# Documentation

> Open model credit markets and permissionless inference on Robinhood Chain.

## Docs

- [AGENTS](https://docs.tulipai.app/AGENTS.md)
- [Inference permits](https://docs.tulipai.app/concepts/inference-permits.md): How users bound credit spending while Tulip reserves, meters, and settles inference requests.
- [Launch curve](https://docs.tulipai.app/concepts/launch-curve.md): How Tulip launches a credit/USDG market with zero USDG and permanently locked Uniswap v4 liquidity.
- [Model credits](https://docs.tulipai.app/concepts/model-credits.md): Understand Tulip's fixed-supply ERC-20 inference credits and their market value.
- [Model identity](https://docs.tulipai.app/concepts/model-identity.md): How Tulip v1 pins a Hugging Face model to a deterministic on-chain ModelID.
- [Model markets](https://docs.tulipai.app/concepts/model-markets.md): How Tulip connects one canonical model credit market to many competing inference providers.
- [Provider marketplace](https://docs.tulipai.app/concepts/provider-marketplace.md): How independent operators compete to serve one canonical model credit.
- [Version 1 scope](https://docs.tulipai.app/concepts/version-one.md): What Tulip v1 supports today and how the protocol can expand beyond its first inference vendor.
- [Authentication](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/authentication.md): Authenticate Tulip Gateway clients, inference spending, providers, and settlement operators.
- [Create a chat completion](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/inference/create-a-chat-completion.md): Proxies an OpenAI-compatible request to an eligible provider and meters the response.
- [Get an inference request](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/inference/get-an-inference-request.md)
- [Quote an inference request](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/inference/quote-an-inference-request.md)
- [Get a canonical model](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/models/get-a-canonical-model.md)
- [List canonical models](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/models/list-canonical-models.md)
- [List provider offers for a model](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/models/list-provider-offers-for-a-model.md)
- [Create a provider registration challenge](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/providers/create-a-provider-registration-challenge.md)
- [Get provider offer health](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/providers/get-provider-offer-health.md)
- [Inspect a provider endpoint](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/providers/inspect-a-provider-endpoint.md)
- [Refresh provider verification](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/providers/refresh-provider-verification.md)
- [Register private provider endpoint access](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/providers/register-private-provider-endpoint-access.md)
- [Check Gateway health](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/service/check-gateway-health.md)
- [Flush pending usage receipts](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/endpoints/settlement/flush-pending-usage-receipts.md)
- [Inference flow](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/inference-flow.md): Quote, reserve, route, meter, sign, and settle a Tulip inference request.
- [Gateway overview](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/overview.md): The Tulip Gateway API for model discovery, quotes, inference, provider onboarding, and settlement.
- [Chat with a model](https://docs.tulipai.app/guides/chat-with-a-model.md): Select a Tulip model, fund an inference permit, and send a metered request.
- [Host a model](https://docs.tulipai.app/guides/host-a-model.md): Register a version 1 provider offer backed by a verified Hugging Face Inference Endpoint.
- [Launch a model market](https://docs.tulipai.app/guides/launch-a-market.md): Create a canonical model credit and zero-USDG Uniswap v4 launch market.
- [Trade model credits](https://docs.tulipai.app/guides/trade-credits.md): Buy and sell canonical model credits through Tulip's Uniswap v4 markets.
- [Tulip](https://docs.tulipai.app/index.md): Open model credit markets and permissionless inference on Robinhood Chain.
- [Candles](https://docs.tulipai.app/indexer-reference/candles.md): Query chronological OHLCV buckets for a Tulip model market.
- [Markets and swaps](https://docs.tulipai.app/indexer-reference/markets.md): Read Tulip market summaries and recent canonical swaps from the indexer.
- [Indexer overview](https://docs.tulipai.app/indexer-reference/overview.md): Read-only market telemetry for canonical Tulip Uniswap v4 pools.
- [Architecture](https://docs.tulipai.app/protocol/architecture.md): Tulip protocol components, execution paths, and trust boundaries.
- [Contracts](https://docs.tulipai.app/protocol/contracts.md): Responsibilities and privileged controls of the Tulip smart contract suite.
- [Fees](https://docs.tulipai.app/protocol/fees.md): How Tulip distributes inference charges and Uniswap v4 swap fees.
- [Security](https://docs.tulipai.app/protocol/security.md): Security model, trust assumptions, and operational guidance for Tulip.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.tulipai.app/quickstart.md): Follow the Tulip user flow from wallet connection to paid model inference.
- [Network and addresses](https://docs.tulipai.app/reference/addresses.md): Robinhood Chain configuration and canonical dependencies used by Tulip.
- [Glossary](https://docs.tulipai.app/reference/glossary.md): Definitions for Tulip model markets, inference, and settlement.
- [Statuses](https://docs.tulipai.app/reference/statuses.md): Model, provider offer, request, and indexer status values.

## OpenAPI Specs

- [openapi](https://docs.tulipai.app/gateway-reference/openapi.yaml)