# Using NATS - [NATS Tools](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools.md) - [nats](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nats_cli.md) - [nats bench](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nats_cli/natsbench.md) - [nk](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nk.md) - [nsc](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nsc.md) - [Basics](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nsc/basics.md) - [Streams](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nsc/streams.md) - [Services](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nsc/services.md) - [Signing Keys](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nsc/signing_keys.md) - [Revocation](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nsc/revocation.md) - [Managed Operators](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nsc/managed.md) - [nats-top](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nats_top.md) - [Tutorial](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nats_top/nats-top-tutorial.md) - [Developing With NATS](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer.md) - [Anatomy of a NATS application](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/anatomy.md) - [Connecting](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting.md) - [Connecting to the Default Server](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/default_server.md) - [Connecting to a Specific Server](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/specific_server.md) - [Connecting to a Cluster](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/cluster.md) - [Connection Name](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/name.md) - [Authenticating with a User and Password](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/userpass.md) - [Authenticating with a Token](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/token.md) - [Authenticating with an NKey](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/nkey.md) - [Authenticating with a Credentials File](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/creds.md) - [Encrypting Connections with TLS](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/tls.md) - [Setting a Connect Timeout](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/connect_timeout.md) - [Ping/Pong Protocol](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/pingpong.md) - [Turning Off Echo'd Messages](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/noecho.md) - [Miscellaneous functionalities](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/misc.md) - [Automatic Reconnections](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/reconnect.md) - [Disabling Reconnect](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/reconnect/disable.md) - [Set the Number of Reconnect Attempts](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/reconnect/max.md) - [Avoiding the Thundering Herd](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/reconnect/random.md) - [Pausing Between Reconnect Attempts](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/reconnect/wait.md) - [Listening for Reconnect Events](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/reconnect/events.md) - [Buffering Messages During Reconnect Attempts](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/reconnect/buffer.md) - [Monitoring the Connection](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/events.md) - [Listen for Connection Events](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/events/events.md) - [Slow Consumers](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/connecting/events/slow.md) - [Receiving Messages](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/receiving.md) - [Synchronous Subscriptions](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/receiving/sync.md) - [Asynchronous Subscriptions](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/receiving/async.md) - [Unsubscribing](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/receiving/unsubscribing.md) - [Unsubscribing After N Messages](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/receiving/unsub_after.md) - [Replying to a Message](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/receiving/reply.md) - [Wildcard Subscriptions](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/receiving/wildcards.md) - [Queue Subscriptions](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/receiving/queues.md) - [Draining Messages Before Disconnect](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/receiving/drain.md) - [Receiving Structured Data](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/receiving/structure.md) - [Sending Messages](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/sending.md) - [Including a Reply Subject](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/sending/replyto.md) - [Request-Reply Semantics](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/sending/request_reply.md) - [Caches, Flush and Ping](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/sending/caches.md) - [Sending Structured Data](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/sending/structure.md) - [Building Services](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/services.md) - [JetStream](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/develop_jetstream.md) - [JetStream Model Deep Dive](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/develop_jetstream/model_deep_dive.md) - [Managing Streams and consumers](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/develop_jetstream/streams.md) - [Consumer Details](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/develop_jetstream/consumers.md) - [Publishing to Streams](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/develop_jetstream/publish.md) - [Using the Key/Value Store](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/develop_jetstream/kv.md) - [Using the Object Store](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/develop_jetstream/object.md) - [Tutorials](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/tutorials.md) - [Advanced Connect and Custom Dialer in Go](https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/developer/tutorials/custom_dialer.md) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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