diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index baf374518..76ff77aee 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7717,6 +7717,9 @@
             "name": "@tbd54566975/credentials",
             "version": "0.1.5",
             "license": "Apache-2.0",
+            "dependencies": {
+                "uuid": "^9.0.0"
+            },
             "devDependencies": {
                 "@types/chai": "4.3.0",
                 "@types/eslint": "8.37.0",
diff --git a/packages/credentials/package.json b/packages/credentials/package.json
index 19a7009e8..8a16b9974 100644
--- a/packages/credentials/package.json
+++ b/packages/credentials/package.json
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=18.0.0"
   },
-  "dependencies": {},
+  "dependencies": {
+    "uuid": "^9.0.0"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/chai": "4.3.0",
     "@types/eslint": "8.37.0",
diff --git a/packages/credentials/src/utils.ts b/packages/credentials/src/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6485c51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/credentials/src/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export function getCurrentXmlSchema112Timestamp() : string {
+  // Omit the milliseconds part from toISOString() output
+  return new Date().toISOString().replace(/\.\d+Z$/, 'Z');
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/web5/src/vc-api.ts b/packages/web5/src/vc-api.ts
index b741f7076..6837cd83b 100644
--- a/packages/web5/src/vc-api.ts
+++ b/packages/web5/src/vc-api.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,70 @@
-import type { Web5Agent } from '@tbd54566975/web5-agent';
+import { Web5Agent } from '@tbd54566975/web5-agent';
+import type { VerifiableCredential } from '../../credentials/src/types.js';
+
+import { getCurrentXmlSchema112Timestamp } from '../../credentials/src/utils.js';
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+import { dataToBlob } from './utils.js';
+import { Record } from './record.js';
+
+import { DwnInterfaceName, DwnMethodName, RecordsWriteMessage, RecordsWriteOptions } from '@tbd54566975/dwn-sdk-js';
+import { RecordsWriteResponse } from './dwn-api.js';
+
+export type VcCreateResponse = RecordsWriteResponse & {
+  vc: VerifiableCredential;
+};
 
 export class VcApi {
-  #agent: Web5Agent;
+  #web5Agent: Web5Agent;
   #connectedDid: string;
 
   constructor(agent: Web5Agent, connectedDid: string) {
-    this.#agent = agent;
+    this.#web5Agent = agent;
     this.#connectedDid = connectedDid;
   }
 
-  async create() {
-    // TODO: implement
-    throw new Error('Not implemented.');
+  async create(credentialSubject: any): Promise<VcCreateResponse> {
+    if (!credentialSubject || typeof credentialSubject !== 'object') {
+      throw new Error('credentialSubject not valid');
+    }
+
+    const vc: VerifiableCredential = {
+      '@context'        : ['https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1'],
+      credentialSubject : credentialSubject,
+      type              : ['VerifiableCredential'],
+      issuer            : { id: this.#connectedDid },
+      issuanceDate      : getCurrentXmlSchema112Timestamp(),
+      id                : uuidv4(),
+    };
+
+    const messageOptions: Partial<RecordsWriteOptions> = { ...{ schema: 'vc/vc', dataFormat: 'application/json' } };
+
+    const { dataBlob, dataFormat } = dataToBlob(vc, 'application/json');
+    messageOptions.dataFormat = dataFormat;
+
+    const agentResponse = await this.#web5Agent.processDwnRequest({
+      author      : this.#connectedDid,
+      dataStream  : dataBlob,
+      messageOptions,
+      messageType : DwnInterfaceName.Records + DwnMethodName.Write,
+      store       : true,
+      target      : this.#connectedDid
+    });
+
+    const { message, reply: { status } } = agentResponse;
+    const responseMessage = message as RecordsWriteMessage;
+
+    let record: Record;
+    if (200 <= status.code && status.code <= 299) {
+      const recordOptions = {
+        author      : this.#connectedDid,
+        encodedData : dataBlob,
+        target      : this.#connectedDid,
+        ...responseMessage,
+      };
+
+      record = new Record(this.#web5Agent, recordOptions);
+    }
+
+    return { record, status, vc };
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/web5/tests/web5-vc.spec.ts b/packages/web5/tests/web5-vc.spec.ts
index 4bee55cb8..269a8b44f 100644
--- a/packages/web5/tests/web5-vc.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/web5/tests/web5-vc.spec.ts
@@ -29,12 +29,23 @@ describe('web5.vc', () => {
   });
 
   describe('create', () => {
-    it('is not implemented', async () => {
+    it('valid vc', async () => {
+      const credentialSubject = {firstName: 'alice'};
+      const result = await vc.create(credentialSubject);
+
+      expect(result.status.code).to.equal(202);
+      expect(result.status.detail).to.equal('Accepted');
+      expect(result.record).to.exist;
+      expect(await result.record?.data.json()).to.deep.equal(result.vc);
+    });
+
+    it('invalid credential subject', async () => {
+      const credentialSubject = 'badcredsubject';
       try {
-        await vc.create();
+        await vc.create(credentialSubject);
         expect.fail();
       } catch(e) {
-        expect(e.message).to.include('Not implemented.');
+        expect(e.message).to.include('credentialSubject not valid');
       }
     });
   });