# CAD013: Metadata

> Attaches a structured map to every defined symbol — docstrings, type hints, access flags — readable by tools, IDEs and explorers without a separate registry. Makes on-chain code genuinely self-describing so that wallets and agents can introspect contracts they have never seen before.

**Category:** Convex Architecture Documents  
**Badge:** CAD  
**Page:** https://brittleboye.github.io/awesome-lattice/projects/cads/cad013-metadata/

## Links

- **Homepage:** https://docs.convex.world/docs/cad/013_metadata
- **Source:** https://github.com/Convex-Dev/design/tree/main/docs/cad/013_metadata

## Tags

`spec` `metadata` `cvm` `lisp` `observability`

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