---
title: "Introduction"
description: "What the Clank protocol is and what you can build on it."
---

> Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.clank.trade/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

<p class="text-[1.0625rem] leading-7 text-foreground">
  Clank is an AI-native token launch protocol on Robinhood Chain. Every token starts trading on a
  <strong class="font-semibold text-primary"> bonding curve</strong>, then
  graduates to a{" "}
  <strong class="font-semibold text-primary">locked Uniswap V4 pool</strong>
  once its sale allocation sells out.
</p>

<p class="mt-4 font-[350] leading-7 text-muted-foreground">
  These docs are for developers who want to integrate the protocol directly:
  launch tokens, trade on the bonding curve, and trade in the pool after
  graduation.
</p>

- **Pons V2 compatible** — Existing Pons V2 integrations can reuse their core trading and migration flow
with Clank V2.

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<div class="rounded-md bg-card/70 p-3 ring ring-border/70">
<p class="m-0 font-semibold text-foreground">Retained interfaces</p>
<p class="mt-1 mb-0">
Canonical bonding-curve trades, graduation calls, and core events.
</p>
</div>
<div class="rounded-md bg-card/70 p-3 ring ring-border/70">
<p class="m-0 font-semibold text-foreground">Improved curve math</p>
<p class="mt-1 mb-0">
Maintains the 1 billion token supply through migration and a consistent
market cap across graduation.
</p>
</div>
</div>

## What you can build

  <a href="/guides/launch-a-token" class="group block rounded-lg no-underline">
- **Launch tokens** — Launch from your own app or bot.
  </a>
  <a
    href="/guides/trade-on-the-bonding-curve"
    class="group block rounded-lg no-underline"
  >
- **Trade the curve** — Buy and sell while a token is in its launch phase.
  </a>
  <a
    href="/guides/trade-after-graduation"
    class="group block rounded-lg no-underline"
  >
- **Trade after graduation** — Route trades through the token's locked Uniswap V4 pool.
  </a>
  <a
    href="/guides/index-the-protocol"
    class="group block rounded-lg no-underline"
  >
- **Index the protocol** — Build launch and trade feeds from protocol events.
  </a>

## Where to start

- New to Clank? <a href="/concepts/token-lifecycle" class="font-medium text-primary underline decoration-primary/40 underline-offset-3 hover:decoration-primary">Read the token lifecycle.</a>
- Ready to write code? <a href="/quickstart" class="font-medium text-primary underline decoration-primary/40 underline-offset-3 hover:decoration-primary">Open the quickstart.</a>
- Building with a coding model? <a href="/build-with-ai" class="font-medium text-primary underline decoration-primary/40 underline-offset-3 hover:decoration-primary">Give it the Clank docs.</a>
- Need an address or ABI? <a href="/reference/contracts" class="font-medium text-primary underline decoration-primary/40 underline-offset-3 hover:decoration-primary">Go to the contract reference.</a>

Source: https://developer.clank.trade/index.mdx