etherscan-mcp-skill

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Use Etherscan MCP through UXC for address balance checks, token holder analysis, transaction inspection, and contract lookup tasks. Use when tasks need Etherscan MCP tools for onchain investigation with help-first schema inspection, bearer-key auth, and tier-aware read-first handling.

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Sourceholon-run/uxc

Added on2026-04-24

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add holon-run/uxc etherscan-mcp-skill

SKILL.md Content

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Etherscan MCP Skill

Use this skill to run Etherscan MCP operations through

uxc

Reuse the

uxc

skill for shared protocol discovery, output parsing, and generic auth/binding flows.

Prerequisites

```
uxc
```
is installed and available in
```
PATH
```
.
Network access to
```
https://mcp.etherscan.io/mcp
```
.
An Etherscan API key is available for authenticated calls.

Core Workflow

Confirm endpoint and protocol with help-first probing:
- ```
uxc https://mcp.etherscan.io/mcp -h
```
- expected unauthenticated behavior today:
```
401 Unauthorized
```

Configure credential/binding for repeatable auth:

uxc auth credential set etherscan-mcp --auth-type bearer --secret-env ETHERSCAN_API_KEY

uxc auth credential set etherscan-mcp --auth-type bearer --secret-op op://Engineering/etherscan/api-key

uxc auth binding add --id etherscan-mcp --host mcp.etherscan.io --path-prefix /mcp --scheme https --credential etherscan-mcp --priority 100

Use fixed link command by default:

```
command -v etherscan-mcp-cli
```

If missing, create it:

uxc link etherscan-mcp-cli https://mcp.etherscan.io/mcp

```
etherscan-mcp-cli -h
```

Inspect operation schema before execution:

```
etherscan-mcp-cli balance -h
```
```
etherscan-mcp-cli tokenTopHolders -h
```
```
etherscan-mcp-cli getContractAbi -h
```
```
etherscan-mcp-cli transaction -h
```

Prefer read operations first, then any workflow that could trigger heavy data pulls or follow-up automation.

Capability Map

Address investigation:

```
balance
```
```
tokenHoldings
```
```
fundedBy
```
```
getAddressMetadata
```

Token holder analysis:

```
balanceERC20
```
```
balanceERC20Historical
```
```
tokenTopHolders
```
```
getTokenInfo
```

Transaction investigation:

```
txList
```
```
internalTxsByAddress
```
```
erc20Transfers
```
```
erc721Transfers
```
```
erc1155Transfers
```
```
transaction
```
```
checkTransaction
```

Contract research:

```
getContractAbi
```
```
getContractSourceCode
```
```
getContractCreation
```

Verification:
- ```
verifySourceCode
```
- ```
checkVerifyStatus
```

Inspect

etherscan-mcp-cli -h

after auth setup for the current full tool list. Etherscan can expand MCP tools independently of this wrapper skill.

Recommended Usage Pattern

Start from a read-only investigation goal:
- balance or holdings for an address
- holder concentration for a token
- transaction inspection for a hash
- source/metadata lookup for a contract
Run
```
-h
```
on the specific tool before the first real call.
Prefer one chain/address/token at a time before broadening the scope.
Parse the JSON envelope first, then inspect
```
data
```
.

Guardrails

Keep automation on JSON output envelope; do not rely on
```
--text
```
.
Parse stable fields first:
```
ok
```
,
```
kind
```
,
```
protocol
```
,
```
data
```
,
```
error
```
.
Use
```
etherscan-mcp-cli
```
as default command path.

etherscan-mcp-cli <operation> ...

is equivalent to

uxc https://mcp.etherscan.io/mcp <operation> ...

If unauthenticated probe or runtime call returns

401 Unauthorized

confirm auth binding matches endpoint with

uxc auth binding match https://mcp.etherscan.io/mcp

confirm credential shape with
```
uxc auth credential info etherscan-mcp
```

reset credential as bearer if needed:

uxc auth credential set etherscan-mcp --auth-type bearer --secret-env ETHERSCAN_API_KEY

Use
```
key=value
```
only for simple scalar inputs.
Prefer positional JSON when an operation accepts nested objects, arrays, or optional flags that may evolve.
Do not assume tool argument names from memory; inspect
```
<operation> -h
```
first because Etherscan may revise MCP schemas independently of this skill.
Some MCP tools are tier-gated by Etherscan plan. Today
```
getTokenInfo
```
can return
```
NOTOK
```
with an API Pro upgrade message on non-Pro keys.
Treat
```
verifySourceCode
```
as a write-like action requiring explicit user confirmation.

References

Invocation patterns:
- ```
references/usage-patterns.md
```