# nansen-token-research

This skill drives nansen research token commands to pull holders, flows, DEX trades and PnL for a single token. Useful when you are digging into one asset instead of the whole market.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 435 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-token-research/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nansen-token-research

## What it does

The skill maps out the `nansen research token <sub>` subcommands and tells the agent which flags go with them. Spot endpoints require `--chain`, and the token address goes in `--token`. You get `info` and `ohlcv` with timeframes from `1m` to `1M`, `holders` with a `--smart-money` filter, `flows` and `flow-intelligence`, `who-bought-sold`, `dex-trades`, and `pnl` with sorting like `total_pnl_usd:desc`. Perp subcommands — `perp-trades`, `perp-positions`, `perp-pnl-leaderboard` — take `--symbol` rather than an address and skip `--chain`.

Before any research call the skill wants an explicitly selected API key or a saved browser session, and it suggests running `nansen auth status` first. Cached metadata does not prove the credential works. If the selection is anonymous or authentication breaks, the workflow stops: unsetting a failed key or falling back to anonymous access to retry is off the table. `NANSEN_API_KEY` overrides the saved session.

Payments run over x402, so a supported HTTP 402 challenge can spend from the configured wallet within your limits, and every call in a loop can cost money. Auth and session-renewal failures never trigger a payment. Two spots return nothing useful: `holders --smart-money` gives `UNSUPPORTED_FILTER` for tokens without smart-money tracking, and `flow-intelligence` may show all-zero flows on illiquid tokens. Browser login ships in CLI 2.0.0 inside the macOS arm64 preview scope.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install nansen-ai/nansen-cli nansen-token-research
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nansen-ai/nansen-cli --skill nansen-token-research -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-token-research/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- profile a token: price, volume, age
- see which wallets hold it and how much smart money owns
- measure inflows and outflows over a week by wallet label
- find who bought and sold the token recently
- rank traders by PnL and pull the perp leaderboard

## Example prompts
- deep dive on token <addr> on solana: holders, 7-day flows and DEX trades
- show flow-intelligence for this token broken down by wallet label
- pull the perp PnL leaderboard for symbol SOL

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: nansen-token-research
description: Token deep dive — info, OHLCV, holders, flows, flow intelligence, who bought/sold, DEX trades, PnL, perp trades, perp positions, perp PnL leaderboard. Use when researching a specific token in depth.
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).
```
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