Design patterns
Community
3 Canton design patterns for community.
Find someone who already solved this
Problem. The right Canton-side expert for "topology" or "wallet kernel" isn't obvious from forum username alone.
Solution. find_expert(topic) ranks authors by topic-relevant + total volume. Top forum posters skew toward DA engineering staff who maintain the affected component.
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Search Canton mailing lists, not just the forum
Problem. Foundation governance and many SV ops discussions never make it to the forum. They live on lists.canton.network.
Solution. search_mailing_list(query, group?) indexes cip-discuss, cip-vote, cip-announce, grants-discuss, validator-announce and globalSyncForum. Pass group="cip-vote" to drill into formal votes.
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Find adjacent projects to partner with
Problem. Builders working on adjacent capabilities (e.g. a wallet + a DEX + a bridge) rarely discover each other.
Solution. find_collaboration_opportunities(project) returns ecosystem_projects with overlapping tags/category. Use it once at proposal-time and again at design-time.
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