# integration-privy

A skill that wires Privy authentication into a Solana Expo Android app on top of Mobile Wallet Adapter, using Sign-In-With-Solana.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 11600 installs · ★ 8
- Author: solana-mobile
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/solana-mobile/solana-mobile-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/integration-privy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/integration-privy

## What it does

The skill keeps two jobs apart. Privy owns the user: a durable account identifier and a JWT your backend can verify. Mobile Wallet Adapter owns the keys, and every signature still comes from the wallet app. Sign-In-With-Solana joins them: Privy generates a message, MWA signs it, Privy trades the signature for a session.

Inside is a step-by-step path from creating the app in the Privy dashboard to signing in with `useLoginWithSiws`. You need a working `useMobileWallet()`, a development build on Android, and two dashboard values: the App ID and Client ID in `EXPO_PUBLIC_PRIVY_APP_ID` and `EXPO_PUBLIC_PRIVY_CLIENT_ID`. In the dashboard you also enable SVM wallets and set the app identifier to match `expo.android.package` from `app.json`. The SVM toggle is the one people skip, and it is expensive to debug: while it is off, `login` rejects every SIWS attempt even though the wallet signed correctly.

The hard limit is Android and a development build only. MWA has no iOS support and does not run in Expo Go, which caps the whole integration. The Privy app secret never goes into a mobile app, because anything prefixed `EXPO_PUBLIC_` is readable in the shipped bundle; the secret belongs to server code. If an app only needs a connected address, Privy is not needed.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add solana-mobile/solana-mobile-skills --skill integration-privy -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add solana-mobile/solana-mobile-skills --skill integration-privy -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add solana-mobile/solana-mobile-skills --skill integration-privy -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install solana-mobile/solana-mobile-skills integration-privy
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add solana-mobile/solana-mobile-skills --skill integration-privy -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/solana-mobile/solana-mobile-skills --path skills/integration-privy
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add solana-mobile/solana-mobile-skills --skill integration-privy -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/solana-mobile/solana-mobile-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/integration-privy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- add Privy auth to a Solana Expo Android app
- log a user in with Sign-In-With-Solana
- link a wallet to an existing Privy account
- read the Privy access token from a backend
- debug a Privy plus MWA setup

## Example prompts
- Add Privy authentication to my Solana Expo Android app on top of Mobile Wallet Adapter
- Set up login with useLoginWithSiws and link the wallet to a Privy account
- Help me debug Privy with MWA: login rejects after the wallet signs

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: integration-privy
description: Add Privy authentication to a Solana Expo Android app on top of Mobile Wallet Adapter, using Sign-In-With-Solana. Use when installing @privy-io/expo, mounting PrivyProvider, logging a user in with useLoginWithSiws, linking a wallet to an existing Privy account, reading the Privy access token from a backend, or debugging a Privy plus MWA setup.
---

# Privy on Solana mobile

Privy owns the **user**: a durable account identifier and a JWT a backend can verify. Mobile
Wallet Adapter owns the **keys**. Privy signs nothing in this setup — every signature still
comes from the wallet app.

Sign-In-With-Solana joins the two. Privy generates a message, MWA signs it, Privy exchanges
the signature for a session.

Reach for this when an app needs a stable user record across devices, a server-verifiable
session, or login methods beyond a wallet. An app that only needs a connected address does not
need Privy — use the `solana-mobile-wallet` skill alone.

**Android only, and a development build only.** MWA has no iOS support and does not run in
Expo Go, which caps the whole integration.

## Before you start

| Requirement | Where it comes from |
| --- | --- |
| A working `useMobileWallet()` | `solana-mobile-wallet` skill |
| A development build on Android | `solana-mobile` skill |
| A Privy app ID and client ID | The Privy dashboard — step 1 |

## Step 1: create the Privy app

Do this first. Two of these values are compile-time environment variables, and one dashboard
toggle decides whether login works at all.

1. Sign in at https://dashboard.privy.io and click **New app** on the organization overview
2. Name it, select **Mobile app**, create it, and save the **App ID**
3. Under **User management > Authentication**, in the **External wallets** card, enable
   **SVM (Solana) wallets**
4. Under **App settings > Clients**, set the app identifier to the `expo.android.package`
   value from `app.json`, and save the **Client ID**

The **SVM wallets** toggle is the one that is easy to skip and expensive to debug — while it is
off, `login` rejects every SIWS attempt even though the wallet signed correctly. The **app
identifier** matters because Privy checks the calling app's package name against the client.

```bash
EXPO_PUBLIC_PRIVY_APP_ID=your-privy-app-id
````
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