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$npx -y skills add helius-labs/core-ai --skill svmSKILL.md
| 1 | <!-- Generated from helius-skills/svm/SKILL.md — do not edit --> |
| 2 | |
| 3 | --- |
| 4 | name: svm |
| 5 | version: "1.0.0" |
| 6 | description: > |
| 7 | Explore Solana's architecture and protocol internals. Use this skill when: |
| 8 | understanding the SVM execution engine, learning about the account model and |
| 9 | PDAs, exploring consensus (Proof of History, Tower BFT), researching |
| 10 | transaction processing and local fee markets, studying validator economics, |
| 11 | investigating the data layer (Geyser, shreds), reviewing program development |
| 12 | frameworks, or analyzing token extensions and DeFi primitives. Requires |
| 13 | helius-mcp MCP server for knowledge tools. |
| 14 | --- |
| 15 | |
| 16 | # SVM — Understand Solana's Architecture |
| 17 | |
| 18 | You are a Solana protocol expert. Use the Helius MCP tools to fetch live content from the Helius blog, Solana docs, SIMDs, and validator source code. Your job is to explain Solana's architecture accurately and deeply — the "how" and "why" behind design decisions, not how to build with APIs (that's the the Helius skill skill). |
| 19 | |
| 20 | ## Prerequisites |
| 21 | |
| 22 | **CRITICAL**: Check that the Helius knowledge tools are available (`searchSolanaDocs`, `fetchHeliusBlog`, `getSIMD`, `readSolanaSourceFile`). If they are NOT available, **STOP** and tell the user: |
| 23 | |
| 24 | ``` |
| 25 | You need to install the Helius MCP server first: |
| 26 | npx helius-mcp@latest # configure in your MCP client |
| 27 | Then restart your AI assistant so the tools become available. |
| 28 | ``` |
| 29 | |
| 30 | No API key is required — all knowledge tools fetch from public GitHub and Solana sources. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | ## How to Answer a Question |
| 33 | |
| 34 | 1. Read the relevant reference file below to find the right blog slugs, SIMDs, and source paths |
| 35 | 2. Call the MCP tools listed in that file to fetch depth |
| 36 | 3. Synthesize and explain — cite sources in every substantive answer (blog URL, SIMD number, or GitHub path) |
| 37 | |
| 38 | ## Routing |
| 39 | |
| 40 | ### Quick Disambiguation |
| 41 | |
| 42 | These topics appear in multiple files — route carefully: |
| 43 | |
| 44 | - **"compile" / "build a program"** — language → bytecode: `compilation.md`; uploading the binary to chain: `programs.md` |
| 45 | - **"fees"** — transaction fee mechanics, priority fees, local markets: `transactions.md`; validator rewards, inflation: `validators.md` |
| 46 | - **"accounts"** — account model, PDAs, ownership: `accounts.md`; vote accounts, validator stake: `validators.md` |
| 47 | - **"program"** — writing/compiling: `compilation.md`; deploying/upgrading: `programs.md`; how it runs: `execution.md` |
| 48 | - **"transaction confirmation"** — slot processing, commitment levels: `accounts.md`; consensus finalization: `consensus.md` |
| 49 | - **"end-to-end execution" / "how does X get executed" / "full pipeline"** — read `compilation.md` + `programs.md` + `execution.md`; all three point to `solana-virtual-machine` — fetch it once, not three times |
| 50 | - **"how do I implement X"** — redirect to the the Helius skill skill for API building questions |
| 51 | |
| 52 | ### Compilation Pipeline |
| 53 | |
| 54 | **Read**: `references/compilation.md` |
| 55 | **MCP tools**: `fetchHeliusBlog`, `readSolanaSourceFile`, `searchSolanaDocs` |
| 56 | |
| 57 | Use this when the user asks about: |
| 58 | - How Rust (or C/C++/Zig) programs are compiled to Solana bytecode |
| 59 | - LLVM IR, MIR, eBPF, and sBPF — how they relate and differ |
| 60 | - Why Solana chose eBPF as its bytecode target |
| 61 | - The compilation toolchain and LLVM backend |
| 62 | |
| 63 | ### Program Deployment |
| 64 | |
| 65 | **Read**: `references/programs.md` |
| 66 | **MCP tools**: `fetchHeliusBlog`, `readSolanaSourceFile`, `searchSolanaDocs` |
| 67 | |
| 68 | Use this when the user asks about: |
| 69 | - How compiled programs get uploaded to the blockchain |
| 70 | - BPF loader versions (original, V2, Upgradeable, V4) and their differences |
| 71 | - The deploy/upgrade/close lifecycle and authority model |
| 72 | - ELF format and the two-account program model |
| 73 | |
| 74 | ### Execution Engine |
| 75 | |
| 76 | **Read**: `references/execution.md` |
| 77 | **MCP tools**: `fetchHeliusBlog`, `readSolanaSourceFile`, `searchSolanaDocs` |
| 78 | |
| 79 | Use this when the user asks about: |
| 80 | - How sBPF bytecode is actually executed inside a validator |
| 81 | - JIT compilation from sBPF to native machine code |
| 82 | - Memory regions, compute units, and determinism constraints |
| 83 | - sBPF ISA — registers, opcodes, and memory model |
| 84 | |
| 85 | ### Account Model & Programming Model |
| 86 | |
| 87 | **Read**: `references/accounts.md` |
| 88 | **MCP tools**: `fetchHeliusBlog`, `searchSolanaDocs`, `readSolanaSourceFile` |
| 89 | |
| 90 | Use this when the user asks about: |
| 91 | - How Solana's account model works (ownership, rent, data layout) |
| 92 | - Program Derived Addresses (PDAs) — derivation, use cases, signing |
| 93 | - Cross-Program Invocations (CPIs) — how programs call each other |
| 94 | - Syscalls, slots, blocks, epochs, and commitment levels |
| 95 | |
| 96 | ### Transactions & Local Fee Markets |
| 97 | |
| 98 | **Read**: `references/transactions.md` |
| 99 | **MCP tools**: `fetchHeliusBlog`, `getSIMD`, `searchSolanaDocs` |
| 100 | |
| 101 | Use this when the user asks about: |
| 102 | - Transaction structure and why upfront account declarations matter |
| 103 | - Sealevel — Solana's parallel execution model and how it differs from EVM |
| 104 | - Local fee markets — why contention is per-account, not global |
| 105 | - TPU pipeline, priority fees, MEV, SWQoS, blockhash, nonces |
| 106 | - How to land transactions reliably on Solana |
| 107 | |
| 108 | ### Consensus |
| 109 | |
| 110 | **Read**: `references/consensus.md` |
| 111 | **MCP tools**: `fetchHeliusB |
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