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Santosh Viswanatham
Santosh Viswanatham

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Introducing ILP Cookbook GPT: Your AI Companion for Interledger

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Getting Started with Interledger Shouldn’t Be Hard

Interledger technologies are incredibly powerful. They enable seamless payments across different networks and power innovations like Open Payments, Web Monetization, and Rafiki.

At the same time, navigating the ecosystem can sometimes be challenging, particularly for those who are new to it.

The information is available, but it often lives across multiple places such as

  • Documentation websites
  • GitHub READMEs and contribution guides
  • Community Slack channels
  • Meeting notes and discussions

For newcomers, especially, this creates a frustrating experience.

You might find yourself asking questions like:

  1. How does an Open Payments flow actually work?
  2. Why am I getting an ECONNRESET error while running the Bruno collection?
  3. What is the relationship between Rafiki, Open Payments, and the Interledger protocol?

The challenge isn’t a lack of resources. The documentation resources are powerful but the challenge is to navigating between them.

The Hidden Barrier: Asking Questions

There’s another challenge that is rarely talked about.

Many people hesitate to ask questions publicly.

Not everyone is comfortable posting in a Slack channel and waiting for a response. Some people worry about asking “basic” questions, while others may come from cultures or communities where asking questions in public feels intimidating.

So instead of asking, they often:

  • Spend hours searching across documentation
  • Dig through GitHub issues
  • Try to piece together information from different places

And sometimes, they simply give up.

This is the problem we should solve.

Introducing ILP Cookbook GPT

AI tools like ChatGPT have become the go-to assistant for developers. Many of us already use them to understand documentation, debug code, or explore new technologies.

However, general AI models often lack deep context about Interledger.

For example, if you ask ChatGPT about Open Payments, the response might be generic or incomplete.

Without ILP GPT

You could refine the prompt or try enabling web search, but the results still may not fully capture the nuances of the Interledger ecosystem.

So we asked a simple question:

What if there was a GPT trained specifically on Interledger knowledge?

That’s where ILP Cookbook GPT comes in.

👉 https://chatgpt.com/g/g-695bd95212fc8191be866c52f9a4f82f-ilp-cookbook

How it works?

Using ILP Cookbook GPT is simple.

  1. Go to chatgpt.com
  2. Click Explore GPTs in the sidebar
  3. Search for ILP Cookbook

Or simply open it directly:
👉 https://chatgpt.com/g/g-695bd95212fc8191be866c52f9a4f82f-ilp-cookbook

Once you’re in, you can start asking questions just like you would with any assistant.

For example:

What is Open Payments?
How does an Open Payments flow work?

Now the responses come from a knowledge base built specifically around Interledger technologies.

With ILP Cookbook GPT

Building the Knowledge Base

One of the biggest challenges was gathering the knowledge itself.

As mentioned earlier, Interledger information exists across multiple places:

  • GitHub repositories
  • Documentation websites
  • Specifications
  • Guides and tutorials

The first step was to bring this information together into a single knowledge base that the GPT could use.

You can explore the repository here:

👉 https://github.com/devcer/interledger-kb

This repository aggregates knowledge from various Interledger-related sources and structures it so it can be used for AI-assisted learning and development.

And it’s completely open source.

Why this matters

ILP Cookbook GPT helps reduce friction for developers and community members by providing:

⚡ Quick, context-aware answers

Instead of searching across multiple docs, you can get answers instantly.

👩‍💻 Easier onboarding

New developers can understand Interledger concepts faster.

🚀 Faster experimentation

Developers can move from ideas to prototypes more quickly.

🤝 A safe space to ask questions

Sometimes you just want to ask a question without worrying whether it’s “too basic.”

Think of it as a friendly Interledger buddy - someone who can help you explore the ecosystem without hesitation.

How you can contribute

The project is designed to be community-driven.

The knowledge base powering the GPT lives here:

👉 https://github.com/devcer/interledger-kb

You can contribute by:

  1. Adding documentation sources
  2. Improving existing content
  3. Including helpful guides and explanations
  4. Expanding coverage across Interledger projects

The richer the knowledge base becomes, the better the assistant will be for everyone.

What's next?

This is just the beginning.

Future improvements could include expanding the knowledge base with:

  • Community meeting notes
  • Helpful Slack discussions
  • Public technical conversations
  • Tutorials and implementation examples

The goal is to create a living knowledge resource for the Interledger ecosystem.

Final Thoughts

Interledger has an incredibly innovative ecosystem, but getting started shouldn’t feel overwhelming.

By combining community knowledge with AI, ILP Cookbook GPT aims to make the ecosystem easier to explore, learn, and build on.

Whether you’re:

  • A developer experimenting with Open Payments
  • A contributor exploring Rafiki
  • Or someone just discovering Interledger

ILP Cookbook GPT can help you get unstuck faster.

Try it out, share feedback, and help improve the knowledge base.

And if you find it useful, don’t forget to rate it on the GPT Store ⭐

👉 https://chatgpt.com/g/g-695bd95212fc8191be866c52f9a4f82f-ilp-cookbook

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