Injective Trading Autosign

Injective Trading Autosign, Skill Guide

AuthZ delegation lets a user grant a scoped, on-chain permission to a secondary key (the "grantee") to execute specific message types on their behalf. This enables session-based trading without password prompts per trade.

Security model: The grant is scoped to specific Cosmos message types (trading only - no withdrawals or transfers). It expires automatically. The user can revoke at any time.

When to apply

• When you wish to give another account permission to execute transactions on behalf of your account
• When you wish to revoke this permission
• When you wish to granularly limit the scope of these permission to specific transaction types

Sample prompts: ./references/sample-prompts.md

Important

Safe Message Types for Trading

Only grant these types - they cover all perpetual trading operations:

Never grant MsgSend, MsgWithdraw, governance messages, or any transfer-related types.

Notes

• AuthZ is an on-chain Cosmos SDK primitive - the grant is recorded on Injective and verifiable by anyone.
• The granter pays gas for the grant and revoke transactions. The grantee pays gas for authorized transactions.
• Injective's fee delegation (if enabled) can cover grantee gas, enabling fully gasless session trading.
• Expiry is in seconds from time of grant. 86400 = 24h, 259200 = 72h.
• If the grantee key is compromised, revoke immediately - the grant is limited to trading actions only, not withdrawals.

Browser Readiness And Session Validation

For trading frontends, distinguish wallet connection, on-chain grant existence, and app readiness:

• A connected wallet is not enough; the UI should show trading as unavailable until the AuthZ grant, grantee key, fee path, and current wallet address all line up.
• Revalidate the local grantee or session bundle against the active granter inj1 address after connect, account swap, reload, and revoke. Stale session state from a prior wallet should force a fresh grant.
• Do not hide an on-chain revoke failure by clearing local state first. Broadcast MsgRevoke, verify success, then clear the local session bundle.
• In browser apps with trade buttons, keep a single in-flight trade lock for the active granter and grantee pair. Release it only once broadcast confirmation or failure is known.
• Use user-facing status copy such as Authorize wallet, Order pending, or Order failed, please try again. Keep sequence numbers, raw CheckTx logs, and tx internals in developer logs.

Browser-Based AutoSign (MetaMask, Rabby, Keplr + EIP-712)

When implementing AutoSign in a browser frontend (e.g. autosign.ts with enableAutoSign):

evmChainId — Read from Wallet, Never Hardcode

The evmChainId stored in the AutoSign state must be the actual wallet chain at the moment the grant tx is signed, NOT a hardcoded value:

// Correct — read from wallet
const evmChainId = parseInt(await window.ethereum.request({ method: 'eth_chainId' }), 16);
// Wrong — hardcoding bypasses wallet chain enforcement
const evmChainId = 1776;

Wallet Compatibility

Wallet connection: Use eth_requestAccounts (respects default wallet provider). Do NOT use wallet_requestPermissions — it forces MetaMask even when Rabby is the default.

// Good — respects Rabby, MetaMask, or whatever is default
const accounts = await window.ethereum.request({ method: 'eth_requestAccounts' });
// Bad — forces MetaMask account picker, ignores Rabby
await window.ethereum.request({ method: 'wallet_requestPermissions', params: [{ eth_accounts: {} }] });

Disconnect: Use wallet_revokePermissions to clear cached accounts so next connect shows the wallet picker:

await window.ethereum?.request({ method: 'wallet_revokePermissions', params: [{ eth_accounts: {} }] });

Chain Switching (Rabby + MetaMask Compatible)

Rabby throws different error codes than MetaMask on wallet_switchEthereumChain. Handle gracefully:

try {
  await window.ethereum.request({ method: 'wallet_switchEthereumChain', params: [{ chainId: '0x6f0' }] });
} catch {
  try {
    await window.ethereum.request({
      method: 'wallet_addEthereumChain',
      params: [{
        chainId: '0x6f0',
        chainName: 'Injective',
        nativeCurrency: { name: 'Injective', symbol: 'INJ', decimals: 18 },
        rpcUrls: ['https://sentry.evm-rpc.injective.network/'],
        blockExplorerUrls: ['https://blockscout.injective.network'],
      }],
    });
  } catch { /* Rabby may reject but still be on the right chain */ }
}
// Always re-check — don't trust the switch/add result
const recheckChain = await window.ethereum.request({ method: 'eth_chainId' });
if (parseInt(recheckChain, 16) !== 1776) throw new Error('Switch to Injective (chain ID 1776)');

IMPORTANT: inEVM is DEPRECATED. Use sentry.evm-rpc.injective.network/ (NOT mainnet.rpc.inevm.com). Block explorer: blockscout.injective.network.

Public Key Recovery for Fresh Accounts

Fresh accounts have no on-chain public key. Using a zero-byte placeholder causes the chain to panic with invalid secp256k1 public key. Recover the real pubkey via personal_sign:

import { ethers } from 'ethers'

async function recoverPubKeyFromWallet(ethAddress: string): Promise<string> {
  const msg = `Injective account verification: ${ethAddress}`
  const sig = await window.ethereum.request({ method: 'personal_sign', params: [msg, ethAddress] });
  const msgHash = ethers.hashMessage(msg)
  const uncompressed = ethers.SigningKey.recoverPublicKey(msgHash, sig)
  const compressed = ethers.SigningKey.computePublicKey(uncompressed, true)
  return btoa(String.fromCharCode(...ethers.getBytes(compressed)))
}

// In createTransaction:
const pubKey = onChainPubKey || await recoverPubKeyFromWallet(ethAddress)

Block Height Caching Bug

ChainRestTendermintApi.fetchLatestBlock() gets cached by browsers. Use raw fetch with cache-bust:

const blockRes = await fetch(
  `${endpoints.rest}/cosmos/base/tendermint/v1beta1/blocks/latest?_=${Date.now()}`,
  { cache: 'no-store' }
).then(r => r.json());
const timeoutHeight = parseInt(blockRes.block.header.height, 10) + 200; // +200 blocks, not +20

+20 blocks is too tight — with faucet delays, chain switching, and wallet popups, use +200 minimum (~3 minutes of runway).

Activities

Grant AuthZ Permission

authz_grant
  granterAddress: inj1...     ← your main wallet
  password: ****              ← keystore password (one-time, for signing the grant tx)
  granteeAddress: inj1...     ← ephemeral/session key to grant permission to
  msgTypes:                   ← list of allowed message types
    - MsgCreateDerivativeMarketOrder
    - MsgCreateDerivativeLimitOrder
    - MsgCancelDerivativeOrder
    - MsgBatchUpdateOrders
    - MsgIncreasePositionMargin
  expirySeconds: 86400        ← optional, default 86400 (24h). Max recommended: 259200 (72h)

After this one transaction, the grantee can trade on behalf of the granter for the duration.

Revoke AuthZ Permission

authz_revoke
  granterAddress: inj1...
  password: ****
  granteeAddress: inj1...
  msgTypes:
    - MsgCreateDerivativeMarketOrder
    - MsgCreateDerivativeLimitOrder
    - MsgCancelDerivativeOrder
    - MsgBatchUpdateOrders
    - MsgIncreasePositionMargin

Revoke immediately cancels all permissions for the specified message types. Partial revocation (removing specific msg types) is supported.

Workflow: One-Click Session Trading

1. User grants AuthZ to session key (one wallet confirmation)
2. AI uses session key to trade for duration of grant
3. Grant expires automatically OR user revokes manually

# Check existing grants on-chain (via Injective Indexer or explorer)
# injective.network → account → authz tab

# Grant (one-time per session)
authz_grant(granterAddress, password, granteeAddress, msgTypes, expirySeconds: 86400)

# Trade freely during session - no password needed if using grantee key
# ...

# Revoke when done
authz_revoke(granterAddress, password, granteeAddress, msgTypes)

Valid chains for AutoSign grants

MetaMask must be on either of these networks when granting AutoSign:

• Ethereum (1)
• Injective EVM (1776)

The same evmChainId used during the grant transaction MUST be used for all subsequent broadcastAutoSign calls.

Related skills

• injective-mcp-servers

If these skills are not available, selectively run the following commands to install them:

npx skills add InjectiveLabs/agent-skills --skill injective-mcp-servers

Prerequisites

• Injective MCP server must be running
• User prompts should be issued from an AI tool that is configured to talk to the Injective MCP server
• Injective SDK
  • Pin to exactly @injectivelabs/sdk-ts: 1.17.8
  • Newer versions (1.18+) produce different EIP-712 typed data that Injective rejects