Plaid provides a number of useful resources to help with the implementation process. For the complete list, see the Resources page in our docs. Here are the resources we recommend most.
Plaid Documentation: Plaid Docs is the primary source of information for developers, with detailed guides and API references.
AI Developer Toolkit: Plaid's AI-integrated tooling is the fastest way to get help and explore the API.
- Ask Bill — Plaid's AI assistant for documentation, integration, and account questions. Available in the Plaid Dashboard and through Plaid's local MCP server.
- Plaid CLI — A command-line interface for the Plaid API, designed for both developers and AI agents.
- Dashboard MCP server — Access diagnostics and analytics from LLM applications.
- Local MCP server — Generate realistic custom user data, simulate webhooks, and create public tokens directly from your AI tooling.
- LLM-friendly documentation — A Markdown copy of the docs is available at plaid.com/docs/llms.txt for ingestion by AI tools.
Quickstarts and sample apps: The Plaid Quickstart is a great starting point, with sample apps in NodeJS, Python, Ruby, Java, and Go. Additional sample apps cover specific products and patterns — see the Sample Apps section on the Resources page.
Plaid Academy videos: A YouTube series teaching Plaid concepts. Recommended starting points:
- Plaid Auth full tutorial
- Plaid Transactions full tutorial
- Plaid OAuth JavaScript tutorial
- Plaid webhooks
Plaid SDKs: Plaid provides official SDKs for native and web integrations.
- iOS: plaid-link-ios
- Android: plaid-link-android
- React: react-plaid-link
- React Native: react-native-plaid-link-sdk
Community-supported Link SDKs are also available. See the Libraries page for the current list.
Plaid Postman Collection: Explore Plaid API endpoints without writing code. Visit the Plaid Postman Collection GitHub page and click Run in Postman to get started.
Plaid Developer Community on Discord: Join the Plaid Developer Community on Discord for community discussion and questions.
Plaid Support: For account-specific issues that Bill and the docs can't resolve, open a support case via your Plaid Dashboard.