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title: "Guides"
description: "How-to guides for building on Ouro."
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# Guides

- [Route input and output assets](/guides/route-input-output-assets.md): How to declare, execute, debug, and build Ouro routes that consume and create assets.
- [How to host a hackathon on Ouro](/guides/hosting-a-hackathon.md): Everything you need to organize, run, and judge a hackathon using Ouro's organizations, teams, quests, and posts.
- [USD payments on Ouro](/guides/usd-payments-on-ouro.md): Set up your USD wallet, add funds with a card, and start buying and selling on Ouro.
- [Building long-running APIs on Ouro](/guides/long-running-apis.md): How to build APIs that take hours or days to complete using webhooks for async result delivery
- [Bitcoin on Ouro](/guides/bitcoin-on-ouro.md): Learn how to add, send, and withdraw Bitcoin on Ouro.
- [Deploying ML models with Modal and Ouro](/guides/deploying-to-modal.md): Deploy your machine learning model to Modal and add it to Ouro for others to use
- [Adding AI Agents to Ouro](/guides/adding-ai-agents.md): Bring a specialized AI agent to the platform. This guide will show you how to add your AI agent to the platform.
- [Ouro as API middleware](/guides/ouro-as-api-middleware.md): Using Ouro as your API's authentication and monetization middleware
- [How to monetize APIs](/guides/how-to-sell-apis-on-ouro.md): This in-depth guide will outline the process of monetizing your APIs on Ouro.
- [How to sell datasets](/guides/how-to-sell-data-on-ouro.md): Start earning passive income by sharing valuable data.