Coinbase Developer Documentation

Official documentation for building with Coinbase Developer Platform APIs, wallets, payments, onchain tooling, and SDKs.

Getting Started

• Coinbase Developer Docs: Main documentation entry point for CDP products, guides, and references.
• Quickstart: Entry point to CDP products, common workflows, and platform concepts.
• Authentication: How to create API keys and authenticate requests safely.
• JWT Authentication: Generate and use JWTs for server-side API access.
• Security Best Practices: Recommendations for key management, signing, and secure API operation.
• Supported Networks: Chain and asset support across CDP products and SDKs.
• AI-Optimized Documentation: AI-optimized content and integrations available from any CDP docs page.

CDP CLI & MCP

• CDP CLI Overview: CLI and MCP server for the CDP API. Use for ad-hoc operations, scripts, and AI agents.
• CDP CLI Quickstart: Install, configure credentials, send a testnet transaction from the terminal.
• CDP CLI How It Works: Credentials, environments, field syntax, encode-sign-send pipeline.
• CDP CLI MCP Integration: Run the CLI as an MCP server for typed tool access to every CDP API operation.
• CDP CLI Onboarding Skill: Skill that installs, configures, and verifies the CDP CLI for an AI agent.

API Reference

• API Reference: Top-level API reference hub for CDP services.
• API Reference Introduction: Overview of REST and JSON-RPC API surfaces.
• CDP API v2: Core v2 API concepts and endpoint navigation.
• Authentication (API v2): Bearer token generation and request authentication flow.
• Errors: Error types, troubleshooting guidance, and response semantics.
• JSON-RPC API: Supported RPC methods and usage patterns.
• Payment APIs Overview: Programmatic payment creation, transfer handling, and webhooks.

Guides

• Non-custodial Wallets Welcome: Managed wallet infrastructure for users and systems.
• Onramp Overview: Fiat-to-crypto onboarding with hosted and headless integration options.
• Paymaster Quickstart: Sponsor gas and improve transaction UX with account abstraction.
• x402 Welcome: HTTP-native payments for monetizing APIs and resources.
• Webhooks Overview: Event-driven integrations for transaction and address monitoring.

AI & Agent Tooling

• AgentKit Welcome: Build AI agents that can use CDP tools and wallet actions.
• AgentKit Quickstart: Fast start for creating and running your first AgentKit integration.
• AgentKit MCP Extension: Connect AgentKit capabilities through MCP-compatible tooling.
• CDP Docs MCP: Configure MCP connections so AI tools can access CDP docs context.
• Agentic Wallet: Wallet infrastructure designed for autonomous AI agent workflows.
• Agentic Wallet CLI Quickstart: Set up an agent-ready wallet flow with secure defaults.
• Agentic Wallet MCP: MCP server for AI agents to autonomously discover and pay for x402 services.

Core API Concepts

• Idempotency: Safely retry write requests without creating duplicate side effects.
• Rate Limits: Throughput constraints, request planning, and backoff guidance.
• Verify Webhook Signatures: Validate webhook authenticity before processing incoming events.
• Service Status: Check platform availability and incident updates.

SDKs

• SDK Overview: CDP SDK documentation and language-specific entry points.
• TypeScript SDK: TypeScript SDK setup and API usage for CDP applications.
• Python SDK: Python SDK setup and usage for backend automation workflows.
• CDP Hooks: Frontend React hooks for authentication and transaction workflows.
• React SDK: Frontend wallet and auth components for React apps.

Tutorials

• Explore Demo Apps: Curated examples demonstrating common product integration patterns.
• Learn Demo Apps: Guided examples for key onchain and payment use cases.
• Automated Mass Payouts: Build and run multi-recipient payout workflows.
• Onchain Commerce Shop: Build commerce checkout flows using onchain payments.
• Aave Lending Integration: Build a lending flow with CDP and DeFi primitives.

Optional

• Changelog: Product and documentation release updates.
• AI Context: Supplemental context for AI-assisted tooling and workflows.
• Custom Stablecoins: Stablecoin issuance and orchestration references for specialized integrations.
• Prime API Docs: Institutional trading and portfolio docs for Prime-specific use cases.
• Derivatives Docs: Derivatives market data and trading protocol documentation.