solana

name	solana
description	Solana blockchain development — core concepts, clients, RPC, tokens, and payments for agent-driven tooling.
metadata	{"author":"hairy","version":"2026.2.9","source":"Generated from https://github.com/solana-foundation/solana-com, scripts located at https://github.com/antfu/skills"}

Skill is based on Solana documentation (solana-com), generated 2026-02-09.

Concise reference for building on Solana: accounts, transactions, programs, PDAs, CPI, fees, JavaScript/Rust clients, frontend, SPL tokens, RPC, payments, and terminology.

Core References

Topic	Description	Reference
Accounts	Account model, address, keypair, PDA	core-accounts
Transactions & Instructions	Tx format, signatures, message, build & send	core-transactions-instructions
Versioned Transactions	v0 message, lookup tables, maxSupportedTransactionVersion	core-versioned-transactions
Programs & PDA	Programs, PDA derivation, canonical bump	core-programs-pda
CPI & Fees	Cross-program invocation, base/priority fees, CU	core-cpi-fees
Rent	Rent exemption, getMinimumBalanceForRentExemption, reclaim on close	core-rent

Clients & Frontend

Topic	Description	Reference
JavaScript/TypeScript	@solana/kit, web3.js, @solana/client, SPL	clients-javascript
Rust	solana-sdk, solana-client, keypair, RPC	clients-rust
React & Next.js	@solana/react-hooks, provider, wallet	frontend-react-nextjs

Features

Topic	Description	Reference
Staking	Stake accounts, delegate/withdraw, warmup/cooldown, merge/split	features-staking
Confirmation & Expiration	Blockhash validity, commitment levels, confirmation flow	features-confirmation
Actions & Blinks	Solana Actions API, blinks, actions.json	features-actions-blinks
Retry & Rebroadcast	maxRetries, lastValidBlockHeight, when to re-sign	features-retry
Fee Sponsorship	Fee payer, gas abstraction, fee relayer	features-fee-sponsorship
Offline Signing	Serialize, sign off-network, recover, durable nonce	features-offline-signing

Tokens

Topic	Description	Reference
SPL Token Basics	Mint, token account, transfer, ATA, approve, burn	tokens-basics
Token-2022 Extensions	Metadata, transfer fees, confidential, hooks	tokens-extensions

RPC & Payments

Topic	Description	Reference
RPC HTTP & WebSocket	getAccountInfo, getBalance, subscriptions	rpc-http-websocket
Payments & Solana Pay	Payment URLs, verification, send/accept	payments-solana-pay

Cookbook & Reference

Topic	Description	Reference
Cookbook Recipes	Send SOL, keypair, balance, memo, priority fees	cookbook-recipes
Clusters & Terminology	Mainnet, devnet, terms, staking	references-clusters-terminology

Best Practices

Topic	Description	Reference
Compute Optimization	CU limits, measurement, logging, data types, PDAs	best-practices-compute