A field guide for AI builders

Your agent.
Your idea.
Avalanche.

Give your coding agent the context to build on Avalanche. Focused skills. Official sources. No guesswork about which chain you’re on.

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CONTEXT → CAPABILITY01—31
agent / contextMD

# Start here. Go deep when needed.

read ./SKILL.md

understand the task
choose the right chain
load a focused skill

Ready to build with context.

A small context window. A much better starting point.

31focused skills
One ecosystem.
Source-linked guidance
Verify at the source.
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Less setup. More building.

THE LIBRARY / 01

The knowledge layer.

Start broad. Pull in exactly
what your next build needs.

31 skills
Start here

AVAX Skills

Build Avalanche apps, integrate protocols or design L1s with task-routed procedures and executable source-backed examples.

START HERESKILL.md
Start here

Why Avalanche?

Choose Avalanche C-Chain, an L1, or no chain by testing the application's actual trust and execution needs.

455 wordsSKILL.md
Start here

Ship an Avalanche app

Plan and ship an Avalanche application from chain selection to verified contract and frontend behavior.

393 wordsSKILL.md
Build

Gas & transaction costs

Estimate Avalanche transaction fees using the target network and current execution rules instead of fixed cost claims.

428 wordsSKILL.md
Avalanche L1s

Avalanche L1s

Design or operate a sovereign Avalanche L1 while separating its security and economics from C-Chain.

392 wordsSKILL.md
Avalanche L1s

ICM, ICTT & asset identity

Build Avalanche ICM or ICTT integrations with correct identifiers, authenticated origin and destination execution checks.

520 wordsSKILL.md
Integrations

DeFi integration router

Integrate Avalanche exchanges and lending protocols using version-matched deployments and executable quotes.

440 wordsSKILL.md
Integrations

Pharaoh CL & xPHAR

Integrate current Pharaoh CL swaps with tick-spacing ABIs, separately from xPHAR voting and DLMM.

351 wordsSKILL.md
Integrations

Aave V4 Hub & Spoke

Integrate Avalanche Aave V4 Hub/Spoke supply and tokenized deposits without V3 API substitutions.

423 wordsSKILL.md
Integrations

Silo isolated lending

Integrate a Silo market with exact implementation, paired debt context and explicit collateral type.

388 wordsSKILL.md
Integrations

Euler EVK & EVC

Integrate Avalanche Euler EVK with verified EVC, risk relationships, packed caps and metadata status.

387 wordsSKILL.md
Integrations

BENQI Core & sAVAX

Integrate BENQI lending and sAVAX with native/ERC20 entry points, error codes and queued withdrawals.

424 wordsSKILL.md
Verify

Security invariants

Review Avalanche value-moving contracts for token, authorization, oracle and cross-chain failure modes.

454 wordsSKILL.md

THE WORKFLOW / 02

Context in. Better builds out.

Read the starting skill
01

Give it the entry point.

Copy the starter prompt into your coding agent, or open the root skill and provide it yourself.

Open root SKILL.md
02

Load just enough.

The root skill routes your agent to the right topics: C-Chain, custom L1s, interchain messaging, and more.

Find your next skill
03

Verify. Then build.

Follow the official sources, check live network details, and test the target network’s behavior before a production transaction.

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BUILT WITH A POINT OF VIEW

Avalanche-specific.
Open by design.

Not an Ethereum guide with the names swapped. This library starts with Avalanche’s own architecture, networks, and developer workflows.

An independent community project. Not affiliated with Ava Labs or the Avalanche Foundation. Source-reviewed guidance is not a security audit.

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