{"article":{"id":16148264475287,"url":"https://plaid.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/16148264475287.json","html_url":"https://support.plaid.com/hc/en-us/articles/16148264475287-What-implementation-resources-are-available","author_id":5390778350871,"comments_disabled":true,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":0,"vote_sum":0,"vote_count":0,"section_id":15991465989271,"created_at":"2023-07-19T19:51:39Z","updated_at":"2026-05-31T17:04:36Z","name":"What implementation resources are available?","title":"What implementation resources are available?","source_locale":"en-us","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2026-05-31T17:04:36Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":1121774,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":[],"body":"<p>Plaid provides a number of useful resources to help with the implementation process. For the complete list, see the <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/resources/\">Resources page</a> in our docs. Here are the resources we recommend most.</p>\n<p><strong>Plaid Documentation</strong>: <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/\">Plaid Docs</a> is the primary source of information for developers, with detailed guides and API references.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/resources/#ai-developer-tools\"><strong>AI Developer Toolkit</strong></a>: Plaid's AI-integrated tooling is the fastest way to get help and explore the API.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://dashboard.plaid.com/support/new\"><strong>Ask Bill</strong></a> — Plaid's AI assistant for documentation, integration, and account questions. Available in the Plaid Dashboard and through Plaid's local MCP server.</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/resources/cli/\"><strong>Plaid CLI</strong></a> — A command-line interface for the Plaid API, designed for both developers and AI agents.</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/resources/mcp/\"><strong>Dashboard MCP server</strong></a> — Access diagnostics and analytics from LLM applications.</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://github.com/plaid/ai-coding-toolkit/tree/main/sandbox\"><strong>Local MCP server</strong></a> — Generate realistic custom user data, simulate webhooks, and create public tokens directly from your AI tooling.</li>\n<li>\n<strong>LLM-friendly documentation</strong> — A Markdown copy of the docs is available at <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/llms.txt\">plaid.com/docs/llms.txt</a> for ingestion by AI tools.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Quickstarts and sample apps</strong>: The <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/quickstart/\">Plaid Quickstart</a> is a great starting point, with sample apps in NodeJS, Python, Ruby, Java, and Go. Additional sample apps cover specific products and patterns — see the <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/resources/#sample-apps\">Sample Apps section</a> on the Resources page.</p>\n<p><strong>Plaid Academy videos</strong>: A YouTube series teaching Plaid concepts. Recommended starting points:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlZ5nzlIq74\">Plaid Auth full tutorial</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pin0-ceDKcI\">Plaid Transactions full tutorial</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0GwNBFVGik\">Plaid OAuth JavaScript tutorial</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E0KEAVeDyc\">Plaid webhooks</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Plaid SDKs</strong>: Plaid provides official SDKs for native and web integrations.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>iOS: <a href=\"https://github.com/plaid/plaid-link-ios\">plaid-link-ios</a>\n</li>\n<li>Android: <a href=\"https://github.com/plaid/plaid-link-android\">plaid-link-android</a>\n</li>\n<li>React: <a href=\"https://github.com/plaid/react-plaid-link\">react-plaid-link</a>\n</li>\n<li>React Native: <a href=\"https://github.com/plaid/react-native-plaid-link-sdk\">react-native-plaid-link-sdk</a>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Community-supported Link SDKs exist for Angular, Flutter, and Expo. See the <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/api/libraries/\">Libraries page</a> for more details.</p>\n<p><strong>Plaid Postman Collection</strong>: Explore Plaid API endpoints without writing code. Visit the <a href=\"https://github.com/plaid/plaid-postman\">Plaid Postman Collection GitHub page</a> and click <strong>Run in Postman</strong> to get started.</p>\n<p><strong>Plaid Developer Community on Discord</strong>: Join the <a href=\"https://discord.gg/sf57M8DW3y\">Plaid Developer Community on Discord</a> for community discussion and questions.</p>\n<p><strong>Plaid Support</strong>: For account-specific issues that Bill and the docs can't resolve, <a href=\"https://dashboard.plaid.com/support\">open a support case</a> via your Plaid Dashboard.</p>","user_segment_ids":[]}}