# GIPHY Developer Documentation

A machine-readable index of authoritative GIPHY developer documentation for API, SDK, content settings, trust tools, and support resources.

## How to use this index

Use this top-level file to choose the most relevant focused markdown guide. Each linked llms.txt file contains a compact, agent-friendly summary of the corresponding developer documentation area, followed by canonical source links for deeper reading.

For API integrations, start with the API docs. For client UI integrations, start with the SDK docs. For short-form video content, use the Clips docs. For filtering, payload tuning, safety, examples, and support, use the specialized docs below.

## Primary integration paths

API: call GIPHY endpoints directly when the integration needs custom request handling, custom UI, or direct control over response payloads.

SDK: use GIPHY-provided UI components when the integration should move faster with built-in search, grids, media presentation, attribution, and platform-specific behavior.

Optional settings and trust tools: apply these when an integration needs stricter payload size, language, rating, rendition, safe-search, or blocked-content behavior.

## What agents should extract

Identify the correct documentation area first, then follow the linked section-specific llms.txt file for a narrower summary and canonical source links. Do not treat this top-level file as a replacement for endpoint, SDK, schema, or policy documentation.

## Canonical source links

The links below are ordered by expected integration workflow: general docs first, primary API and SDK paths next, then specialized guides for Clips, optional response controls, trust and safety, examples, and support.

## Start here

- [Developer docs](https://developers.giphy.com/docs/llms.txt): Top-level guide to GIPHY developer documentation.
- [API docs](https://developers.giphy.com/docs/api/llms.txt): API quickstart, endpoint references, schemas, examples, and errors.
- [SDK docs](https://developers.giphy.com/docs/sdk/llms.txt): SDK overview, supported platforms, content types, and design guidance.

## Specialized docs

- [Clips docs](https://developers.giphy.com/docs/clips/llms.txt): GIPHY Clips concepts, endpoints, schemas, and examples.
- [Optional settings docs](https://developers.giphy.com/docs/optional-settings/llms.txt): Response tuning, language, ratings, fields, and renditions.
- [Trust and safety docs](https://developers.giphy.com/docs/trust-and-safety/llms.txt): Safe search terms and content blocking references.
- [Developer resources](https://developers.giphy.com/docs/resource/llms.txt): Code examples, support, and API Explorer resources.