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title: "Developer Platform"
slug: "developer-platform"
updated: 2026-11-05T18:06:19Z
published: 2026-11-05T18:06:19Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/developer-platform"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vastdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Developer Platform

Connect to VAST from your own code and tools. For conceptual guides, see Guides; for exact syntax, see Reference.

### DataBase

Analytics, Vector search, RAG, Machine learning

- [Overview](/develop/docs/dev-database-overview)
- [Concepts](/develop/docs/dev-database-concepts-index)
- [Quick start](/develop/docs/dev-database-quickstart)
- [Set up on the cluster](/docs-5-5/docs/vast-database) →
- [Working with tables](/develop/docs/dev-database-concepts-architecture-element-store-layout)
- [References](/develop/docs/dev-database-reference)
- [Python SDK (vastdb)](/develop/docs/dev-database-integrations-python-sdk)
- [Best Practices](/develop/docs/dev-database-best-practices-index)
- [Security and access](/develop/docs/dev-database-operations-security)
- [Integrations](/develop/docs/dev-datastore-integrations)
- [Troubleshooting and limits](/develop/docs/dev-database-troubleshooting-index)
- [VASTDB Solution KBs](/develop/docs/database-solution)
- [Spark on CNode](/docs-5-5/docs/spark-managed-cnode-application) →
- [Trino on CNode](/docs-5-5/docs/trino-managed-cnode-applications) →
- [VAST Orbit](https://github.com/vast-data/Orbit/tree/main) ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/Github%20icon%20rnd%20sm%20W-bg.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A04%3A30Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A04%3A30Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=08BcWQEYihc%2BqqXcX9uYLN%2Fl7nEaCZW7vjPL9GScYyI%3D)

### DataEngine

Functions, Triggers, Pipelines

- [Overview](/develop/docs/dev-dataengine-overview)
- [Concepts](/develop/docs/dev-dataengine-concepts-index)
- [Quickstart](/develop/docs/dev-dataengine-quickstart)
- [Set up on the cluster](/docs-5-5/docs/dataengine-administration) →
- [Functions, triggers and pipelines](/develop/docs/dev-dataengine-reference-function-and-trigger-files)
- [Integrations](/develop/docs/dev-dataengine-integrations-index)
- [Runtime SDK](/develop/docs/dev-dataengine-reference-runtime-sdk)
- [Write a function](/develop/docs/dev-dataengine-guides-write-a-function)
- [References](/develop/docs/dev-dataengine-reference)
- [Troubleshooting and limits](/develop/docs/dev-dataengine-troubleshooting)
- [Data Engine Lab Guides](/develop/docs/data-engine-lab-guides)
- [dataengine-pipelines](https://github.com/vast-data/dataengine-pipelines)

### Event Broker

Streaming analytics

- [Overview](/develop/docs/dev-event-broker-overview)
- [Concepts](/develop/docs/dev-event-broker-concepts-index)
- [Quickstart](/develop/docs/dev-event-broker-quickstart)
- [Set up on the cluster](/docs-5-5/docs/event-publishing) →
- [Topics, producers and consumers](/develop/docs/dev-event-broker-guides)
- [Kafka compatibility and utilities](/develop/docs/dev-event-broker-reference-kafka-compatibility)
- [Streaming patterns](/develop/docs/dev-event-broker-integrations-stream-processing)
- [Troubleshooting](/develop/docs/dev-event-broker-troubleshooting)

### VAST Catalog

Query, Track, Manage

- [Overview](/develop/docs/dev-catalog-overview)
- [Concepts](/develop/docs/dev-catalog-concepts-index)
- [Quickstart](/develop/docs/dev-catalog-quickstart)
- [Global and Local Snapshot Clones](/develop/docs/dev-catalog-guides-snapshots-and-change-detection)
- [Access](/develop/docs/dev-catalog-operations-access)
- [VAST Catalog Administration](/docs-5-5/docs/vast-catalog-tg) →
- [Troubleshooting](/develop/docs/dev-catalog-troubleshooting)

### Vector Search

Embed, Index, Query

- [Overview](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-overview)
- [Quickstart](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-quickstart)
- [Vector index](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-concepts-index)
- [Create a vector index](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-guides-create-an-index)
- [VAST Database Features](/docs-5-5/docs/vast-database-features) →
- [Setting Up the VAST Database Environment](/docs-5-5/docs/setting-up-the-vast-database-environment) →
- [Database Management](/docs-5-5/docs/managing-databases) →
- [Managed Applications on Clusters](/docs-5-5/docs/managed-applications-on-clusters) →
- [Managing Permissions for Accessing VAST Tabular Databases](/docs-5-5/docs/managing-permissions-for-accessing-vast-tabular-databases) →
- [VAST Query Engine](/docs-5-5/docs/vast-query-engine) →
- [Troubleshooting](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-troubleshooting)

### SyncEngine

Onboarding, Migration, AI factory

- [About SyncEngine](/develop/docs/about-syncengine-3-4)
- [SyncEngine User Guide](/develop/docs/vast-syncengine-user-guide-3-4)
- [Deploy SyncEngine](/develop/docs/deploy-syncengine-3-4)

### AI

Training, Inference, RAG

- [VAST MCP](/develop/docs/vast-admin-mcp)
- [Admin MCP](https://github.com/vast-data/vast-admin-mcp) ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/Github%20icon%20rnd%20sm%20W-bg.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A04%3A30Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A04%3A30Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=08BcWQEYihc%2BqqXcX9uYLN%2Fl7nEaCZW7vjPL9GScYyI%3D)
- [AI Inference](/develop/docs/inference)
  - [Dynamo](/develop/docs/dynamo)
  - [vLLM](/develop/docs/vllm)
  - [SGLang](/develop/docs/sglang)

### Github Repos ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/Github%20icon%20rnd%20sm%20W-bg.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A04%3A30Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A04%3A30Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=08BcWQEYihc%2BqqXcX9uYLN%2Fl7nEaCZW7vjPL9GScYyI%3D)

- [VASTPY](https://github.com/vast-data/vastpy)
- [DataEngine Skills](https://github.com/vast-data/data-engine-skills)
- [DataEngine CLI](https://github.com/vast-data/dataengine-cli)
- [VASTDB SDK](https://github.com/vast-data/vastdb_sdk)
- [VASTDB Connectors](https://github.com/vast-data/vast-db-connectors)
- [VAST CSI](https://github.com/vast-data/vast-csi)
- [Cosmos Labs](https://github.com/vast-data/cosmos-labs)
- [Grafana Dashboards](https://github.com/vast-data/vast-grafana-dashboards)