Fund

Add money to the wallet. Use when you or the user want to fund, deposit, top up, load, buy USDC, add funds, onramp, or get USDC. Also use when the wallet has insufficient balance for a send or trade operation, or when someone asks "how do I get USDC?"

Security Scan

The skill's instructions and required actions are consistent with its stated purpose (funding a wallet via the 'awal' companion and Coinbase Onramp); it's instruction-only and requests no credentials — but it relies on running npx to fetch/execute a remote npm package at runtime, which is a modest operational risk to be aware of.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description (fund/top up/get USDC) match the SKILL.md. All declared commands (npx awal status/show/address/balance) and the Coinbase Onramp flow are coherent with a wallet-funding purpose. No unrelated binaries, env vars, or config paths are requested.

Instruction Scope

Runtime instructions are narrowly focused on checking auth, opening the wallet UI, selecting amount/payment method, and checking balance afterward. The instructions do not ask the agent to read arbitrary files, access unrelated environment variables, or transmit data to unexpected endpoints. It references an external authenticate-wallet skill for auth, which is appropriate.

Install Mechanism

There is no static install spec, but the instructions call 'npx awal@latest ...' which will fetch and execute code from the npm registry at runtime. That is expected for a CLI-based wallet companion, but it carries the usual risk of executing remote package code (especially using @latest). Consider pinning a specific version or auditing the 'awal' package source before running.

Credentials

The skill declares no required environment variables, no credentials, and no config paths. That is proportional to the described purpose. The SKILL.md also does not attempt to read secrets or other environment values.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill is user-invocable; disable-model-invocation is false (normal). The skill does not request permanent presence or system-wide configuration changes. Allowed-tools limit the agent to a small set of npx commands, though those commands will execute remote code.

Assessment

This skill is coherent with its purpose and doesn't ask for credentials, but it runs 'npx awal@latest' which downloads and executes an npm package at runtime. Before using: (1) verify and audit the 'awal' package and its publisher (avoid blindly running @latest); (2) consider pinning to a known-good version; (3) run in a trusted environment (not a shared server) and confirm wallet address before receiving funds; (4) prefer official wallet/onramp apps or browser flows if you don't trust executing remote CLI code. If you need higher assurance, request the package source or a reproducible install artifact to review first.

Funding the Wallet

Use the wallet companion app to fund the wallet with USDC via Coinbase Onramp. This supports multiple payment methods including Apple Pay, debit cards, bank transfers, and funding from a Coinbase account.

Confirm wallet is initialized and authed

npx awal@latest status

If the wallet is not authenticated, refer to the authenticate-wallet skill.

Opening the Funding Interface

npx awal@latest show

This opens the wallet companion window where users can:

1. Select a preset amount ($10, $20, $50) or enter a custom amount
2. Choose their preferred payment method
3. Complete the purchase through Coinbase Pay

Payment Methods

Method	Description
Apple Pay	Fast checkout with Apple Pay (where available)
Coinbase	Transfer from existing Coinbase account
Card	Debit card payment
Bank	ACH bank transfer

Alternative

You can also ask your human to send usdc on Base to your wallet address. You can find your wallet address buy running the following:

npx awal@latest address

Prerequisites

• Must be authenticated (npx awal@latest status to check)
• Coinbase Onramp is available in supported regions (US, etc.)

Flow

1. Run npx awal@latest show to open the wallet UI
2. Instruct the user to click the Fund button
3. User selects amount and payment method in the UI
4. User completes payment through Coinbase Pay (opens in browser)
5. USDC is deposited to the wallet once payment confirms

Checking Balance After Funding

# Check updated balance
npx awal@latest balance

Notes

• Funding goes through Coinbase's regulated onramp
• Processing time varies by payment method (instant for card/Apple Pay, 1-3 days for bank)
• Funds are deposited as USDC on Base network
• If funding is not available, users can also send USDC on Base directly to the wallet address