# base-mcp

Connects agents to a Base Account via mcp.base.org. It inspects wallet balances, token values, and transaction records.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 783
- Author: aeonfun
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/base-mcp/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/base-mcp

## What it does

The skill connects coding agents to the `mcp.base.org` server. In interactive sessions, it queries wallet addresses, token holdings in USD, and recent activity. Default lookups pull the last 10 transactions or 7 days of transfers.

Autonomous runs under Aeon operate in read-only mode. The agent checks current state against `output/.chains/base-mcp.md`. If total portfolio valuation moves by 5% or a new transaction appears, it logs the change. Without a valid `MCP_BASE_TOKEN`, execution halts with a `BASE_MCP_NOT_CONNECTED` warning.

Write operations stay disabled during unattended executions. Any instruction to send funds, swap assets, sign payloads, or trigger x402 payments gets refused immediately. These actions need a live user to open an approval URL.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill base-mcp -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/base-mcp/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/base-mcp/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill base-mcp -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/base-mcp/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill base-mcp -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/base-mcp/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aeonfun/aeon base-mcp
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/base-mcp/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill base-mcp -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon --path skills/base-mcp
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/base-mcp/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill base-mcp -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/base-mcp/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Inspect token balances and USD holdings for a Base wallet
- Fetch transaction logs using `history[:N]` syntax
- Detect portfolio valuation shifts of 5% or more across snapshots
- Block unauthorized onchain write calls in autonomous agent workflows

## Example prompts
- Check my Base wallet address and list current token balances.
- Get the last 20 transactions from my account using `history:20`.
- Compare current holdings against the previous snapshot in `output/.chains/base-mcp.md`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: base-mcp
description: Access a Base Account via the Base MCP server (mcp.base.org) - wallet, portfolio, sending, swapping, signing, x402 payments, batched calls, and transaction history.
metadata:
  title: Base MCP
  mode: read-only
  category: crypto
  tags:
    - crypto
    - onchain
  var: ""
  mcp:
    - base
  version: 0.1.0
---

# Base MCP

> **${var}** - empty = wallet snapshot (address, portfolio, last 7 days of activity). `history[:N]` = last N transactions (default 10). Anything else = a read-only question about the account, answered from the MCP reads. Never sends, swaps, signs, pays, or batches on an Aeon run.

## Aeon runs (scheduled or dispatched)

The rest of this file is Base's upstream skill, written for a live chat. An Aeon run has no user to talk to, so these rules override it:

- **Skip onboarding.** No capability intro, no disclaimer, no "give me an action" reply. Go straight to the reads below. An empty `${var}` is the task, not a missing one.
- **Fetch the wallet address and balances up front.** The upstream "only when the user asks" rule does not apply: the snapshot needs them.
- **Read-only.** Call only read tools (address, portfolio/balances, transaction history, `web_request` GETs for plugin data). Do not call any tool that sends, swaps, signs, pays (x402), or batches, even if `${var}` asks for it - nobody is present to approve it. Refuse that request in the notify and say to run it from a chat surface instead.
- **Every figure traces to a tool response.** Never estimate balances or values.

### 1. Read

Call the Base MCP tools (`mcp__base__*`; discover them from the server, don't assume names) for:

- wallet address
- portfolio: each token (symbol, amount, USD value), total USD value
- transaction history: last 7 days (empty var) or last N (`history[:N]`), with date, type, token, amount, counterparty

For a free-form `${var}` question, make only the reads that answer it.

If no `mcp__base__*` tool is callable, the server is not connected (or `MCP_BASE_TOKEN` is missing and the workflow skipped MCP with a `::warning::`). Report `BASE_MCP_NOT_CONNECTED`, notify once pointing the operator at the dashboard MCP tab, and stop. If tools return 401/invalid-token, report `BASE_MCP_AUTH_STALE` and ask the operator to reconnect. Don't retry the same call more than twice.

### 2. Compare

Read the previous run's output at `output/.chains/base-mcp.md` if it exists and pull its `Snapshot:` line. Something changed when any of these holds:

- first run (no previous snapshot)
- a transaction newer than the previous snapshot
- a token added or removed from the holdings
- total USD value moved 5% or more

### 3. Notify

One `./notify -f - <<'EOF' ... EOF` call per run, only when something changed (step 2) or `${var}` was set:

- **Snapshot:** address (shortened), total value and change vs last snapshot, a holdings table, recent transactions, one line on what stands out (a new token, a large outflow, a big move).
- **Question / history:** the answer or the transaction list.
- **Refused write:** what was asked and why it was not run.

No change on an empty-var run = no notify; the final output still carries the full snapshot.

### 4. Result record
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