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

# For developers

> Build plugins that integrate with the Ember API.

Ember exposes a public API for other plugins to interact with.

The API lives in a dedicated Maven artifact (`sh.carr.ember:ember-api`) so you can compile against it without pulling in the full plugin.

## Find your way

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/developers/quickstart">
    Add the dependency to your build and read your first value from Ember.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Concepts" icon="lightbulb" href="/developers/concepts">
    How the API is shaped, and why it looks the way it does.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API reference" icon="book" href="/developers/api-reference">
    The public types Ember exposes.
  </Card>
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