> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://rjdellecese.gitbook.io/confect/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://rjdellecese.gitbook.io/confect/introduction.md).

# Introduction

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Confect is pre-1.0 and its API is not yet stable.
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Confect is a framework that deeply integrates [Effect](https://effect.website) with [Convex](https://convex.dev). It's more than just Effect bindings! Confect allows you to:

* Define your Convex database schema using Effect schemas.
* Use Confect functions to automatically decode and encode your data according to your Effect schema definitions when reading from and writing to the database.
* Write Convex function `args` and `returns` validators using Effect's Schema library.
* Use Effect-ified versions of all of the Convex server APIs (`Promise`s become `Effect`s, `A | null`s becomes `Option<A>`s, etc.).

It's recommended that you have some familiarity with both Effect and Convex, including the vanilla `convex-js` APIs, before getting started with Confect.