# solana-wallet-aware

This Cursor rule adds wallet and transaction safeguards to Solana code, from isolated signing to tests required before live transactions.

- rule · `type=rule` · Cursor · ★ 41024
- Author: PatrickJS
- License: CC0-1.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules/tree/HEAD/rules/solana-wallet-aware.mdc
- Updated: 2026-05-30
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/rules/solana-wallet-aware

## What it does

The rule applies to `ts`, `tsx`, `js`, `jsx`, `py`, and `rs` files. It bars raw private keys from `.env` files, configs, and source code, and calls for a signer in a separate process. That process accepts a prepared transaction and returns a signature; it has no network access and uses an explicit program ID allowlist.

For MEV defense, the guidance routes swaps through Jito bundles, compares Jupiter quotes with Pyth prices, and skips tokens whose deepest pool has less than $1M TVL. Before signing, code should inspect every instruction, cap SOL outflow, and check blockhash freshness. Compute budgets above 200k CU need explicit approval.

Live signing must wait for user approval and fault-injection tests covering signer and RPC failures, stale blockhashes, rejected allowlist entries, and spend-cap enforcement. A key that has touched `.env` on a developer machine is treated as compromised permanently.

## Install

### Cursor (native platform)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/rules/solana-wallet-aware.mdc` — Frontmatter: description, globs, alwaysApply

### Claude Code

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/rules/solana-wallet-aware.md` — The paths frontmatter field limits the files: move globs from the source into paths

### Codex

**AGENTS.md**
- Codex reads AGENTS.md: paste the rule text there

### GitHub Copilot

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/instructions/solana-wallet-aware.instructions.md` — The applyTo field sets which files it applies to: move globs from the source into applyTo

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/rules/solana-wallet-aware.md`

### Cline

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.clinerules/solana-wallet-aware.md`

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules/tree/HEAD/rules/solana-wallet-aware.mdc

## When to use it
- keep raw private keys out of project files
- run transaction signing in an isolated process
- reject swaps that exceed the Pyth price threshold
- block transactions that invoke unapproved program IDs
- check transaction instructions and spending limits before signing

## Example prompts
- Review this Solana code against the wallet-safety and signing rules.
- Add a program ID allowlist check before signing this transaction.
- Check that the wallet automation passes simulation and fault-injection tests before live signing.

## Source text · solana-wallet-aware.mdc · CC0-1.0

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---
description: "Guidelines for writing Solana-native code with wallet-security awareness, isolated signer subprocesses, MEV defense, oracle gates, and transaction safety checks"
globs: **/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,py,rs}
alwaysApply: false
---
# Solana Wallet-Aware Coding

When writing Solana on-chain or off-chain code, apply these wallet-safety and transaction-safety rules.

## Wallet architecture

- Never store a raw private key in `.env`, config files, or source. Encrypt with a passphrase-derived key (HKDF-SHA256 + AES-256-GCM, or `eth-account`'s scrypt V3 keystore, or `libsodium`'s sealed-box).
- Use a three-tier wallet split at $1k+ scale: **hot** (bot-signing, ≤10% of AUM), **warm** (manual-top-up buffer on founder phone, ~30%), **cold** (hardware wallet or Squads 2-of-2 multisig, ~60%, untouchable ≥6 months).
- Treat the hot wallet as burnable. Any key that ever touched a `.env` file on a dev machine is compromised forever.
- Isolate the signer in a subprocess with only two capabilities: (a) receive a pre-built transaction over a local Unix socket / stdin, (b) return a signature. No network access, no program-scope escalation, explicit allowlist of program IDs.

## MEV defense on Solana

- Never broadcast swaps to the public mempool. Always use Jito bundles with a per-bundle tip (start at 10k lamports, scale with expected profit).
- Add an oracle gate: reject a trade if Jupiter's quoted price is > 0.5% off Pyth's spot price. Update threshold dynamically with 1-minute realized volatility.
- Maintain an illiquidity blocklist: skip any token where the deepest pool has < $1M TVL (use GeckoTerminal or Birdeye API to check).
- For limit-style orders, prefer Jupiter's limit-order program (built-in MEV protection) over composing your own.

## Program-ID allowlist pattern

When building a signer, hard-code the list of program IDs your bot may invoke. Reject any transaction whose instructions touch a program outside the allowlist. At minimum for a Solana trading bot:

```
const ALLOWED_PROGRAMS = new Set([
  "JUP6LkbZbjS1jKKwapdHNy74zcZ3tLUZoi5QNyVTaV4",  // Jupiter v6
  "opnb2LAfJYbRMAHHvqjCwQxanZn7ReEHp1k81EohpZb",  // OpenBook v2
  "TokenkegQfeZyiNwAJbNbGKPFXCWuBvf9Ss623VQ5DA",  // SPL Token
  "ComputeBudget111111111111111111111111111111",  // Compute budget
  // add your DEX IDs here — NEVER include unknown programs
]);
```

## Transaction-safety invariants

Before signing ANY transaction:
- Deserialize + inspect every instruction. No opaque "signTransaction(bytes)" without parsing.
- Enforce a max SOL outflow per transaction AND per rolling 24h window (spend-cap circuit breaker).
- Require a freshness check on the blockhash (slot age < 150 or transaction will likely expire).
- Compute budget ≤ 200k CU default; require explicit opt-in for higher.

## Simulation gate

Do not move wallet-automation code from simulation to live signing until the user has explicitly approved it and the implementation has passed fault-injection tests for signer failure, RPC failure, stale blockhashes, rejected allowlist entries, and spend-cap enforcement.

## Operational safety

- Keep deployment credentials, wallet keys, RPC credentials, and monitoring tokens out of source control.
- Add health checks for signer availability, stale blockhashes, RPC error rate, and transaction failure rate.
- Require an explicit manual approval path before raising spend caps, program allowlists, or compute-unit limits.
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