> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ravn.exchange/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How It Works

> One quote across every venue, delivered as the canonical asset, with no bridges.

RAVN is a **cross-chain execution layer**. You send one request, RAVN finds the best route
across every connected venue, and it returns exactly what your user needs to sign or send. The
user always receives the **canonical asset** on the destination. There is never a wrapped or
synthetic token, and never a lock-and-mint bridge.

## The flow

<Steps>
  <Step title="Smart order routing">
    On every quote, RAVN queries all eligible venues in parallel (RFQ market makers, intent
    networks, and cross-chain solvers) and picks the best real output for the pair, amount, and
    route.
  </Step>

  <Step title="One normalized response">
    The winning quote comes back in a single shape, with an opaque `quoteToken`. You never deal
    with per-venue formats.
  </Step>

  <Step title="One field to act on">
    Execution resolves to one of three values of `executionType`: `TRANSACTION`, `SIGNATURE`, or
    `DEPOSIT`. Your integration branches on that one field. See
    [Execution Types](/execution-types).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Non-custodial settlement">
    The user signs or sends directly to the venue. RAVN never takes custody of funds. Solvers
    fill and deliver the canonical asset on the destination chain.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Why there are no bridges

Traditional cross-chain routes lock your asset on one chain and mint a wrapped copy on another,
which introduces custody, wrapping, and synthetic-asset risk. RAVN routes only through RFQ
market makers, intent networks, and solver and relayer networks that settle in the canonical
asset. That is what lets RAVN promise no bridges, no wrapping, no synthetics, and no custodians,
and it is why "bridge" never appears in a RAVN route.

## What you integrate once

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Every chain" icon="link">EVM, Solana, and native Bitcoin through one API.</Card>
  <Card title="Every venue type" icon="layer-group">RFQ, intents, and solvers behind one contract.</Card>
  <Card title="Every execution model" icon="code-branch">Three execution types, one branch.</Card>
  <Card title="Best price" icon="trophy">Parallel routing picks the best real output.</Card>
</CardGroup>