> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.livepeer.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Developer Guides

> A curated library of how-to guides, tutorials, and walkthroughs for building with Livepeer – from first API call to production AI pipelines.

A curated map of the Developers guides surface. Use this page to jump into the right task flow without relying on older external roundups.

<Info>
  For precise API, SDK, and product behaviour, prefer the routed pages in this section over older community tutorials. External resources still exist in the knowledge hub, but the internal guides below are the maintained path.
</Info>

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## Choose a Guide Path

Choose the section that matches the outcome you need.

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  <Card title="Setup Paths" icon="signs-post" href="/v2/developers/navigator">
    Compare the AI, video, and contributor starting points before you commit to a build path.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI Quickstart" icon="sparkles" href="/v2/developers/build/ai-and-agents/ai-jobs-direct-quickstart">
    Get an API key, make your first AI request, and understand the next build steps for application integrations.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Transcoding Quickstart" icon="video" href="/v2/developers/build/video/transcoding-direct-quickstart">
    Ship a first video workflow for livestreaming, playback, and asset processing.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Contributor Quickstart" icon="code-branch" href="/v2/developers/resources/contributing">
    Move into protocol, tooling, and ecosystem contribution paths if you are building beyond app integrations.
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## AI Guides

Task-focused pages for authentication, hardening, and production-readiness.

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  <Card title="Authentication" icon="key" href="/v2/developers/guides/auth-and-security/ai-authentication">
    Set up API authentication safely and understand where keys belong in application architecture.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Production Checklist" icon="clipboard-check" href="/v2/developers/guides/production-hardening-checklist">
    Review the operational checks to complete before you move an AI integration into production traffic.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Troubleshooting" icon="life-ring" href="/v2/developers/guides/observability-and-debugging/job-debugging">
    Work through the most common request, model, and environment issues when AI jobs fail or degrade.
  </Card>

  <Card title="SDK Integration Guide" icon="brackets-curly" href="/v2/developers/resources/reference/sdks">
    Pick the SDK and integration pattern that matches your app, runtime, and infrastructure model.
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## Video Guides

Step-by-step implementation pages for core video workflows.

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  <Card title="Create a Livestream" icon="signal-stream" href="/v2/developers/build/video/live-events">
    Create stream objects, manage ingest, and connect broadcasters to Livepeer video infrastructure.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Playback" icon="circle-play" href="/v2/developers/build/video/ingest-and-playback">
    Configure playback paths for generated streams and assets, then embed them in an application experience.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Upload an Asset" icon="upload" href="/v2/developers/build/video/vod-and-recording">
    Ingest video files for transcoding, storage, and downstream delivery.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Access Control" icon="lock" href="/v2/developers/guides/auth-and-security/access-control">
    Apply playback restrictions and distribution controls to protected video experiences.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Webhooks" icon="bolt" href="/v2/developers/build/video/live-events">
    Wire event-driven processing into your app when streams and assets change state.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Monitor Stream Health" icon="wave-pulse" href="/v2/developers/guides/observability-and-debugging/tooling-and-metrics">
    Monitor lifecycle and delivery signals so you can detect ingest and playback issues quickly.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Video Quickstart" icon="clapperboard-play" href="/v2/developers/build/video/transcoding-direct-quickstart">
    Use the compatibility quickstart if you are arriving from older links while migrating to the canonical video flow.
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## Tutorials

End-to-end build examples that combine multiple Livepeer capabilities.

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  <Card title="Build an AI Agent on Livepeer" icon="robot" href="/v2/developers/build/tutorials/ai-agent-on-livepeer">
    Build a multi-step application flow around Livepeer AI capabilities.
  </Card>

  <Card title="IPFS Video Integration" icon="cube" href="/v2/developers/build/tutorials/ipfs-video-integration">
    Connect Livepeer video workflows to decentralised storage and delivery patterns.
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  <Card title="Token-Gated Video" icon="shield-keyhole" href="/v2/developers/build/tutorials/token-gated-video">
    Implement controlled access patterns for premium or gated video experiences.
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## Opportunities and Resources

Use these sections when you need contributor routes, exact reference material, or curated ecosystem resources.

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  <Card title="Builder Opportunities" icon="hands-holding-circle" href="/v2/developers/resources/grants-and-programmes">
    Explore grants, RFPs, open-source contribution paths, and reward-aligned ecosystem work.
  </Card>

  <Card title="SDKs" icon="brackets-curly" href="/v2/developers/resources/reference/sdks">
    Look up the current SDK families and how they map to Livepeer product surfaces.
  </Card>

  <Card title="APIs" icon="rectangle-terminal" href="/v2/developers/resources/reference/apis">
    Find the API surfaces relevant to video, AI, and infrastructure integrations.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Pricing and Rate Limits" icon="gauge-high" href="/v2/developers/resources/reference/pricing-rate-limits">
    Review pricing-sensitive and throughput-sensitive constraints before you ship production traffic.
  </Card>

  <Card title="PyTrickle" icon="python" href="/v2/developers/resources/reference/pytrickle-reference">
    Understand the Python tooling surface and where it fits relative to the other SDK and API options.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Knowledge Hub" icon="books" href="/v2/developers/resources/awesome-livepeer">
    Continue into curated ecosystem resources when you need adjacent projects, examples, and external references.
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<Tip>
  Need something not covered here yet? Open a pull request or [submit an issue](https://github.com/livepeer/docs/issues) with the missing workflow so the maintained Developers path can absorb it.
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