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Sponge Wallet

v0.1.2

Manage crypto wallets, transfers, swaps, and balances via the Sponge Wallet API.

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byRishab Luthra@rishabluthra
MIT-0
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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Purpose & Capability
Name, description, and required credential (SPONGE_API_KEY) line up with a REST-API-only crypto wallet skill. No unrelated binaries or extra cloud creds are requested.
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Instruction Scope
SKILL.md instructs agents to call many wallet endpoints, to store the API key and claim info in ~/.spongewallet/credentials.json, and to use an 'agent-first' registration flow that returns an apiKey immediately. The skill asks agents to send claim URLs to humans and optionally post tweet text. The instructions reference reading and writing a home-folder file (credentials.json) even though the registry metadata lists no required config paths.
Install Mechanism
This is an instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files — lowest install risk.
Credentials
Only SPONGE_API_KEY is required (proportionate). However, SKILL.md also expects/encourages reading/writing ~/.spongewallet/credentials.json and exporting SPONGE_API_URL at runtime; that file path is not declared in the registry metadata, creating a metadata/instruction mismatch that users should be aware of.
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Persistence & Privilege
always:false (good), but the instructions explicitly recommend agent-first registration which returns an API key immediately and to persist it locally. Combined with normal autonomous invocation (disable-model-invocation: false), an agent could act with the key before a human claims or approves — this increases the blast radius for a misbehaving or compromised skill.
What to consider before installing
This skill appears to do what it says (manage wallets via the Sponge Wallet API), but pay attention before installing: 1) SKILL.md tells agents to use an 'agent-first' registration flow that returns an API key immediately — that means an agent could perform transactions before a human explicitly claims the wallet. If you require human approval, prefer the standard device flow. 2) The skill instructs writing the API key to ~/.spongewallet/credentials.json (and exporting it). Confirm you are comfortable storing a live crypto API key on disk; consider using least-privilege keys or isolated accounts and rotate keys frequently. 3) The registry metadata did not declare the ~/.spongewallet config path even though the instructions use it — treat that as a minor inconsistency and verify how your agent runtime will handle the file. 4) Ensure the SPONGE_API_KEY you provide has only the permissions you expect; if possible test on testnet keys first. 5) Verify the skill's source/homepage before granting any live keys. If you need stricter guarantees (human-in-the-loop for any transfer or disabling agent-autonomy), require those controls before installing.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

Runtime requirements

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EnvSPONGE_API_KEY
Primary envSPONGE_API_KEY

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