# Introduction

## Getting started

Start developing your PAD application in three steps:

1. Join our waitlist at <https://www.pad.tech/>
2. Stay tuned and receive an Operator API key from us
3. Create your own PAD instance and integrate it into your app!

## Base URL

`https://api.pad.tech`

The only available API version is currently `v0`.

Check out the PAD API endpoint descriptions [here](https://docs.padprotocol.org/api_desc).


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.padprotocol.org/readme.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.