The ZK Cookbook

17 production-ready tutorials across 5 ecosystems (Midnight Compact, Aleo Leo, Noir/Aztec, Cairo/Starknet, RISC Zero zkVM) plus cross-ecosystem deep-dives. By Battam1111. All examples use verified syntax from each language’s official reference.

What’s here

• 17 tutorials: read freely (see below). Or grab the $15 bundle for offline reading + companion code.
• bounty-radar feed: live ZK bounty firehose updated every 30 min. Free to view. $19/mo for real-time Telegram push + ecosystem filters.
• zk-pipeline-doctor: open-source CLI scoring your ZK repo on 6 dimensions. Run pip install and audit yourself for free. $99 pre-flight if you want a human-narrated report.

Tutorials by ecosystem

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Midnight

• Compact Performance Patterns: Cutting Witness and Circuit Cost
• Compact Type System Cheat Sheet for Midnight
• Local Dev Loop for Midnight: Docker, compact-cli, and Reproducible Test Networks
• Multi-Party Private State: Contracts Between Two Users on Midnight
• Rational Abstention and Witness Privacy in Midnight Contracts
• Testing Compact Contracts: Unit Tests, Assertions, and Local Simulation
• Wiring TypeScript to Compact Contracts (Generated Bindings, Errors, Lifecycle)

Aleo

• Testing Aleo Programs Locally with snarkOS and snarkVM
• Your First Aleo Contract in Leo: Mappings, Records, and Transitions

Noir

• Building a Zero-Knowledge Identity Proof in Noir
• Testing and Debugging Noir Circuits: The Honest Workflow
• Writing Your First Noir Circuit: Fields, Constraints, and Proofs

Risc0

• RISC Zero zkVM: Running Existing Rust Code Inside a STARK

Cross

• Add zk-doctor to your ZK project's CI in 5 minutes
• Aztec Accounts vs Aleo Records; Privacy Models Deep Dive
• ZK Language Comparison: Compact vs Leo vs Noir vs Cairo (2026)
• ZK Rollup Architecture Explained: zkSync vs Linea vs Polygon zkEVM (2026)

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Companion open-source tools

Disclosure

See DISCLOSURE.md for our AI-assistance disclosure + human-review process.