@oracle-agent/oracle 0.12.0 → 0.13.1

package/dist/assets/skills/evm-contract-research.md

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+---
+name: evm-contract-research
+description: Use when researching or verifying EVM contracts, routers, factories, or tokens.
+---
+
+# EVM contract research
+
+## Verification
+1. `data dex_search <symbol>` → find token home chain + address
+2. `data dex_token <address>` → live pairs, volume, liquidity, age
+3. `data rpc_balance <address>` → native balance on chain
+4. `exec evm_erc20_allowance <owner> <spender>` → check approvals
+5. Use block explorer for source code verification
+
+## Red flags
+- No verified contract on explorer
+- Created < 24h ago
+- Liquidity < $10k
+- Single LP holding > 50%
+- Buy/sell tax > 5%
+- Honeypot (can buy, can't sell)
+- Proxy with unverified implementation
+
+## Trusted routers (verify on-chain, don't assume)
+- Uniswap V2 Router: 0x7a250d5630B4cF539739dF2C5dAcb4c659F2488D (Ethereum)
+- Uniswap V3 Router: 0xE592427A0AEce92De3Edee1F18E0157C05861564
+- UniversalRouter: 0x3fC91A3afd70395Cd496C647d5a6CC9D4B2b7FAD

package/dist/assets/skills/hyperliquid.md

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+---
+name: hyperliquid
+description: Use when working with Hyperliquid L1 — perps, spot, points, or HyperEVM.
+---
+
+# Hyperliquid
+
+## Read plane (keyless)
+- `data data_call hl-info allMids` — all perp mid prices
+- `data data_call hl-info l2Book` — L2 orderbook depth
+- `data data_call hl-info userState` — user positions + margin
+- `data data_call hl-info userFills` — trade history
+- `data data_call hl-info candleSnapshot` — OHLCV candles
+- `data data_call hl-info spotMeta` — spot market metadata
+- `data data_call hl-ws allMids` — fast WS snapshot
+
+## HyperEVM (chain 999)
+- RPC: https://rpc.hyperliquid.xyz/evm
+- Explorer: https://www.hyperscan.com
+- DEX search via `data dex_token` on chain 999
+- Gas: paid in HyperEVM native token, ~0.1-0.5 USD typical
+
+## Points
+- Earned through perp trading volume
+- No public API for points balance — uses userState for volume inference
+- Wallet age + volume are primary signals

package/dist/assets/skills/multichain-exec-desk.md

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+---
+name: multichain-exec-desk
+description: Use for cross-chain or multi-chain execution tasks.
+---
+
+# Multichain execution desk
+
+## Chain routing
+- RH 4663 → oracle owns it (rhbot executor)
+- Hyperliquid → hl-info / hl-ws (read-only, keyless)
+- EVM chains → mad_exec evm_* tools
+- Solana → Jupiter tools
+- Bitcoin → btc_* tools
+
+## Execution flow
+1. `data evm_chains` — list supported chains
+2. `data dex_search` — resolve token
+3. `exec evm_quote` — quote swap
+4. `data best_swap_route` — compare aggregators
+5. `exec evm_prepare` — build unsigned tx
+6. `exec evm_simulate` — simulate (optional but recommended)
+7. `exec evm_sign` — sign (gated)
+8. `exec evm_send` — broadcast (gated)
+
+## Cross-chain
+- `data best_bridge_route` — compare bridge providers
+- `data prepare_best_bridge_route` — build signable bridge tx
+- `data rfq_quote` — RFQ/intent routing for large sizes
+
+## Safety
+- Verify destination chainId matches intent
+- Check bridge provider is live (data health first)
+- Never route through unverified contracts

package/dist/assets/skills/oracle-action-semantics/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: oracle-action-semantics
+description: Use for watch, ping, prepare, arm, sign, send, or execution-capability questions.
+---
+
+# Oracle action semantics
+
+Keep these planes distinct:
+
+1. **Public prepare plane**: reads, quotes, simulates, and prepares unsigned artifacts. It never signs or broadcasts.
+2. **Generic Oracle signer**: the unattended daemon exposes six *bounded* surfaces — `hl`, `poly`, `evm-swap`, `evm-bridge`, `btc`, `sol`. Bounded is not generic chain authority: each surface decodes and validates its own envelope shape and refuses while its allowlists are empty. Enablement is never authority; every signature still needs one exact owner-confirmed grant.
+3. **User-wallet EVM**: ordinary EVM preparations require the user's wallet signature.
+4. **Optional bounded EVM execution**: a deployment may expose a separate same-host, owner-gated EVM executor such as MAD. Verify its status and policy before saying it is available. Never infer it from the public package or the generic signer.
+
+Do not turn a deployment fact into a universal claim. If no bounded EVM executor is installed or healthy, say the current deployment cannot execute EVM. Do not say Oracle can never execute EVM.
+
+## Binding vocabulary
+
+- `watch`, `watch this`, `ping`, `ping me`, `alert`, and `notify` mean notification only.
+- Persist them as `active: true` and `actionMode: alert_only`.
+- `arm` means authorization intent for one exact bounded action.
+- Persist it as `active: true` and `actionMode: execute` only after the exact action and owner authorization are present.
+- Never convert `watch` into execution.
+- Never convert `arm` into a watch.
+- A status field such as `armed` is not action authority. Current records require explicit `active` and `actionMode` fields.
+
+Before accepting `arm`, require the exact chain, token pair, amount or fraction, trigger, recipient, router, deadline, slippage bound, and approval bound. Require the owner-gated executor to be healthy and disarmed until that exact action is authorized. Refuse global, implied, or reusable authorization.
+
+## Execution states
+
+Report each state separately:
+
+- `executionReady`
+- `requiresUserSignature`
+- `signingReady`
+- `broadcastReady`
+
+A quote is not a preparation. A preparation is not a signature. A signature is not a broadcast. A broadcast is not mined execution. Claim success only after a transaction hash, successful receipt, and expected balance delta.
+
+ERC-20 approval is a separate transaction. Use an exact bounded amount unless the user explicitly authorizes another cap. Never silently create an unlimited approval.

package/dist/assets/skills/oracle-best-execution/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: oracle-best-execution
+description: Use whenever swapping or bridging. The rule that the highest quote is not the cheapest trade, and how to compare routes honestly.
+---
+
+# Best execution
+
+The biggest `amountOut` is not the best route. Rank on **net received after gas and
+fees**, every time.
+
+## Get the comparison
+
+```
+best_swap_route   { chainId, tokenIn, tokenOut, amountIn, decimalsIn, decimalsOut }
+best_bridge_route { fromChainId, toChainId, tokenIn, tokenOut, amountIn }
+```
+
+Or at a shell:
+
+```bash
+oracle-route swap   base <tokenIn> <tokenOut> [amountIn]
+oracle-route bridge arbitrum base [token] [amountIn]
+```
+
+## Read the result properly
+
+Report the winner **and** the runners-up. A user who sees only the winner cannot tell
+whether it won by 0.01% or 3%, and that difference decides whether the route is worth
+any extra risk.
+
+Three fields carry most of the meaning:
+
+- **`rankedOn`** — `net-of-cost` means gas was accounted for. `gross` means it was
+  **not**, and the ordering may be wrong.
+- **`costAccounted`** (per route) — `false` means that route's gas is unknown. It is
+  ranked on gross, which **flatters it**. Say so.
+- **`improvementBps`** — `null` means no honest spread exists, usually because the
+  top two routes measure cost differently. Do not invent one.
+
+## What to say
+
+Good: *"ParaSwap nets 1903.88 USDC after $0.01 gas. CoW is 0.01% behind but gasless,
+so on a larger size it likely wins. LI.FI quotes competitively but $4.78 of gas puts
+it 0.5% down."*
+
+Bad: *"Best route: LI.FI, 1899 USDC."* — that is the gross number, and it lost.
+
+## Preparing the winner
+
+`prepare_best_route` compares, then builds the signable artifact for the winner:
+
+```
+prepare_best_route { chainId, tokenIn, tokenOut, amountIn, taker }
+```
+
+`taker` must be the **real wallet that will sign**. Quoting is anonymous; preparing
+is not. Placeholder and burn addresses are rejected.
+
+**Check `artifactKind` before telling the user what to do.** They are not
+interchangeable:
+
+- `unsigned-transaction` (LI.FI, ParaSwap, 0x) — sign and **broadcast** it.
+- `typed-data-order` (CoW) — sign the data and **submit it to the CoW API**. There is
+  nothing to broadcast. Signing authorizes a solver to settle on your behalf.
+
+**Approval comes first, and the spender is not always the destination.** For CoW the
+approval goes to the *vault relayer*, not the settlement contract — approving the
+wrong one produces an order that silently never fills. Read `requiresApproval.spender`
+rather than assuming it equals `destination`.
+
+Some venues refuse to build calldata until the approval already exists on-chain
+(ParaSwap does). That surfaces as `failureKind: "approval-required-first"`, which is
+a real ordering constraint, not a bug: approve, then prepare again.
+
+If the winner has no prepare path, the result names an `alternative`. Say that the
+winner could not be prepared and what you used instead — do not silently substitute.
+
+**Read `driftBps`.** Prepare re-quotes, so this is how far the route moved since the
+comparison. A large negative number means the ranking may no longer hold.
+
+## Preparing a bridge
+
+`prepare_best_bridge_route` — same idea, different hazards.
+
+**`transactions` is always a list.** Some routes need an approval *and* a deposit,
+signed in order. Tell the user how many and that order matters: signing only the
+first leaves funds approved but not bridged.
+
+**Two chains are in play.** Every transaction executes on `fromChainId`; the value
+lands on `toChainId`. Report both. A prepared artifact whose transaction chain does
+not match the origin is refused outright (`failureKind: "chain-mismatch"`).
+
+**Bridging is not atomic — say so unprompted.** The origin transaction confirming does
+**not** mean funds arrived. Give the `durationSeconds` estimate and tell the user not
+to re-send while pending. This is the single most common bridging panic, and silence
+here causes double-sends.
+
+**Across quotes but cannot be prepared** in this build. It often wins on gross because
+its gas is unreported, so expect `failureKind: "no-prepare-path"` with an
+`alternative`. Say the winner could not be prepared and name what you used instead.
+
+## Rules
+
+**One answer is not a comparison.** If only one source responded, say the route is
+unbenchmarked. `sourcesAnswered` vs `sourcesTried` tells you.
+
+**Never present an unknown cost as zero.** A route missing gas data is not free; it
+is unmeasured. Those are different claims and only one of them is true.
+
+**Duration is a cost on bridges.** A route saving $2 that takes 30 minutes is not
+strictly better than one costing $2 more that lands in 20 seconds. Surface both and
+let the user choose — do not silently pick for them.
+
+**Quotes decay.** Every number here is from a past block. Re-quote immediately before
+preparing, and never carry a minOut computed from a stale quote into a signature.
+
+**A comparison is not an execution.** Ranking a route does not prepare, sign, or send
+it. Preparing is a separate step, and signing belongs to the user.
+
+## When sources fail
+
+Aggregators go down, rate-limit, and get sunset (Odos sunset its public API in
+July 2026). Individual failures are expected and appear in `failed[]`. Two things
+follow:
+
+1. Fewer sources means a weaker comparison. Report `sourcesAnswered`, do not hide it.
+2. A failing source is **not** a bad price. Never rank it last — it did not answer.

package/dist/assets/skills/oracle-best-execution.md

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+---
+name: oracle-best-execution
+description: Use whenever swapping or bridging. The rule that the highest-output route wins.
+---
+
+# Best execution
+
+## One rule
+The highest **net output** (after gas + bridge + impact) wins. Not the best quote, not the shortest route, not the prettiest UI.
+
+## Swap flow
+1. `data dex_search` → resolve token to chain + address
+2. `data dex_token` → get live pairs, liquidity, price
+3. `exec evm_quote` → exact-input quote from Uniswap V3
+4. `data best_swap_route` → compare across aggregators (Li.Fi, Paraswap, 0x, CoW)
+5. `data best_bridge_route` → if cross-chain, rank by net output
+6. `exec evm_prepare` → build unsigned tx
+7. Report: best route, net output, slippage, gas estimate
+
+## Comparison always in USD
+Convert gas + bridge fees to USD. 0.001 ETH ≠ 0.001 ETH across chains.
+
+## Slippage
+- Stable pools: 0.1% default
+- Volatile pools: 0.5% default  
+- Memecoins: 1-3% or auto-detect from depth
+- Block >1% slippage without explicit user approval

package/dist/assets/skills/oracle-bitcoin/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: oracle-bitcoin
+description: Use for Bitcoin L1, Ordinals/runes research, and inscription PSBT preparation. User-wallet signing only.
+---
+
+# Bitcoin L1 / Ordinals
+
+Bitcoin is a separate signing plane. Do not route it through EVM grants, EVM
+signers, or EVM calldata policy.
+
+## What this skill owns
+
+- Bitcoin L1 reads through Esplora: tip height, fee rates, address state, UTXOs,
+  transactions.
+- Ordinals/runes reads through the Bitcoin metaprotocol data providers.
+- Satflow marketplace research and unsigned PSBT intents for ordinals/runes market
+  actions when a Satflow key is configured.
+- Inscription planning and **PSBT preparation** for user-wallet signing.
+
+## Inscription flow
+
+Default path is self-custodial:
+
+1. Collect the inscription content, MIME type, destination address, change address,
+   and fee preference.
+2. Check Bitcoin health, fee rates, and the inscription body-size cap.
+3. Estimate commit/reveal cost and UTXO needs before preparing.
+4. Prepare commit/reveal PSBTs or unsigned artifacts.
+5. User signs in Xverse, UniSat, Leather, OKX, Phantom, Magic Eden wallet, or a
+   compatible injected Bitcoin wallet.
+6. Broadcast only after explicit user confirmation.
+7. Report commit txid, reveal txid, inscription id when known, and mempool/receipt
+   status.
+
+## Hard rules
+
+- Never request or print a seed, WIF, xprv, or wallet export.
+- Operator WIF/local signing is not part of the public default. If a deployment
+  has it, it must be separately armed and still explicit-confirm gated.
+- Inscribe is Bitcoin L1 commit/reveal. Satflow is marketplace inventory/listing,
+  not the inscription path.
+- Fee facts are live facts. Re-read fees immediately before prepare.
+- If content exceeds the current cap, refuse and offer compression/splitting.
+- Never claim an inscription landed without a real reveal txid or inscription id.
+
+## Review checklist
+
+- Content hash and byte length shown before signing.
+- MIME type shown in plain language.
+- Destination and change addresses displayed and user-confirmed.
+- Fee rate, estimated vbytes, and worst-case spend shown.
+- Commit/reveal sequence explained as non-atomic.
+- Mempool status checked after broadcast.

package/dist/assets/skills/oracle-chain-graphs-telegram-cards/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: oracle-chain-graphs-telegram-cards
+description: Render per-chain market graphs and Telegram cards for Oracle alerts, including meme launches, HL HIP-3/HIP-4, and Polymarket.
+---
+
+# Oracle chain graphs + Telegram cards
+
+Use when Oracle needs visual alerts: per-chain scanner cards, meme-token launch
+cards, route-comparison charts, Hyperliquid HIP-3/HIP-4 cards, or Polymarket
+cards.
+
+## Surfaces
+
+- Per-chain token charts: price, volume, liquidity, market cap, age, and venue.
+- Launch/sniper cards: token, chain, pool, route readiness, sellability, smart-wallet
+  overlap, risk status, and prepared-ticket status.
+- Hyperliquid HIP-3 builder-dex cards: dex, market, mark/oracle, funding, OI,
+  depth, liquidation/risk notes when account context is provided.
+- Hyperliquid HIP-4 outcome-market cards: event/outcome, bid/ask, depth, edge,
+  held-position context when API keys/account reads are configured.
+- Polymarket cards: event, market, Yes/No prices, volume, BBO, resolution-risk
+  notes, and prepared order intent only when user auth/API keys are configured.
+
+## Data rules
+
+- Public/keyless reads are allowed where the venue supports them.
+- API-key surfaces activate only when the user self-hosts and provides their own
+  keys. Never ship DEMI keys or assume hosted secrets.
+- A graph is evidence, not authorization. It can trigger a prepared ticket; it
+  must not bypass quote freshness, sell-sim, grant caps, or wallet signing.
+- Every card states chain/venue and confidence. Unknown data stays `UNKNOWN`.
+
+## Telegram card rules
+
+- Send text card and graph as separate messages when the card is long.
+- Avoid markdown traps: no unescaped underscore labels, avoid repeated `$` spans.
+- Keep full contracts/mints visible; never truncate the only identifier.
+- Chart rendering must soft-fail: card still sends if the image fails.
+- No buy/sell buttons unless the recipient has a valid local grant/session.
+
+## Graph schema
+
+A graph payload should include:
+
+- `chainId` / `cluster` / venue
+- token/market id
+- time window and candle interval
+- price/volume/liquidity series or order-book snapshots
+- source/provider and fetched timestamp
+- warnings for stale, sparse, or degraded data
+
+## HIP-3 / HIP-4 / Polymarket notes
+
+- HIP-3 builder perps require Hyperliquid `perpDexs` and `metaAndAssetCtxs` with
+  `dex` selected; core `meta` does not include all builder-dex markets.
+- HIP-4 outcome markets require the configured Hyperliquid/API-key path for user
+  account/order actions. Keyless cards can still show public market data.
+- Polymarket public reads work keyless; trading/order placement needs the user's
+  CLOB auth/API setup and stays prepared/user-signed.

package/dist/assets/skills/oracle-chat/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: oracle-chat
+description: "Use when opening the one oracle chat surface, selecting chains with /chain, or configuring messaging with /setup."
+version: 1.0.0
+---
+
+# oracle chat surface
+
+You are **oracle** — one lowercase persona. Models can change underneath via `/model`. Branding stays oracle.
+
+## commands the user may type
+- `/chain` or `oracle chain` — list working chains
+- `/chain hyperliquid` — pin build/trade context to hyperliquid / hyperevm 999
+- `/chain show` — show active chain
+- `/chain clear` — unset
+- `/setup` — messaging platform menu (telegram, discord, slack, whatsapp, signal, matrix, ...)
+- `/setup telegram` — configure telegram bot token into this hermes profile
+- `/setup discord` — configure discord bot token
+- `/setup messaging` — open full hermes gateway setup wizard
+- `/model` — switch model for this session; persona stays oracle
+
+## behavior
+1. When the user asks to build on a chain, prefer the active chain from env:
+   - `ORACLE_ACTIVE_CHAIN`
+   - `ORACLE_ACTIVE_CHAIN_ID`
+   - `ORACLE_ACTIVE_AGENT`
+2. If they name a chain ("build on hyperliquid"), run or instruct:
+   `oracle chain use hyperliquid`
+3. Never claim signing/broadcast happened without a real local operator receipt.
+4. Hosted remote models remain read/prepare-only unless a local operator path is explicit.
+5. Keep replies lowercase-friendly and terse. No glaze.
+
+## terminal and telegram are the same oracle
+
+`oracle` in a TTY launches Hermes with `-p oracle`. Telegram is wired to that
+same profile. The interface changes; the profile, tools, memory, model routing,
+wallet/data MCPs, and custody policy do not.
+
+- Do not downgrade a local terminal owner to read-only merely because the turn
+  arrived through the CLI.
+- For an explicit owner trade instruction this turn, follow the profile's
+  venue-specific executor route when one exists. Otherwise prepare, simulate,
+  enforce the active-chain/operator policy, then invoke the configured local
+  execution MCP. The signer/operator remains authoritative.
+- If confirmation is not explicit, show the exact action and wait for it.
+- `arm` is a chat action for one exact intent and TTL. Never tell the owner to
+  flip an execution environment variable.
+- A tool refusal is a real policy wall. Report the exact refusal instead of
+  bypassing it.
+- Never claim a trade executed without a real tx hash, order id, or signed
+  operator receipt.
+
+## shell helpers
+```bash
+oracle chain list
+oracle chain use hyperliquid
+oracle setup status
+oracle setup telegram --token <BOT_TOKEN>
+oracle setup gateway restart
+oracle chat
+```

package/dist/assets/skills/oracle-chat/chain.SKILL.md

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+---
+name: chain
+description: "Use when the user types /chain or wants to list/select oracle working chains (hyperliquid, base, solana, bitcoin, ...)."
+version: 1.0.0
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# /chain
+
+Run the local oracle chain selector. Do not invent chains.
+
+```bash
+# list
+oracle chain list
+
+# select build surface
+oracle chain use {{arg1}}
+
+# show / clear
+oracle chain show
+oracle chain clear
+```
+
+If `{{arg1}}` is empty, run `oracle chain list`.
+If `{{arg1}}` is `show`, `status`, `clear`, `list`, or a chain key, pass it through:
+
+```bash
+oracle chain {{arg1}} {{arg2}}
+```
+
+After selection, confirm active chain key + id + agent in lowercase.

package/dist/assets/skills/oracle-chat/setup.SKILL.md

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+---
+name: setup
+description: "Use when the user types /setup or wants to connect telegram, discord, slack, or another messaging platform to oracle."
+version: 1.0.0
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# /setup
+
+Configure messaging for the oracle profile. Secrets stay local.
+
+```bash
+# menu + status (never prints tokens)
+oracle setup status
+
+# open full hermes wizard
+oracle setup messaging
+
+# platform shortcuts
+oracle setup telegram
+oracle setup discord
+oracle setup slack
+oracle setup whatsapp
+
+# gateway control
+oracle setup gateway status
+oracle setup gateway restart
+```
+
+If the user passed args after `/setup`, forward them:
+
+```bash
+oracle setup {{arg1}} {{arg2}} {{arg3}}
+```
+
+If no args, show `oracle setup status`.
+Never echo bot tokens, app tokens, or passwords back into chat.

package/dist/assets/skills/oracle-circuit-breaker/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: oracle-circuit-breaker
+description: Use before any repeated, automated, or loop-driven trading action. Mandatory guardrails so a broken loop cannot drain a wallet.
+---
+
+# Circuit breakers
+
+A loop that trades is a loop that can lose money at machine speed. Every automated
+or repeated action needs these before it runs once.
+
+## Mandatory guardrails
+
+1. **Max iterations.** A hard count, not a "should converge" argument. Loops that
+   cannot terminate on their own must be terminated by the harness.
+2. **Consecutive-failure stop.** N failures in a row halts the loop. A loop that
+   retries a failing action forever burns gas to no effect.
+3. **Cumulative spend ceiling** across the whole run, not per action. Twenty
+   trades at the per-trade cap can exceed the intended risk by 20x.
+4. **Cooldown between actions.** Prevents a same-block hammer and gives state time
+   to settle.
+5. **Kill switch checked immediately before each action**, not once at start. A
+   switch read at t=0 and acted on at t=60s is stale.
+6. **Halt on unexpected state.** Balance moved when it shouldn't have? Stop and
+   report. Do not "adapt."
+
+## Mid-run failure stops the run
+
+If a multi-part action fails partway — leg 2 of 3, slice 4 of 10 — **stop**. Do not
+continue to the remaining legs. The failure may mean the market moved, the route
+went stale, or an approval was consumed. Continuing turns one bad fill into
+several.
+
+Report: what completed (with hashes), what failed, and the current position.
+
+## Slippage is a cap, not a target
+
+A supplied tolerance is the **maximum acceptable**, not the value to use. Compute
+the guard from live depth and volatility per leg, immediately before broadcast. If
+the required guard exceeds the cap, **block** — requote or split. Never widen to
+force a fill.
+
+## Paper before live
+
+A strategy earns real size by producing a scorecard first. Shadow it, measure the
+markout, then size. "It looked right in backtest" is not a scorecard.
+
+## The bright line
+
+An automated loop may **prepare**. A human authorizes what moves value, or a
+narrowly scoped, short-TTL, spend-capped grant does. There is no third option
+where the loop decides it has permission.

package/dist/assets/skills/oracle-contract-research/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: oracle-contract-research
+description: Use when verifying a contract, router, factory, or venue address before trusting it with value.
+---
+
+# Contract research
+
+The destination allowlist is the highest-leverage control on this desk. Allowlisting
+a spoofed router defeats every other protection. So verification is not a formality.
+
+## Never trust a name
+
+Explorer contract names are self-reported and clones reuse them. "UniswapV2Router02"
+on an explorer means someone deployed a contract and called it that.
+
+Verify instead:
+
+1. **Bytecode exists** — `eth_getCode` must return real code. `0x` means nothing is
+   deployed. A 2-byte result is an empty stub.
+2. **The protocol's own API or docs** name that address, on that chain, today. For
+   aggregators, query their API (e.g. LI.FI's `/chains` returns each chain's
+   official `diamondAddress`) rather than trusting a blog post.
+3. **Constructor-bound addresses match** — read `factory()`, `WETH9()`,
+   `quoter()` back off the deployed contract and confirm they are what you expect.
+4. **Per chain, separately.** An address verified on Arbitrum is not verified on
+   Ethereum, even when the canonical deployment happens to share an address.
+
+Record **how and when** you verified, in a comment next to the entry. The audit
+trail has to outlive your session.
+
+## Pools
+
+- `blockTimestampLast == 0` on `getReserves()` → not a live pool
+- a token's *own* reserves may be virtual or zero; the tradeable market is a
+  different pair address
+- confirm the advertised pool equals `factory.getPool(tokenA, tokenB, fee)`
+
+## Forks are not the original
+
+A fork may keep the pair interface while replacing the router entirely — for
+instance requiring an off-chain signed quote you cannot produce. Decode a recent
+real swap on the pool to find the router the market actually uses, and its selector.
+
+A non-standard selector is a signal, not a curiosity.
+
+## Approvals
+
+Approve the **exact amount**. Never default to unlimited. After an approve lands,
+read `allowance` back before firing the dependent transaction — an approve that
+reverted silently turns the next call into a confusing failure.
+
+## Fail closed
+
+An unverified chain or venue stays blocked. That is a safe state, not a gap to route
+around. Never allowlist an address you found only from a model's answer.