docs/content/concepts/tools.md

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title: Tools & Examples
description: Tools and examples for developing with Ocean Protocol.
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## Tools

[Plecos](https://github.com/oceanprotocol/plecos) is a Python tool to check metadata (a JSON file) to see if it conforms to the [OEP8 schema](https://github.com/oceanprotocol/OEPs/tree/master/8). Users can use Plecos to check their metadata before sending it to an Aquarius instance.

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## Examples

The [Tutorials](/tutorials/introduction/) include many examples.

Examples of using the [🦑 squid-py](https://github.com/oceanprotocol/squid-js) Python library can be found in the [squid_py/examples/ directory of the squid-py repository](https://github.com/oceanprotocol/squid-py/tree/develop/squid_py/examples). More examples are in the repositories:

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Examples of using the [🦑 squid-js](https://github.com/oceanprotocol/squid-js) JavaScript library can be found in the [src/examples/ directory of the squid-js repository](https://github.com/oceanprotocol/squid-js/tree/develop/src/examples). More examples are in the repositories:

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<repo name="tuna"></repo>