# Ascend Documentation ## Docs - [Trade in 2 Minutes](https://docs.ascend.market/agent-skills/claude-web-bot.md): Copy the Ascend skill into Claude or any AI assistant and start trading immediately - no code, no setup. - [Masumi MIP-003](https://docs.ascend.market/agent-skills/masumi-mip003.md): How Masumi agents trigger Ascend skills via the MIP-003 startJob protocol. - [Agent Skills](https://docs.ascend.market/agent-skills/overview.md): How AI agents use Ascend Skills to research markets, place orders, and manage positions programmatically. - [Skill Reference](https://docs.ascend.market/agent-skills/skill-reference.md): Complete reference for the Ascend trading skill - endpoints, workflows, safety rules, and output format for agents. - [SNEK Boosted Contest](https://docs.ascend.market/ascend-testnet/boosted-contest.md): Hold 250K SNEK on Cardano mainnet and earn a 2x score boost on the SNEK 15-minute market during the Ascend testnet competition. - [Orderbook DEX](https://docs.ascend.market/ascend-testnet/orderbook-dex.md): Step-by-step guide to swapping tokens with Ascend DEX using 1AM wallet on the Midnight Preview network - [Public Testnet User Guide](https://docs.ascend.market/ascend-testnet/testnet-guide.md): Step-by-step guide to getting started on the Ascend public testnet - [Testnet Trading Competition](https://docs.ascend.market/ascend-testnet/trading-competition.md): Compete for $10K USD in prizes during the Ascend testnet trading competition - [Directional Outcome Trading](https://docs.ascend.market/core-concepts/directional-outcome-trading.md): LONG & SHORT positions on outcome probabilities - [Market Types](https://docs.ascend.market/core-concepts/market-types.md): The three types of markets on Ascend - [Outcome Probabilities](https://docs.ascend.market/core-concepts/outcome-probabilities.md): What an outcome probability represents and how to read 0–100% pricing - [Perpetual Market Structure](https://docs.ascend.market/core-concepts/perpetual-market-structure.md): Why Ascend markets never expire and how continuous trading works - [PnL & Leverage Basics](https://docs.ascend.market/core-concepts/pnl-leverage-basics.md): How profits and losses actually scale with moves - [CLOB & Matching](https://docs.ascend.market/market-mechanics/clob-matching.md): How the orderbook executes trades on probability prices - [Edge Cases](https://docs.ascend.market/market-mechanics/edge-cases.md): How the system handles extreme conditions and irregularities - [Funding & Price Alignment](https://docs.ascend.market/market-mechanics/funding-price-alignment.md): How funding keeps traded prices aligned with external probability signals - [Settlement & Resolution](https://docs.ascend.market/market-mechanics/settlement-resolution.md): How markets resolve and positions settle - [Index & Oracle Design](https://docs.ascend.market/pricing-oracles/index-oracle-design.md): How outcome probabilities are sourced, aggregated, and validated - [Mark Price System](https://docs.ascend.market/pricing-oracles/mark-price-system.md): How Ascend stabilizes pricing for safe leveraged trading - [Liquidation Logic](https://docs.ascend.market/risk-margin/liquidation-logic.md): When and how positions get liquidated - [Margin Model](https://docs.ascend.market/risk-margin/margin-model.md): How margin and leverage define your position risk - [Vision](https://docs.ascend.market/start-here/vision.md): Why outcome markets need perpetual mechanics - [Start Here](https://docs.ascend.market/start-here/what-is-ascend.md): Why probabilities of outcomes are the core trading object. - [API Docs](https://docs.ascend.market/tech-docs/api-reference.md): API and programmatic access to the Ascend protocol - [Architecture Overview](https://docs.ascend.market/tech-docs/architecture.md): Technical architecture of the Ascend protocol ## OpenAPI Specs - [openapi](https://docs.ascend.market/skills/openapi.yaml)