solana-foundation solana-dev-skill
COMMUNITYLABSCO SUMMARY
It is one SKILL.md acting as an index into fourteen reference files under references/ — wallet and UI patterns for its own framework-kit, the Kit-to-web3.js interop boundary, LiteSVM/Mollusk/Surfpool testing, Codama client generation, payments, security vulnerability patterns, a version-compatibility matrix across Anchor, Solana, Rust, and GLIBC, a common-errors lookup, confidential transfers, and separate Anchor and Pinocchio program guides. An agent only opens the specific reference file a task needs, which is why the skill's own trigger description reads like a full stack rather than one narrow use case.
This is for someone building or debugging an actual Solana program or dApp with a coding agent — wallet connection, an Anchor or Pinocchio program, a Codama-generated client, or a GLIBC or toolchain error — not for someone who just wants to read about Solana. Every reference file assumes a working Rust, Anchor, and Node toolchain already installed; the skill teaches conventions and fixes, it does not set up your environment for you.
READ THE FULL ANALYSIS
Our dependency label may be wrong here. We filed this skill as mcp_service, but nothing in its README describes an MCP server — it reads local project files and runs commands you already have (anchor, solana, surfpool) rather than talking to a hosted service. Treat what it needs as a local Solana toolchain until we recheck the classification.
Whose repo this actually is. It sits under the solana-foundation GitHub org, but our own official marker is not set for it, and the README's contributing section reads like an ordinary open contributor repo — fork, branch, pull request — rather than describing a Foundation release process. The org name is not by itself confirmation that this is the Foundation's own blessed skill.
Checked 19 September 2026 against solana-foundation/solana-dev-skill's own README and reference file tree.
WHAT'S INSIDE
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Building on the Solana blockchain with the tools its maintainers currently recommend: connecting a wallet, writing and testing the on-chain code, and the safety review to run before anything signs a transaction.
HOW TO GET IT
npx skills add solana-foundation/solana-dev-skillnpx skills add solana-foundation/solana-dev-skill --skill <name> --full-depthPick the skill name from the Skills tab — each entry there installs independently.