skill-05-dao-governance

name	skill-05-dao-governance
description	Manages DAO governance including proposals, voting, delegation, treasury management, and timelocks. Use when interacting with Governor contracts, Snapshot, or DAO treasuries.
metadata	{"phase":4,"chains":"ethereum,polygon,arbitrum,base,optimism"}

DAO Governance

When to Use

• Creating or voting on governance proposals
• Managing vote delegation
• Interacting with DAO treasuries (Gnosis Safe, timelocks)
• Analyzing proposal outcomes and quorum
• Configuring on-chain vs off-chain (Snapshot) governance

Prerequisites

• MCP: blockchain-rpc-server, defi-protocol-server
• Skills: skill-02, skill-09 (treasury compliance)

Workflow

1. Governance Frameworks

Framework	Voting	Execution
OpenZeppelin Governor	On-chain	TimelockController
Compound Governor Bravo	On-chain	Timelock
Snapshot	Off-chain (signed)	Multisig execution
Aragon OSx	On-chain	Plugin-based

2. Proposal Lifecycle

1. Draft — encode calls array (targets, values, calldatas)
2. Submit — propose(targets, values, calldatas, description)
3. Voting delay — wait votingDelay blocks
4. Voting period — cast votes (for/against/abstain)
5. Queue — if quorum met and majority for
6. Timelock delay — wait timelock.delay()
7. Execute — execute(targets, values, calldatas, descriptionHash)

3. Voting

governor.castVote(proposalId, support); // 0=against, 1=for, 2=abstain
governor.castVoteWithReason(proposalId, support, reason);

• Check voting power at proposal.startBlock snapshot
• Delegate before snapshot block to activate voting power
• Use getVotes(account, blockNumber) to verify power

4. Delegation

• Self-delegate to activate token voting power
• Delegate to trusted representative
• Monitor delegate voting history before delegating

5. Treasury Management

• Treasuries typically held in Gnosis Safe or TimelockController
• Large withdrawals require multi-sig + timelock
• Screen all outbound transfers via compliance MCP
• Diversify and report per DAO transparency standards

Analysis

For each proposal, report:

• Quorum required vs current votes
• For/against split and notable voters
• Impact of executable calls (token transfers, parameter changes)
• Timelock ETA if passed

References

• references/governor-bravo.md
• references/snapshot-integration.md