Account research
- Start with FastNear API for balances, NFTs, staking, and public-key resolution.
- Drop to RPC Reference only when you need canonical state details the indexed view does not expose.
Transaction investigation
- Start with Transactions API for account history, block lookups, and receipt investigation.
- Fall back to RPC Reference for canonical status checks or transaction submission-related workflows.
Near-realtime monitoring
- Poll NEAR Data API for optimistic or recent finalized block-family reads.
- Keep the polling logic explicit. This is not a websocket or webhook surface.
Operator bootstrap
- Use Snapshots when the workflow is about standing up infrastructure, not when the agent simply needs chain data.