> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.soda.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/data-contracts/data-contracts-checks.md).

# Data contract check reference

{% hint style="success" %}
Data contracts are now available as a [public beta](https://beta.soda.io/create-account) feature.

See the new [Data Testing documentation](/data-testing.md) for setup and guidance.
{% endhint %}

Soda data contracts is a Python library that verifies data quality standards as early and often as possible in a data pipeline so as to prevent negative downstream impact. Be aware, Soda data contracts checks do not use SodaCL. Learn more [About Soda data contracts](/soda-documentation/soda-v3/data-contracts.md#about-data-contracts).

Access the [data contract check reference](https://github.com/sodadata/soda-core/blob/main/docs/data-contracts-language.md) in the Soda Core repository in GitHub.

## Go further

* Learn how to [prepare](/soda-documentation/soda-v3/data-contracts/data-contracts-write.md) a data contract.

> Need help? Join the [Soda community on Slack](https://community.soda.io/slack).


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