# pyth-price-feeds

A skill for wiring Pyth pull price feeds into Hedera contracts: Hermes payload updates, max-age reads, and confidence checks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 444 installs · ★ 28
- Author: hedera-dev
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/hedera-dev/hedera-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/oracles/skills/pyth-price-feeds/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-03
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/pyth-price-feeds

## What it does

Pyth on Hedera is a pull feed, not a push one. A fresh read usually means submitting a Hermes payload on-chain with payment first, then calling `getPriceNoOlderThan`. The skill walks the agent through that order and reminds it to cover the fee returned by `getUpdateFee(updateData)`.

It ships reference files `references/hedera-feeds.md` and `references/examples.md` with update, read and expo sketches, plus a review checklist. The post-read checks are spelled out too: `publishTime != 0`, `price > 0`, and a revert when `conf` is wider than the price itself.

The trap is sourcing. Contract address and price IDs come from the Pyth Hedera docs, not Ethereum defaults, and the chain ID is `296` on testnet or `295` on mainnet. `expo` is signed and is not the same as ERC-20 decimals, so it has to be normalized to the consumer scale.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hedera-dev/hedera-skills --skill pyth-price-feeds -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hedera-dev/hedera-skills --skill pyth-price-feeds -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hedera-dev/hedera-skills --skill pyth-price-feeds -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install hedera-dev/hedera-skills pyth-price-feeds
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/pyth-price-feeds/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hedera-dev/hedera-skills --skill pyth-price-feeds -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/hedera-dev/hedera-skills --path plugins/oracles/skills/pyth-price-feeds
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hedera-dev/hedera-skills --skill pyth-price-feeds -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/hedera-dev/hedera-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/oracles/skills/pyth-price-feeds/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- refresh a Pyth price on Hedera before a fresh read
- compute the fee with `getUpdateFee` and attach it in `msg.value`
- read a feed with a max-age bound instead of `getPriceUnsafe`
- reject a price when confidence is wider than the price
- normalize a signed `expo` to 18 decimals

## Example prompts
- Help me update a Pyth feed on Hedera: pull `updateData` from Hermes and submit `updatePriceFeeds` with enough `msg.value`.
- Review my contract: read via `getPriceNoOlderThan`, check `conf`, and normalize `expo` to 18 decimals.
- Build a review checklist for a Pyth integration on Hedera testnet 296.

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

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---
name: pyth-price-feeds
description: >
  Pyth pull price feeds on Hedera. Use when integrating Pyth on Hedera (testnet 296 /
  mainnet 295), fetching Hermes update payloads, paying updatePriceFeeds, calling
  getPriceNoOlderThan, checking confidence, or normalizing signed price + expo to 18 decimals.
---

# Pyth Price Feeds (Hedera)

**Pull pattern:** Pyth is not a fire-and-forget push feed. Fresh reads usually need a Hermes payload submitted on-chain (payable) **before** `getPriceNoOlderThan`.

```text
Hermes → updatePriceFeeds{value: fee}(updateData) → getPriceNoOlderThan(priceId, maxAge)
```

Consumers may wrap Pyth behind a local interface; that is optional. Do not assume a project-specific adapter name.

## Quick Reference

| Piece | Role |
| ----- | ---- |
| Pyth contract | Network `IPyth` address |
| Price ID | `bytes32` feed id (not an aggregator address) |
| Update | Payable `updatePriceFeeds` with Hermes `updateData` |
| Fee | `getUpdateFee(updateData)` — `msg.value` must cover it |
| Read | `getPriceNoOlderThan(priceId, maxAge)` |
| Confidence | Reject when `conf > uint64(price)` |
| Scale | Signed `price` + `expo` → consumer decimals (often 18) |

**Hedera chain IDs:** testnet `296`, mainnet `295`.

See [references/hedera-feeds.md](references/hedera-feeds.md) for where to source the Pyth contract and price IDs. See [references/examples.md](references/examples.md) for update / read / expo sketches.

## Critical: Update Before Fresh Reads

If the on-chain price is older than your staleness bound, fetch Hermes update data and submit it:

```solidity
function updatePrice(bytes[] calldata updateData) external payable {
    uint256 fee = PYTH.getUpdateFee(updateData);
    if (msg.value < fee) revert UpdateFeeTooLow(msg.value, fee);
    PYTH.updatePriceFeeds{ value: msg.value }(updateData);
}
```

Hedera `msg.value` is tinybars via JSON-RPC — attach enough native value for the Pyth fee. Do not treat a stale `getPriceUnsafe` as a valid trading price.

## Critical: Confidence And Signed Expo

After `getPriceNoOlderThan`:

| Check | Why |
| ----- | --- |
| `publishTime != 0` | Incomplete |
| `price > 0` | Invalid / non-positive |
| `conf > uint64(price)` | Confidence wider than the price |
| Normalize `expo` | `expo` is signed; not the same as ERC-20 decimals |

```solidity
PythStructs.Price memory price = PYTH.getPriceNoOlderThan(priceId, maxStaleness);
if (price.publishTime == 0) revert IncompleteRound();
if (price.price <= 0) revert InvalidPrice();
if (price.conf > uint64(price.price)) revert InvalidConfidence();
```

## Checklist

When implementing or reviewing Pyth on Hedera:
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