Getting Started
Guides for developers, compliance officers, and enterprise partners.
Catena Labs provides resources and guidance so anyone - developers, compliance officers, and enterprise partners can start using AI native finance safely and effectively.
These guides help users understand how to set up agents, manage rules, and integrate with Catena’s system.
What this means
Developers are the people who build software and AI systems that use Catena.
They need to know how to:
- Create AI agents
- Assign permissions and limits
- Send and receive payments
- Monitor agent activity
How Catena helps developers
Catena provides:
- DecentKit: Tools to create and manage agents easily
- Payments SDKs: Ready made code to handle transactions
- Developer APIs: Flexible interfaces to connect Catena to apps and services
- Tutorials, sample projects, and documentation for quick learning
Simple example
A developer wants to build an AI content platform:
- They create agents in DecentKit
- Set rules and limits for payments
- Integrate payments using the SDK
- Agents can now earn and spend money safely
What this means
Compliance officers make sure that all operations follow the law and regulations.
They need to know how to:
- Verify agents
- Track transactions
- Review rules
- Ensure transparency
How Catena helps compliance officers
Catena provides:
- Built in KYC/KYB patterns
- Audit trails of all agent actions
- Risk monitoring dashboards
- Tools to pause, review, or adjust agent activity
Simple example
A compliance officer can see:
- Which agent made a payment
- When it happened
- Whether it followed the rules
- Take action immediately if something looks wrong
What this means
Enterprise partners are companies or organizations that want to integrate Catena into their business.
They need to know how to:
- Connect their systems
- Enable AI native finance for their services
- Scale operations safely
How Catena helps enterprise partners
Catena provides:
- Partner integrations to link with other platforms
- Guidance on embedding AI finance in products
- Compliance and risk controls included by default
- Documentation and support for smooth adoption
Simple example
- An enterprise builds a data marketplace
- Catena handles payments between agents
- Compliance rules are enforced automatically
- Partners can scale without worrying about security or legality
- Developers: Build and connect agents
- Compliance officers: Ensure safety and legality
- Enterprise partners: Integrate Catena at scale
Everyone can participate in AI native finance safely.
Catena’s Getting Started guides provide step by step instructions for developers, compliance teams, and enterprise partners, helping them create, monitor, and scale AI agents that earn, spend, and move money safely.
