diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index f856b1db..322eae9b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ services:
     environment:
       - LOG_LEVEL=debug
       - PREFETCH_CONTRACTS=true
-      - PREFETCH_CONTRACT_IDS=_NctcA2sRy1-J4OmIQZbYFPM17piNcbdBPH2ncX2RL8
+      - PREFETCH_CONTRACT_IDS=['_NctcA2sRy1-J4OmIQZbYFPM17piNcbdBPH2ncX2RL8', 'UC2zwawQoTnh0TNd9mYLQS4wObBBeaOU5LPQTNETqA4']
       - BOOTSTRAP_CONTRACTS=false
     healthcheck:
-      test: ['CMD', 'curl', '-f', 'http://localhost:3000/healthcheck']
+      test:
+        [
+          'CMD',
+          'curl',
+          '-f',
+          'http://localhost:3000/healthcheck'
+        ]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
diff --git a/src/common.ts b/src/common.ts
index 405246fd..d511655f 100644
--- a/src/common.ts
+++ b/src/common.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 import {
+  ANTRecord,
+  ANTState,
   ArIOState,
   ArNSNameData,
   EpochDistributionData,
@@ -27,6 +29,27 @@ export type BlockHeight = number;
 export type SortKey = string;
 export type WalletAddress = string;
 
+// TODO: append this with other configuration options (e.g. local vs. remote evaluation)
+export type ContractConfiguration =
+  | {
+    contract?: SmartWeaveContract<unknown>;
+  }
+  | {
+    contractTxId: string;
+  };
+
+export function isContractConfiguration<T>(
+  config: ContractConfiguration,
+): config is { contract: SmartWeaveContract<T> } {
+  return 'contract' in config;
+}
+
+export function isContractTxIdConfiguration(
+  config: ContractConfiguration,
+): config is { contractTxId: string } {
+  return 'contractTxId' in config;
+}
+
 export type EvaluationOptions = {
   evalTo?: { sortKey: SortKey } | { blockHeight: BlockHeight };
   // TODO: any other evaluation constraints
@@ -102,6 +125,18 @@ export interface ArIOContract {
   }: EvaluationParameters): Promise<EpochDistributionData>;
 }
 
+export interface ANTContract {
+  getState({ evaluationOptions }: EvaluationParameters): Promise<ANTState>;
+  getRecord({ domain, evaluationOptions }: EvaluationParameters<{ domain: string }>): Promise<ANTRecord>;
+  getRecords({ evaluationOptions }: EvaluationParameters): Promise<Record<string, ANTRecord>>;
+  getOwner({ evaluationOptions }: EvaluationParameters): Promise<string>;
+  getControllers({ evaluationOptions }: EvaluationParameters): Promise<any[]>;
+  getTicker({ evaluationOptions }: EvaluationParameters): Promise<any>;
+  getName({ evaluationOptions }: EvaluationParameters): Promise<any>;
+  getBalance({ address, evaluationOptions }: EvaluationParameters<{ address: string }>): Promise<number>;
+  getBalances({ evaluationOptions }: EvaluationParameters): Promise<Record<string, number>>;
+}
+
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 export interface Logger {
   setLogLevel: (level: string) => void;
diff --git a/src/common/ant.ts b/src/common/ant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ea7fe91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/ant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2022-2024 Permanent Data Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+import {
+    ANTContract,
+    ANTRecord,
+    ANTState,
+    ContractConfiguration,
+    EvaluationOptions,
+    EvaluationParameters,
+    SmartWeaveContract,
+    isContractConfiguration,
+    isContractTxIdConfiguration,
+} from '../types.js';
+import { RemoteContract } from './contracts/remote-contract.js';
+
+export class ANT implements ANTContract {
+    private contract: SmartWeaveContract<ANTState>;
+
+    constructor(config: ContractConfiguration) {
+
+        if (isContractConfiguration<ANTState>(config)) {
+            this.contract = config.contract;
+        } else if (isContractTxIdConfiguration(config)) {
+            this.contract = new RemoteContract<ANTState>({
+                contractTxId: config.contractTxId,
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current state of the contract.
+     */
+    async getState(params: EvaluationParameters): Promise<ANTState> {
+        const state = await this.contract.getContractState(params);
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    async getRecord({ domain, evaluationOptions }: EvaluationParameters<{ domain: string; }>): Promise<ANTRecord> {
+        const records = await this.getRecords({ evaluationOptions });
+
+        return records[domain]
+    }
+    async getRecords({ evaluationOptions }: { evaluationOptions?: EvaluationOptions | Record<string, never> | undefined; }): Promise<Record<string, ANTRecord>> {
+        const state = await this.contract.getContractState({ evaluationOptions });
+        return state.records;
+    }
+
+    async getOwner({ evaluationOptions }: { evaluationOptions?: EvaluationOptions | Record<string, never> | undefined; }): Promise<string> {
+        const state = await this.contract.getContractState({ evaluationOptions });
+        return state.owner;
+    }
+
+    async getControllers({ evaluationOptions }: { evaluationOptions?: EvaluationOptions | Record<string, never> | undefined; }): Promise<any[]> {
+        const state = await this.contract.getContractState({ evaluationOptions });
+        return state.controllers;
+    }
+
+    async getName({ evaluationOptions }: { evaluationOptions?: EvaluationOptions | Record<string, never> | undefined; }): Promise<any> {
+        const state = await this.contract.getContractState({ evaluationOptions });
+        return state.name;
+    }
+
+    async getTicker({ evaluationOptions }: { evaluationOptions?: EvaluationOptions | Record<string, never> | undefined; }): Promise<string> {
+        const state = await this.contract.getContractState({ evaluationOptions });
+        return state.ticker;
+    }
+
+    async getBalances({ evaluationOptions }: { evaluationOptions?: EvaluationOptions | Record<string, never> | undefined; }): Promise<Record<string, number>> {
+        const state = await this.contract.getContractState({ evaluationOptions });
+        return state.balances;
+    }
+
+    async getBalance({ address, evaluationOptions }: EvaluationParameters<{ address: string; }>): Promise<number> {
+        const balances = await this.getBalances({ evaluationOptions });
+        return balances[address];
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/common/ar-io.ts b/src/common/ar-io.ts
index a7dbb9ac..1bd4f575 100644
--- a/src/common/ar-io.ts
+++ b/src/common/ar-io.ts
@@ -19,35 +19,18 @@ import {
   ArIOContract,
   ArIOState,
   ArNSNameData,
+  ContractConfiguration,
   EpochDistributionData,
   EvaluationParameters,
   Gateway,
   Observations,
   SmartWeaveContract,
   WeightedObserver,
+  isContractConfiguration,
+  isContractTxIdConfiguration,
 } from '../types.js';
 import { RemoteContract } from './contracts/remote-contract.js';
 
-// TODO: append this with other configuration options (e.g. local vs. remote evaluation)
-export type ContractConfiguration =
-  | {
-      contract?: SmartWeaveContract<unknown>;
-    }
-  | {
-      contractTxId: string;
-    };
-
-function isContractConfiguration<T>(
-  config: ContractConfiguration,
-): config is { contract: SmartWeaveContract<T> } {
-  return 'contract' in config;
-}
-
-function isContractTxIdConfiguration(
-  config: ContractConfiguration,
-): config is { contractTxId: string } {
-  return 'contractTxId' in config;
-}
 
 export class ArIO implements ArIOContract {
   private contract: SmartWeaveContract<ArIOState>;
diff --git a/src/contract-state.ts b/src/contract-state.ts
index 6dbece4b..8b15b55c 100644
--- a/src/contract-state.ts
+++ b/src/contract-state.ts
@@ -181,3 +181,20 @@ export interface ArIOState {
   vaults: RegistryVaults;
   prescribedObservers: PrescribedObservers;
 }
+
+
+// ANT
+
+export type ANTRecord = {
+  transactionId: string;
+  ttlSeconds: number;
+};
+
+export type ANTState = {
+  owner: WalletAddress;
+  controllers: WalletAddress[];
+  name: string;
+  ticker: string;
+  records: Record<string, ANTRecord>;
+  balances: Balances;
+};
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diff --git a/tests/ant.test.ts b/tests/ant.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4e2d2a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ant.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { ANT } from '../src/common/ant';
+import { RemoteContract } from '../src/common/contracts/remote-contract';
+import { ANTState } from '../src/contract-state';
+
+
+describe('ANT contract apis', () => {
+
+    const ant = new ANT({
+        contract: new RemoteContract<ANTState>({
+            url: process.env.REMOTE_CACHE_URL || 'http://localhost:3000',
+            contractTxId: "UC2zwawQoTnh0TNd9mYLQS4wObBBeaOU5LPQTNETqA4",
+        }),
+    });
+
+    const sortKey = "000001383961,0000000000000,13987aba2d71b6229989690c15d2838a4deef0a90c3fc9e4d7227ed17e35d0bd";
+    const blockHeight = 1383961;
+
+    it.each([[{ sortKey }], [{ blockHeight }]])(`should get contract state with evaluation options: ${JSON.stringify('%s')}`, async (evalTo) => {
+        const state = await ant.getState({ evaluationOptions: { evalTo } });
+        expect(state).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it.each([[{ sortKey }], [{ blockHeight }]])(`should get record: ${JSON.stringify('%s')}`, async (evalTo) => {
+        const record = await ant.getRecord({ domain: "@", evaluationOptions: { evalTo } });
+        expect(record).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it.each([[{ sortKey }], [{ blockHeight }]])(`should get records with evaluation options: ${JSON.stringify('%s')}`, async (evalTo) => {
+        const records = await ant.getRecords({ evaluationOptions: { evalTo } });
+        console.dir({ records: records['@'] }, { depth: 4 })
+        expect(records).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it.each([[{ sortKey }], [{ blockHeight }]])(`should get owner with evaluation options: ${JSON.stringify('%s')}`, async (evalTo) => {
+        const owner = await ant.getOwner({ evaluationOptions: { evalTo } });
+        expect(owner).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it.each([[{ sortKey }], [{ blockHeight }]])(`should get controllers with evaluation options: ${JSON.stringify('%s')}`, async (evalTo) => {
+        const controllers = await ant.getControllers({ evaluationOptions: { evalTo } });
+        expect(controllers).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it.each([[{ sortKey }], [{ blockHeight }]])(`should get name with evaluation options: ${JSON.stringify('%s')}`, async (evalTo) => {
+        const state = await ant.getName({ evaluationOptions: { evalTo } });
+        expect(state).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it.each([[{ sortKey }], [{ blockHeight }]])(`should get ticker with evaluation options: ${JSON.stringify('%s')}`, async (evalTo) => {
+        const state = await ant.getTicker({ evaluationOptions: { evalTo } });
+        expect(state).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it.each([[{ sortKey }], [{ blockHeight }]])(`should get balances with evaluation options: ${JSON.stringify('%s')}`, async (evalTo) => {
+        const state = await ant.getBalances({ evaluationOptions: { evalTo } });
+        expect(state).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it.each([[{ sortKey }], [{ blockHeight }]])(`should get balance with evaluation options: ${JSON.stringify('%s')}`, async (evalTo) => {
+        const state = await ant.getBalance({ address: "TRVCopHzzO1VSwRUUS8umkiO2MpAL53XtVGlLaJuI94", evaluationOptions: { evalTo } });
+        expect(state).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+})
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