Welcome to the CRE Confidential Bootcamp
Welcome to the CRE Confidential Bootcamp: Build Confidential Workflows!
This is a two-day, hands-on bootcamp designed to give you a deep, developer-focused guide to building confidential computing workflows with the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE).
Videos
This Bootcamp was held live. Here are the recordings
🎤 Instructors
 | Frank Kong Developer Relations Engineer, Chainlink Labs X (Twitter): @frank_chainlink LinkedIn: Frank Kong |
 | Darby Martinez Developer Relations Engineer, Chainlink Labs X (Twitter): @darbease LinkedIn: Darby Martinez |
 | Solange Gueiros Developer Relations Manager (Education & Content), Chainlink Labs X (Twitter): @solangegueiros LinkedIn: Solange Gueiros solange.dev |
Schedule
📅 Day 1: CRE + Confidential Workflow Fundamentals (1.5 hours)
Build a core understanding of CRE and confidential computing, and run your first Confidential Workflow:
- CRE core concepts and mental model
- Confidential Workflows: TEEs, enclaves, and the Vault DON
- Case Study 1: AI Audit Firewall (smart contract audit firewall)
- Workflow flow and key code walkthrough
- How Chainlink implements Confidential Workflows
- Why this use case must run confidentially
- Case Study 1 demo
- ❓ Q&A - open questions
📅 Day 2: Hands-On — Automated Liquidation Protection (1.5 hours)
No repeated fundamentals — we jump straight into deploy instructions and the second complete case study:
- Workflows in production: how to deploy a Hello World workflow
- Finance primer: what liquidation is and how to prevent it
- Case Study 2: Automated Liquidation Protection
- Workflow flow and key code walkthrough
- Confidential policy parameters and front-running resistance
- Case Study 2 demo
- Wrap-up and next steps
- ❓ Q&A - open questions
What You’ll Build
Two complete applications built on CRE Confidential Workflows (each available in both TypeScript and Go):
| Case Study | One-liner | What confidentiality protects |
|---|---|---|
| AI Audit Firewall | Before a transaction executes, two LLMs audit the target contracts inside an enclave and produce an ALLOW / DENY / MANUAL_REVIEW verdict, optionally written onchain | Scanner and LLM API credentials, plus the audit process data |
| Automated Liquidation Protection | Continuously monitors a lending position’s health and automatically adds collateral or repays debt before liquidation happens | Exchange credentials, risk thresholds, and defense strategy parameters |
Both case studies come from the official CRE templates repo: cre-templates.