Agent Quickstart

Give your AI agent everything it needs to deploy contracts, bridge tokens, and interact with Taiko.

One prompt

Claude Code

claude -p "Read https://docs.taiko.xyz/SKILL.md and deploy a contract to Taiko"

What the agent gets

The SKILL.md file gives your agent:

Network config — RPC endpoints, chain IDs, and explorer URLs for mainnet and testnet
Contract addresses — Bridge, ERC20Vault, SignalService, token contracts on L1 and L2
EVM compatibility — Shanghai version requirements and Foundry profile configuration
Common tasks — Deploy, verify, bridge, read state — with copy-paste commands
Behavioral rules — Correct defaults so the agent doesn't guess wrong

Why Taiko is agent-friendly

Standard EVM tooling. Foundry, Hardhat, viem, ethers.js all work out of the box. No custom plugins or SDKs required.
SKILL.md. A single file at /SKILL.md containing every address, RPC URL, and command pattern an agent needs.
Machine-readable docs. Vocs auto-generates llms.txt, llms-full.txt, and .md variants of every page for LLM consumption.
Sub-cent transaction fees. Agents can transact frequently without burning through budgets — ideal for high-volume, autonomous workflows.
2-second block times. Fast finality keeps agents responsive, with 1-second blocks coming soon.

Machine-readable docs

Every page is available as raw Markdown by appending .md to the URL:

/quickstart/deploy.md

Resource	URL	Use
Agent skill file	`/SKILL.md`	One-file reference for agents
Docs index	`/llms.txt`	Page listing with descriptions
Full docs	`/llms-full.txt`	Entire site as plain text
Any page as markdown	Append `.md` to any page URL	Raw markdown for any page

Registering Agents on Taiko

Taiko supports ERC-8004 on both Taiko Alethia and Taiko Hoodi, contract addresses for IdentityRegistry and ReputationRegistry can be found here.

Tack: IPFS storage for agents

Tack is an agent-native IPFS pinning and retrieval service. One endpoint, no API keys, no accounts — your agent can store and retrieve files autonomously using x402 micropayments.

Get started with Tack →

Starter prompts

Try these with your agent after loading the skill:

"Deploy a Counter contract to Taiko Hoodi testnet"
"Bridge 0.1 ETH from Ethereum to Taiko using cast"
"Add Taiko mainnet and testnet to my wagmi config"
"What's different about Taiko compared to Ethereum?"
"Verify my contract at 0x... on Taikoscan"

Best practices

Always use FOUNDRY_PROFILE=taiko. This ensures Shanghai EVM compilation. Forgetting this is the most common deployment failure.
Test on Hoodi first. Chain ID 167013, RPC https://rpc.hoodi.taiko.xyz. Use testnet for iteration before mainnet deployment.
Verify addresses against SKILL.md. Contract addresses can change across upgrades. Always fetch the latest SKILL.md rather than relying on cached values.
Pin the EVM version. Even if your Solidity version supports Cancun, Taiko requires Shanghai. Always set evm_version = "shanghai".
Include SKILL.md in every prompt. Agents have no persistent memory of past sessions. Re-inject the skill file each time.