_KEYS = ["display", "legal", "web", "riot", "email", "image", "twitter"] as const
+
+export class IdentityDataTooLargeError extends Error {
+  override readonly name = "IdentityDataTooLargeError"
+}
+export class CouldNotDecodeIdentityInfoAdditionalKey extends Error {
+  override readonly name = "CouldNotDecodeIdentityInfoAdditionalKey"
+}
diff --git a/words.txt b/words.txt
index 65ca0a466..d8cd68cfc 100644
--- a/words.txt
+++ b/words.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ cdylib
 chainspec
 chainspecs
 chainx
+chelios
+chev
 childstate
 cmds
 codegen