Solana Dev

This is an opinionated, end-to-end Solana development playbook that defaults to framework-kit for UI and @solana/kit for everything else, with clear guidance on when to reach for Pinocchio over Anchor and when to use web3.js compatibility adapters. It covers wallet connection flows, on-chain program development, client SDK generation with Codama, and local testing with LiteSVM, Mollusk, and Surfpool. The skill hooks into the Solana MCP server for live documentation search and includes agent safety guardrails around transaction signing and untrusted on-chain data. Use this when you need a coherent stance on the Solana toolchain rather than piecing together fragmented tutorials.

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last updated: Jun 3, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add guibibeau/solana-dev-skill --skill solana-dev --agent claude-code

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Solana Development Skill

What this Skill is for

Use this Skill when the user asks for:

Solana dApp UI work (React / Next.js)
Wallet connection + signing flows
Transaction building / sending / confirmation UX
Transaction v1 / larger transactions (SIMD-0385) — the default format for new code; sending, reading, indexing
On-chain program development (Anchor or Pinocchio)
Program architecture — state layout, PDA seed conventions, naming, parallelization, cranks, vault topology
Client SDK generation (typed program clients)
Local testing (Surfpool, LiteSVM, Mollusk) and fuzz testing (Trident, cargo-fuzz)
Security hardening and audit-style reviews
Confidential transfers (Token-2022 ZK extension)
Gasless / sponsored-fee transactions (Kora), server-side signing with KMS / MPC / managed wallets (Solana Keychain), regulated token issuance (Mosaic)
Toolchain setup, version mismatches, GLIBC errors, dependency conflicts
Upgrading Anchor/Solana CLI versions, migration between versions
Migrating web3.js v1 code to web3.js v3 or Kit