# Tempo developer documentation

Connect to Tempo and learn how to build stablecoin payment products. Start with network setup, fund a wallet, send your first payment, then choose the product workflow, reference, or operational surface you need next.

If you are new to Tempo, start with **Connect to Tempo**, then use **Stablecoin Payments** as the first product guide.

## Start Here

* [Connect to Tempo](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/quickstart/integrate-tempo) — Add Tempo chain configuration, RPC endpoints, explorer links, and wallet connection details.
* [Get Funds](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/guide/getting-funds) — Fund a test wallet so you can deploy contracts, send payments, and exercise integration flows.
* [Send Your First Payment](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/guide/payments/send-a-payment) — Make a stablecoin transfer, attach a memo, and see where fees and receive policies fit.

## Choose a Build Path

* [Stablecoin Payments](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/guide/payments) — Send, accept, reconcile, and sponsor stablecoin payments on Tempo.
* [Issue Stablecoins](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/guide/issuance) — Create, mint, and manage TIP-20 stablecoins.
* [Exchange Stablecoins](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/guide/stablecoin-dex) — Use Tempo's stablecoin DEX for swaps, quote tokens, liquidity, and fee routing.
* [Agentic Payments](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/guide/machine-payments) — Accept one-time, pay-as-you-go, and streamed payments through the Machine Payments Protocol.
* [Private Zones](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/guide/private-zones) — Use private zones for isolated execution, deposits, transfers, swaps, bridges, and withdrawals.

## Reference and Operations

* [Tools & SDKs](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/tools) — SDKs, CLI, Tempo API, wallet docs, JSON-RPC, and indexer tooling.
* [Tempo API](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/api) — Read payment activity, use webhooks, quote funding and exchanges, sponsor fees, and query indexed data.
* [Tempo Protocol](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/protocol) — Technical references for tokens, policies, fees, transactions, blockspace, exchange, zones, and TIPs.
* [Run a Tempo Node](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/guide/node) — Operate Tempo infrastructure for direct RPC access, validation workflows, monitoring, and upgrades.

## Ecosystem Resources

* [Use Tempo with AI](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/guide/using-tempo-with-ai) — Give coding agents Tempo docs, source context, MCP tools, and agent workflow plugins.
* [Partners](https://tempo.xyz/developers/docs/partners) — Find issuers, wallets, ramps, compliance, custody, analytics, orchestration, and infrastructure partners.