Purpose

This documentation is intended for developers and users of zela.io and serves as a central reference for understanding how to work with the platform.

The goal of this documentation is to:

• provide a high-level understanding of how zela.io is structured,
• explain how to deploy and manage procedures,
• describe how to debug common issues,
• outline support workflows,
• clarify the terms of platform usage.

The documentation focuses on practical usage and operational concepts rather than internal implementation details. It is suitable for both new users onboarding to zela.io and experienced users looking for a consistent reference.

Introduction

zela.io is a platform for deploying and executing Solana procedures in a controlled and scalable environment.

Zela lets you send a procedure to run next to the current Solana block producer, so your application gets the full workflow outcome in a single call instead of many separate RPC requests.

Think of it as a Solana-compatible JSON-RPC layer where you can deploy custom procedures that run in Zela’s execution environment and interact with Solana RPC nodes on your behalf.

In Zela terminology, a procedure is a unit of user code that implements the CustomProcedure trait and can be invoked via JSON-RPC.

Benefits

• Latency-critical, multi-step workflows can run as one tight loop next to the block producer
• Lower end-to-end latency for real workflows, not just for individual transactions.
• Latency is not only reduced but much more stable/predictable
• Higher reliability: fewer broken chains of RPC calls, fewer expired quotes, fewer user-visible errors.