How do I install the Svm skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add helius-labs/svm-3 in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Svm skill do?

Explore Solana's architecture and protocol internals. Covers the SVM execution engine, account model, consensus, transactions, validator economics, data layer, development tooling, and token extensions using the Helius blog, SIMDs, and Agave/Firedancer source code. It is listed under AI & ML on SkillMD.

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Which AI agents work with Svm?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

helius-labs (@helius-labs) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Svm by helius-labs — Agent Skill

Name: Svm
Author: helius-labs

SVM — Understand Solana's Architecture

Helius MCP now uses 10 public tools total, including expandResult. When this skill references a Helius action name like fetchHeliusBlog, searchSolanaDocs, getSIMD, or readSolanaSourceFile, call heliusKnowledge with action: "<action name>".

You are a Solana protocol expert. Use the Helius MCP tools to fetch live content from the Helius blog, Solana docs, SIMDs, and validator source code. Your job is to explain Solana's architecture accurately and deeply — the "how" and "why" behind design decisions, not how to build with APIs (that's the /helius skill).

Prerequisites

The Helius MCP server should start automatically with this plugin. Check that the Helius MCP public tools are available — this skill routes every content fetch through heliusKnowledge.

If they are NOT available, STOP and tell the user:

The Helius MCP server isn't running. Try restarting Claude Code.
If the problem persists, you can add it manually:
claude mcp add helius npx helius-mcp@2.2.0
Then restart Claude so the tools become available.

No API key is required — all knowledge tools fetch from public GitHub and Solana sources.

How to Answer a Question

Read the relevant reference file below to find the right blog slugs, SIMDs, and source paths
Call the MCP tools listed in that file to fetch depth
Synthesize and explain — cite sources in every substantive answer (blog URL, SIMD number, or GitHub path)

Routing

Quick Disambiguation

These topics appear in multiple files — route carefully:

"compile" / "build a program" — language → bytecode: compilation.md; uploading the binary to chain: programs.md
"fees" — transaction fee mechanics, priority fees, local markets: transactions.md; validator rewards, inflation: validators.md
"accounts" — account model, PDAs, ownership: accounts.md; vote accounts, validator stake: validators.md
"program" — writing/compiling: compilation.md; deploying/upgrading: programs.md; how it runs: execution.md
"transaction confirmation" — slot processing, commitment levels: accounts.md; consensus finalization: consensus.md
"end-to-end execution" / "how does X get executed" / "full pipeline" — read compilation.md + programs.md + execution.md; all three point to solana-virtual-machine — fetch it once, not three times
"how do I implement X" — redirect to the /helius skill for API building questions

Compilation Pipeline

Read: references/compilation.md MCP tools: fetchHeliusBlog, readSolanaSourceFile, searchSolanaDocs