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# Welcome to Skyflow

> Guides, demos, and samples to help you build with Skyflow.

Skyflow is a data privacy platform that helps you protect, manage, and use sensitive data. Our documentation provides guides, API references, and tutorials to help you build with Skyflow.

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## Authentication requirements

Most of Skyflow's documentation requires authentication to access. This ensures that you can view documentation relevant to your account and resources. Users can see [Developer resources](/docs/references/developer-resources) for alternate and offline access options.

## Documentation sections

* **[Fundamentals](/docs/fundamentals/home)** — Get started guides, usage patterns (PII, PCI, LLM privacy, analytics), and core concepts
* **[Vaults](/docs/vaults/create-a-vault)** — Create vaults, insert records, query data, and manage sensitive information
* **[Governance](/docs/governance)** — Access control, roles, policies, service accounts, and audit logs
* **[Tokenization](/docs/tokenization)** — Tokenize and detokenize data, column groups, and compliance
* **[Connections](/docs/connections)** — Integrate with downstream APIs like Stripe, Plaid, and VISA
* **[AI & Data Sanitization](/docs/de-identification)** — Detect API for sanitizing PII in text, audio, images, and files
* **[Payments](/docs/payments/pci-compliance)** — BIN lookup, 3DS, network tokenization, and account updater
* **[SDKs](/docs/sdks)** — Client-side and server-side SDKs for multiple languages
* **[API Reference](/api)** — Complete API documentation for Data, Detect, Payments, and Management APIs
* **[Release notes](/docs/release-notes)** — Product updates, new features, and API changes

Here you'll find guides, demos, and samples to help you build with Skyflow.

Get started

Explore what Skyflow can do

## By use case

#### [Securely store sensitive data in Vault](/docs/fundamentals/get-started)

Learn the basics of Skyflow's Data API to read and write sensitive data to a
Vault.

#### [Collect sensitive data from the client-side](/docs/sdks/client-side/handling-data-client-side)

Use Skyflow's client-side SDKs to securely collect sensitive data from the
client.

#### [Govern access to sensitive data](/docs/governance)

Use Skyflow's data governance capabilities to control access to your
sensitive data.

#### [Use sensitive data with other APIs](/docs/connections)

Use Skyflow Connections to securely send sensitive data to downstream APIs
like Stripe, Adyen, etc.

## By feature

#### [Vault](/docs/vaults/create-a-vault)

Protect, manage, and use your sensitive data.

#### [Connections](/docs/connections)

Securely connect to third-party APIs and services.

#### [Pipelines](/docs/workflows/pipelines)

Process your sensitive data in bulk.

#### [Functions](/docs/workflows/functions)

Run custom code to process or transform your data.

## Most visited

#### [Authenticate](/docs/fundamentals/api-authentication)

Learn how to authenticate with Skyflow's APIs and SDKs.

#### [Why Skyflow?](/docs/fundamentals/product-overview)

Discover the benefits of using Skyflow for data privacy and security.

#### [Data API](/api/data)

Protect and use your sensitive data.

#### [Management API](/api/management)

Manage your Skyflow resources.

> Guides, demos, and samples to help you build with Skyflow.