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

# Introduction

> Overview of Knot's merchant connectivity platform.

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Knot is a merchant connectivity platform that financial institutions and other businesses of all sizes use to connect their applications to the online merchant accounts of their end users. Knot allows your application to read and write data to online merchant accounts for various use cases.

[CardSwitcher](/card-switcher/quickstart), for example, allows users to quickly and securely update their credit and debit cards on-file with merchants. This allows card issuers to improve and maintain top-of-wallet status across merchants.

All integrations to Knot's platform include two aspects:

1. A client-side SDK integration which handles credential validation, multi-factor authentication, and error handling.
2. A server-side integration to read data from & write data to Knot, as well as receive webhook events.

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  <Card title="CardSwitcher Quickstart" icon="credit-card" href="/card-switcher/quickstart">
    Provision cards to merchant wallets like Amazon, Netflix, and Uber.
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  <Card title="TransactionLink Quickstart" icon="bag-shopping" href="/transaction-link/quickstart">
    Retrieve SKU-level transaction data from merchant accounts.
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  <Card title="SubscriptionManager Quickstart" icon="repeat" href="/subscription-manager/quickstart">
    Retrieve and manage subscription data from merchant accounts.
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  <Card title="API Reference" icon="book" href="/api-reference">
    Explore and integrate with API endpoints
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  <Card title="SDK" icon="mobile-notch" href="/sdk/introduction">
    Seamlessly embed Knot in your app
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<Icon icon="sparkles" /> LLM? [Read llms.txt](https://docs.knotapi.com/llms.txt).