# Covenant: A first look

The keystone of Gardens v2 infrastructure is the Community Covenant, which serves to:

1. Encode a community’s values / mission in an onchain social contract
2. Enforce that Covenant in the community’s funding and decision-sourcing smart contracts.
3. Allow people to signal support for a community by staking tokens in the Covenant. 

The Covenant is the North Star for Gardens communities, guiding members towards a shared vision that they collectively create. 

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Want to learn about writing a good covenant from scratch? Head to the [writing](/the-covenant/publish-your-docs.md) a good covenant section to learn more.
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