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

# FIPs

An FIP, or Farcaster Improvement Proposal, is a process for building consensus around protocol changes. FIP's are
inspired by [Ethereum's EIPs](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1)
and [Python's PEPs](https://peps.python.org/pep-0001/). Anyone can write an FIP to propose a change to:

1. A process, like the protocol's release schedule
2. A standard, like URIs for onchain assets
3. An implementation, like adding a new protocol feature

Read more about FIP's
in [FIP-0: A proposal for making proposals](https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/82). Proposals are made and ratified on
the [discussions board](https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/).

A list of finalized FIPs can be found [here](https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/categories/fip-stage-4-finalized).


## Related topics

- [UserData API](/snapchain/httpapi/userdata.md)
- [Sign In with Farcaster](/farcaster/developers/siwf/index.md)
- [Farcaster Client API Reference](/farcaster/reference/farcaster/api.md)
- [Messages](/snapchain/datatypes/messages.md)
- [Getting Started](/farcaster/developers/index.md)