diff --git a/api/ceramic_cache/api/schema.py b/api/ceramic_cache/api/schema.py
index d0e7774d4..959d913ba 100644
--- a/api/ceramic_cache/api/schema.py
+++ b/api/ceramic_cache/api/schema.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 from ninja_schema import Schema
+
 from registry.api.v1 import DetailedScoreResponse
 
 from ..models import CeramicCache
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ class CacaoVerifySubmit(Schema):
 
 class AccessTokenResponse(Schema):
     access: str
+    intercom_user_hash: str
 
 
 class ComposeDBStatusPayload(Schema):
diff --git a/api/ceramic_cache/api/v1.py b/api/ceramic_cache/api/v1.py
index 9d695a07f..2379533f2 100644
--- a/api/ceramic_cache/api/v1.py
+++ b/api/ceramic_cache/api/v1.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """Ceramic Cache API"""
 
+import hashlib
+import hmac
 import json
 from datetime import timedelta
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Type
@@ -543,6 +545,22 @@ def authenticate(request, payload: CacaoVerifySubmit):
     return handle_authenticate(payload)
 
 
+def generate_access_token_response(user_did: str) -> AccessTokenResponse:
+    token = DbCacheToken()
+    token["did"] = user_did
+
+    intercom_user_hash = hmac.new(
+        bytes(settings.INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY, encoding="utf-8"),
+        bytes(user_did, encoding="utf-8"),
+        digestmod=hashlib.sha256,
+    ).hexdigest()
+
+    return AccessTokenResponse(
+        access=str(token.access_token),
+        intercom_user_hash=intercom_user_hash,
+    )
+
+
 def handle_authenticate(payload: CacaoVerifySubmit) -> AccessTokenResponse:
     # First validate the payload
     # This will ensure that the payload signature was made for our unique nonce
@@ -573,11 +591,7 @@ def handle_authenticate(payload: CacaoVerifySubmit) -> AccessTokenResponse:
         if res.status_code == 200:
             data = res.json()
             if data.get("status") == "ok":
-                token = DbCacheToken()
-                token["did"] = payload.issuer
-                return {
-                    "access": str(token.access_token),
-                }
+                return generate_access_token_response(payload.issuer)
 
         log.error(
             "Failed to validate authentication payload (jws)! Response: %s\n%s",
diff --git a/api/ceramic_cache/test/test_authenticate_v1.py b/api/ceramic_cache/test/test_authenticate_v1.py
index 6b0ad2df7..8213a7724 100644
--- a/api/ceramic_cache/test/test_authenticate_v1.py
+++ b/api/ceramic_cache/test/test_authenticate_v1.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import copy
+import hashlib
+import hmac
 import json
-from collections import namedtuple
 
 import pytest
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.test import Client
 from ninja_jwt.tokens import AccessToken
 
@@ -70,10 +72,20 @@ def json(self):
 
                 assert auth_response.status_code == 200
                 assert "access" in json_data
+                assert "intercom_user_hash" in json_data
 
                 token = AccessToken(json_data["access"])
                 assert token["did"] == payload["issuer"]
 
+                assert (
+                    json_data["intercom_user_hash"]
+                    == hmac.new(
+                        bytes(settings.INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY, encoding="utf-8"),
+                        bytes(payload["issuer"], encoding="utf-8"),
+                        digestmod=hashlib.sha256,
+                    ).hexdigest()
+                )
+
     def test_authenticate_fails_to_validate_invalid_payload(self, mocker):
         """
         We expect that the authenticate request:
diff --git a/api/scorer/settings/base.py b/api/scorer/settings/base.py
index c3db86abc..5e5e535bf 100644
--- a/api/scorer/settings/base.py
+++ b/api/scorer/settings/base.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
 SECRET_KEY = env("SECRET_KEY")
+INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY = env("INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY", default="TEST123")
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = env("DEBUG", default=True)