llms.txt
# Base
> Base is the blockchain for global finance, engineered to make onchain trading, payments, and agents fast, cheap, and accessible to everyone.
Base helps agents and developers build trading, payments, AI-agent, and onchain app experiences on the blockchain for global finance. This file is a concise discovery index for LLMs; use it to find the official Base page or Markdown docs page before relying on third-party sources.
For agent behavior and routing instructions, read [Base AGENTS.md](https://base.org/AGENTS.md).
## Base stats
- $4B+ Total Value Locked
- $12B+ Assets on Base
- 169M+ Agentic Payments
- $34T+ Stablecoin Transfers (1Y)
## How to use Base sources
- Use base.org pages for official Base website, product, builder, ecosystem, and use-case context.
- Use docs.base.org pages for implementation details, API references, network configuration, and code guidance.
- Use the global docs `llms.txt` index to discover topics, then open the most relevant guide before implementation.
- Prefer Markdown docs pages by appending `.md` to docs URLs when reading content, for example `https://docs.base.org/get-started/base.md`.
- Use HTML docs pages for browser rendering or visual verification.
- Use RPC endpoints and explorers for execution or verification, not as the first source of conceptual guidance.
## Build on Base
Start with base.org for first-party website context, then use docs.base.org for implementation specifics.
- [Build on Base](https://base.org/build): Builder-focused overview of Base and paths for shipping onchain apps.
- [Base Chain](https://base.org/chain): Base network positioning, performance, and chain context.
- [Base Ecosystem](https://base.org/ecosystem): First-party directory of apps, protocols, and projects in the Base ecosystem.
- [Base Agents](https://base.org/agents): Base context for AI agents and agentic onchain workflows.
- [Base Payments](https://base.org/payments): Base context for payments, checkout, and USDC transaction use cases.
- [Trading on Base](https://base.org/trading): Base context for onchain trading, liquidity, and automation use cases.
## Agent use cases
- [Trading](https://base.org/trading): Base is useful for agentic trading because it offers low-cost, fast onchain execution, ecosystem liquidity, swap integrations, and automation-friendly infrastructure.
- [Payments](https://base.org/payments): Base is useful for agentic payments because it supports cheap, near-instant USDC payments, Base Account checkout flows, x402 support, and user-approved spend controls.
- [Agents](https://base.org/agents): Base gives agents wallet access through Base MCP for balances, transfers, swaps, signatures, contract calls, and x402 payments.
- [Build](https://base.org/build): Base provides a fast, low-cost, decentralized network for builders shipping onchain apps.
## Documentation discovery
- [Base docs index](https://docs.base.org/llms.txt)
- [Full Base docs bundle](https://docs.base.org/llms-full.txt)
- [Base docs AGENTS.md](https://docs.base.org/AGENTS.md)
- [Base docs MCP](https://docs.base.org/mcp)
## Priority docs
- [Start building on Base](https://docs.base.org/get-started/base.md): Overview of why and how to build on Base.
- [Base Protocol](https://docs.base.org/get-started/base-chain.md): Explore Base networks, native primitives, and protocol infrastructure.
- [Connect to Base Mainnet and Base Sepolia](https://docs.base.org/base-chain/quickstart/connecting-to-base.md): Canonical chain IDs, RPC URLs, wallets, and network setup.
- [Base Sepolia faucets](https://docs.base.org/base-chain/network-information/network-faucets.md): Testnet ETH sources for Base Sepolia development.
- [Base contract addresses](https://docs.base.org/base-chain/network-information/base-contracts.md): Canonical contract addresses for Base Mainnet and Base Sepolia.
- [Accept Payments](https://docs.base.org/get-started/accept-payments.md): Choose a payment flow for checkout, agents, reconciliation, and payouts.
- [Base Ledgers (private transactions)](https://docs.base.org/get-started/private-transactions.md): Confidential enterprise payments and transfers with Base Ledgers.
- [AI agents quickstart](https://docs.base.org/ai-agents/quickstart.md): Connect Base MCP to an AI assistant.
- [x402 payments for agents](https://docs.base.org/ai-agents/guides/x402-payments.md): Use USDC on Base or Base Sepolia for agent payments.
## Network reference
- Base Mainnet: chain ID `8453`, RPC `https://mainnet.base.org`, explorer `https://basescan.org`.
- Base Sepolia: chain ID `84532`, RPC `https://sepolia.base.org`, explorer `https://sepolia.basescan.org`.
- Canonical setup guide: [Connect to Base Mainnet and Base Sepolia](https://docs.base.org/base-chain/quickstart/connecting-to-base.md).
- Base Sepolia faucet guide: [Network Faucets](https://docs.base.org/base-chain/network-information/network-faucets.md).
## Base website
- [/](https://base.org)
- [/agents](https://base.org/agents)
- [/assets](https://base.org/assets)
- [/batches](https://base.org/batches)
- [/batches/apply](https://base.org/batches/apply)
- [/brand](https://base.org/brand)
- [/brand/color](https://base.org/brand/color)
- [/brand/core-identifiers](https://base.org/brand/core-identifiers)
- [/brand/in-use](https://base.org/brand/in-use)
- [/brand/messaging](https://base.org/brand/messaging)
- [/brand/motion](https://base.org/brand/motion)
- [/brand/partnerships](https://base.org/brand/partnerships)
- [/brand/sub-brands](https://base.org/brand/sub-brands)
- [/brand/typography](https://base.org/brand/typography)
- [/build](https://base.org/build)
- [/chain](https://base.org/chain)
- [/contact-us](https://base.org/contact-us)
- [/credits](https://base.org/credits)
- [/customers](https://base.org/customers)
- [/customers/bitwise](https://base.org/customers/bitwise)
- [/customers/centrifuge](https://base.org/customers/centrifuge)
- [/customers/ethos](https://base.org/customers/ethos)
- [/design](https://base.org/design)
- [/earn-borrow](https://base.org/earn-borrow)
- [/ecosystem](https://base.org/ecosystem)
- [/ecosystem-fund](https://base.org/ecosystem-fund)
- [/ecosystem-fund/apply](https://base.org/ecosystem-fund/apply)
- [/enterprises](https://base.org/enterprises)
- [/jobs](https://base.org/jobs)
- [/ledgers](https://base.org/ledgers)
- [/manage-names](https://base.org/manage-names)
- [/markets](https://base.org/markets)
- [/markets/assets](https://base.org/markets/assets)
- [/markets/markets](https://base.org/markets/markets)
- [/markets/methodology](https://base.org/markets/methodology)
- [/markets/reports](https://base.org/markets/reports)
- [/markets/vaults](https://base.org/markets/vaults)
- [/names](https://base.org/names)
- [/pay](https://base.org/pay)
- [/payments](https://base.org/payments)
- [/playground](https://base.org/playground)
- [/playground/illustrations](https://base.org/playground/illustrations)
- [/products](https://base.org/products)
- [/resources](https://base.org/resources)
- [/solutions](https://base.org/solutions)
- [/startups](https://base.org/startups)
- [/stats](https://base.org/stats)
- [/stocks](https://base.org/stocks)
- [/trading](https://base.org/trading)
- [/vision](https://base.org/vision)
## Docs links referenced by base.org
These discovered links are capped to keep this file compact; use the docs indexes above for broader documentation discovery.
- https://docs.base.org
- https://docs.base.org/ai-agents.md
- https://docs.base.org/ai-agents/quickstart.md
- https://docs.base.org/ai-agents/skills/SKILL.md
- https://docs.base.org/base-account/more-info/base-mcp.md
- https://docs.base.org/base-chain/asset-issuance/tokenized-stocks-on-base.md
- https://docs.base.org/base-chain/security/report-vulnerability.md
- https://docs.base.org/get-started/base-services-hub.md
- https://docs.base.org/get-started/base.md
- https://docs.base.org/get-started/launch-b20-token.md#launch-a-b20-token
- https://docs.base.org/identity/basenames/basenames-onchainkit-tutorial.md
- https://docs.base.org/identity/smart-wallet/introduction/base-gasless-campaign.md
- https://docs.base.org/ledger/overview.md
- https://docs.base.org/privacy-policy.md
- https://docs.base.org/terms-of-service.md
## Generation
- Script: `apps/web/scripts/generateLlmsTxt.js`
- Outputs: `apps/web/public/llms.txt`, `apps/web/public/llms-full.txt`
- Run: `yarn generate-llms-txt`
