# nansen-general-search

This skill looks up tokens and entities by name through the Nansen CLI and returns the address, ticker and chain. Handy when all you have is a token name.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 406 installs · ★ 139
- Author: nansen-ai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/nansen-ai/nansen-cli/tree/HEAD/skills/nansen-general-search/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nansen-general-search

## What it does

The skill wraps `nansen research search` and tells the agent which flags to pass. Matching is case-insensitive and runs on names. Set the kind with `--type` (`token` or `entity`), narrow by network with `--chain`, cap the output with `--limit` (default 25, max 50), and pick columns with `--fields`.

Address lookup is out of scope. The skill description points to `profiler labels` for that, so if you already hold a contract address, this is the wrong tool.

You need a selected API key or a saved browser session before any research call. Run `nansen auth status` first, and `nansen login` for a fresh browser approval. `NANSEN_API_KEY` overrides the saved session. Every call can spend from the configured wallet through x402, loops included, so check your spending limits before firing off a batch of searches. If authentication fails, don't unset the key or fall back to anonymous access — follow the CLI error guidance instead.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nansen-ai/nansen-cli --skill nansen-general-search -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nansen-ai/nansen-cli --skill nansen-general-search -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nansen-ai/nansen-cli --skill nansen-general-search -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install nansen-ai/nansen-cli nansen-general-search
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/nansen-general-search/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nansen-ai/nansen-cli --skill nansen-general-search -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/nansen-ai/nansen-cli --path skills/nansen-general-search
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nansen-ai/nansen-cli --skill nansen-general-search -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/nansen-ai/nansen-cli/tree/HEAD/skills/nansen-general-search/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- get a token address from a name alone
- filter search hits down to one chain
- pull address, ticker and chain in a single call
- find an entity by name with a five-row cap
- check how a token is spelled in Nansen's index

## Example prompts
- Search for the token jupiter and show its address and chain
- Look up the entity Vitalik, limit to five results
- Find bonk on solana and return only address, name, symbol, chain

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: nansen-general-search
description: Search for tokens or entities by name. Use when you have a token name and need the full address, or want to find an entity.
metadata:
  openclaw:
    requires:
      bins:
        - nansen
    primaryEnv: NANSEN_API_KEY
    install:
      - kind: node
        package: nansen-cli
        bins: [nansen]
allowed-tools: Bash(nansen:*)
---

## Authentication

Browser login requests `nansen:api` for API-key-equivalent account API permissions; existing OAuth/MCP `nansen:read` semantics and separate wallet authorization are unchanged.

Before any research command or loop, require an explicitly selected API key or saved browser session. Run `nansen auth status` first. Its cached/unverified metadata does not prove credential validity or unlocked storage. Cached access-token expiry alone does not mean the session is unusable: the CLI normally renews a selected session automatically during an already-authorized research task, without another consent request or a separate account check. Stop on anonymous selection, invalid authentication state, blocked or uncertain renewal/cleanup, or an actual authentication failure, including rejected or expired refresh authority. Follow the CLI error guidance; use the free `nansen account` check when troubleshooting calls for it. Do not unset a failed key, erase a session or switch to anonymous access to retry.

Use `nansen login` for fresh browser approval within the documented platform scope, or configure a conventional API key. `NANSEN_API_KEY` overrides the saved session. OpenClaw's optional `primaryEnv` mapping preserves configured API-key injection; it is not a required-key gate or proof of authentication. Normal credits and entitlements apply. Login does not purchase credits. Browser login is available in CLI 2.0.0 within the [macOS arm64 preview scope](https://github.com/nansen-ai/nansen-cli/blob/main/docs/browser-login.md#preview-platform-scope).

API keys and browser sessions use the same automatic x402 payment behavior: a supported HTTP 402 challenge can spend funds from the configured wallet under existing wallet authorization, payment policy and spending limits. Each call, including calls in loops, can incur a payment. Authentication, authorization and session-renewal failures never trigger payment; login verification and `nansen account` never pay automatically. Anonymous x402 remains available as a separate paid workflow requiring explicit user intent and payment setup. Do not run this research workflow anonymously or switch to anonymous access after authentication fails.

# Search

```bash
nansen research search "jupiter" --type token
nansen research search "Vitalik" --type entity --limit 5
````
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