> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://neardocs-update-rpc-openapi.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

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  <a href="https://docs.near.org/mcp" className="border-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
    <Badge color="green" icon="check">MCP Ready</Badge>
  </a>

  <a href="https://docs.near.org/llms.txt" className="border-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
    <Badge color="green" icon="check">LLMs.txt Ready</Badge>
  </a>
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<h1 className="text-5xl font-bold tracking-tight text-center justify-center pb-0 mb-0">
  NEAR Developer Docs
</h1>

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  Build contracts in Rust, create Web3 apps, and sign transactions on any chain from a single NEAR account.
</p>

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  <div>
    <h3 className="text-xl font-bold mb-2">Deploy your First Contract</h3>

    <p className="text-gray-500 mt-2 mb-5">
      Create, test and deploy contracts with simple commands.
    </p>

    <p>
      <a href="/smart-contracts/what-is">
        What is a Contract? →
      </a>
    </p>

    <p>
      <a href="/smart-contracts/quickstart">
        Quickstart →
      </a>
    </p>
  </div>

  <CodeGroup className="home-code">
    ```bash bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
    cargo near new hello-world
    # ✅ Success! Created 'hello-near', a smart contract in Rust

    # Build, test, and deploy your contract with Cargo
    cargo near build
    cargo test
    cargo near deploy
    ```
  </CodeGroup>
</Columns>

<Tip>
  You can easily [create testnet accounts](/getting-started/create-account) and request testnet tokens to the [faucet](/getting-started/faucet).
</Tip>

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  <div className="pe-4 home-code">
    <CodeGroup>
      ```bash create-near-app theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
      npx create-near-app@latest

      # ✅ What do you want to build? › "A Web App"
      # ✅ Select a framework for your frontend › "Vite (React)"
      # ✅ Name your project: "hello-near"

      #Start using your new NEAR app:
      cd hello-near
      npm run dev
      ```
    </CodeGroup>
  </div>

  <div>
    <h3 className="text-xl font-bold mb-2">Build Web3 Applications</h3>

    <p className="text-gray-500 mt-2 mb-5">
      Easily authenticate users and call smart contracts from any frontend framework.
    </p>

    <p>
      <a href="/web3-apps/what-is">
        What are Web3 Apps? →
      </a>
    </p>

    <p>
      <a href="/web3-apps/quickstart">
        Create your first app →
      </a>
    </p>
  </div>
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<h2 className="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight text-center justify-center">
  Why NEAR?
</h2>

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  <Card title="Sub-second block finality" icon="zap" horizontal>
    Transactions reach deterministic finality in 1.3s, no reorgs, no waiting.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Near-zero fees" icon="circle-dollar-sign" horizontal>
    Average transaction fees are \$0.002. Storage costs are fully refundable upon deletion.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sharded & scalable" icon="server" horizontal>
    The network automatically scales as demand grows, with no downtime or hard forks.
  </Card>

  <Card title="WASM contracts in Rust" icon="code" horizontal>
    Write complex contracts in Rust—or use community SDKs for JavaScript, Python, and Go.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Chain Signatures" icon="key" horizontal>
    Control accounts on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and more.
  </Card>

  <Card title="TEE-backed agents" icon="shield-check" horizontal>
    Run AI inference inside Trusted Execution Environments for verifiable, tamper-proof outputs.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Browse the docs

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  <Card title="Protocol" icon="layers" href="/protocol/network/architecture" cta="Learn the protocol" arrow>
    Accounts, access keys, gas, transactions, consensus, and more.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Smart contract reference" icon="code" href="/smart-contracts/anatomy/anatomy" cta="Read the reference" arrow>
    State, functions, collections, callbacks, cross-contract calls, and security.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Web application guides" icon="globe" href="/web3-apps/quickstart" cta="Build a frontend" arrow>
    Wallet authentication, JavaScript APIs, data types, and contract calls.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Tokens and primitives" icon="blocks" href="/primitives/what-is" cta="Browse primitives" arrow>
    FTs, NFTs, DAOs, linkdrops, staking, oracles, and off-chain compute.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Data infrastructure" icon="database" href="/data-infrastructure/what-is" cta="Query chain data" arrow>
    Index and query on-chain data with NEAR Lake, BigQuery, and indexers.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI agent tooling" icon="bot" href="/getting-started/tools-for-ai" cta="Connect an agent" arrow>
    Use llms.txt, Docs MCP, agent skills, and on-chain MCP tools.
  </Card>
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