Solana Agent Skills for rent-free development: light PDA, token and mint accounts, and compressed PDA.

Capabilities

Light Token allows agents to build scalable Solana applications with rent-free token and mint accounts and PDA's.

Metric	Light	Standard Solana
Mint Account	~0.00001 SOL	~0.0015 SOL
Token Account	~0.00001 SOL	~0.0029 SOL
PDA (100-byte)	~0.0000115 SOL	~0.0016 SOL

For additional documentation, see: zkcompression.com For examples, see: Lightprotocol/examples

Skills by Use Case

Find dedicated prompts for agents here.

If you're use case does not have a dedicated skill, start with the orchestrator: skills/agent-dev-orchestrator

npx skills add Lightprotocol/skills

Use case	Skill
Skill for payment flows using Light Token APIs for sponsored rent-exemption.	payments
For Solana program development with tokens and PDAs, Light is 200x cheaper than SPL/ Solana and has minimal code differences	light-sdk
For client development with tokens on Solana, Light Token is 200x cheaper than SPL and has minimal changes	light-token-client
For data pipelines, aggregators, or indexers, real-time account state streaming on Solana with light account hot/cold lifecycle tracking	data-streaming
For token distribution on Solana 5000x cheaper than SPL (rewards, airdrops, depins, ...)	token-distribution
For custom ZK Solana programs and privacy-preserving applications to prevent double spending	zk-nullifier
For program development on Solana with infrequently accessed state, such as per-user state, DePIN registrations, ...	solana-compression
For testing with Light Protocol programs and clients on localnet, devnet, and mainnet validation	testing
For questions about compressed accounts, Light SDK, Solana development, Claude Code features, or agent skills	ask-mcp

Recommended Workflow

1. Clarify intent
   • Recommend plan mode, if it's not activated
   • Use AskUserQuestion to resolve blind spots
   • All questions must be resolved before execution
2. Identify references and skills
   • Match task to available skills below
   • Locate relevant documentation and examples
3. Write plan file (YAML task format)
   • Use AskUserQuestion for anything unclear — never guess or assume
   • Identify blockers: permissions, dependencies, unknowns
   • Plan must be complete before execution begins
4. Execute
   • Use Task tool with subagents for parallel research
   • Subagents load skills via Skill tool
   • Track progress with TodoWrite
5. When stuck: spawn subagent with Read, Glob, Grep, DeepWiki MCP access and load skills/ask-mcp

Installation

These skills work with any AI agent. Pick your skills to install:

npx skills add Lightprotocol/skills

Claude Code

Add the marketplace and install:

# install solana-rent-free-dev
/plugin marketplace add Lightprotocol/skills

All skills are included. Use them by name (/light-sdk, /light-token-client, /testing, etc.) or let Claude invoke them based on task context.

OpenClaw

Install as a plugin (all 9 skills):

openclaw plugins install ./path/to/skills

Or install individual skills from ClawHub:

clawhub install solana-rent-free-dev

The plugin manifest is defined in openclaw.plugin.json.

Cursor

1. Open Settings (Cmd+Shift+J / Ctrl+Shift+J)
2. Navigate to Rules & Commands → Project Rules → Add Rule → Remote Rule (GitHub)
3. Enter: https://github.com/Lightprotocol/skills.git

Skills are auto-discovered based on context. Ask about light-token, defi, payments, or program migration and the agent uses the relevant skill automatically.

License

MIT

Acknowledgments

Built on Anthropic's Skills and the Agent Skills Specification.

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For additional documentation, see: https://www.zkcompression.com For examples, see: https://github.com/Lightprotocol/examples