Dexe Create Proposal

dexe-create-proposal

dexe_proposal_create builds a governance proposal in one call: it checks token balance, approves the UserKeeper (not GovPool), deposits, uploads IPFS metadata with the correct {proposalName, proposalDescription, category, isMeta, changes} shape, and calls createProposalAndVote. With DEXE_PRIVATE_KEY it signs+broadcasts; otherwise it returns ordered TxPayloads.

If you don't already know the target govPool/chain, call dexe_context — it returns the signer, active chain, and the DAOs/proposals from prior sessions. When the user already told you the DAO and what to do, go straight to dexe_proposal_create.

Do not hand-sequence approve/deposit/create, and do not hand-build the IPFS metadata — the composite does both correctly. Do not guess ABIs/selectors; the wired builders encode canonical calldata. For a truly custom call use the custom_abi type; dexe_proposal_catalog (or the playbook — MCP resource dexe://playbook, docs/PLAYBOOK.md) lists every type and its params.

Amounts: a digits-only string is raw wei; a string with a decimal point ("1000.0") is human units, scaled by the token's real on-chain decimals (never assumed 18). Both forms work in every params amount and voteAmount.

Pick a proposalType

Pass proposalType + the type's inputs in params:

All 33 catalog types are wired — proposalType is a strict enum; an unknown string is rejected at validation with the list of valid types. Beyond the table above: treasury/tokens (apply_to_dao, token_sale_recover, token_sale_whitelist), governance config (new_proposal_type, enable_staking, change_math_model, manage_validators / validators_allocation), experts/delegation (delegate_to_expert / revoke_from_expert, plus catalog-style aliases like delegate_tokens_to_expert and add_local_expert / add_global_expert), token controls (blacklist, reward_multiplier), and staking (create_staking_tier).

Internal validator types (change_validator_balances, change_validator_settings, monthly_withdraw, offchain_internal_proposal) auto-route to GovValidators.createInternalProposal — validators only, no deposit or UserKeeper approve. Off-chain types are on the DeXe backend, not on-chain: build with dexe_proposal_build_offchain_*, then dexe_auth_login (one call — signs the nonce internally when a signer is set; never write code that extracts the private key to sign), then POST with the Bearer token. Only single-option and multi-option off-chain voting exist in the DeXe product — offchain_for_against is NOT creatable (the app has no for/against creation path); for a binary vote use offchain_single_option with ["For","Against"]. Discover every type + params with dexe_proposal_catalog.

Example: transfer treasury tokens

dexe_proposal_create({
  govPool: "0x…",
  chainId: 97,
  proposalType: "token_transfer",
  title: "Pay contributor grant",
  description: "Q3 grant to @alice.",
  params: { token: "0xGovToken", recipient: "0xAlice", amount: "1000.0" }  // human units
})

Example: update the DAO avatar (ONE call — no upload step, no file reading)

dexe_proposal_create({
  govPool: "0x…",
  proposalType: "modify_dao_profile",
  title: "New DAO avatar",
  newAvatarPath: "C:/Users/me/Pictures/logo.png"   // server reads, validates, pins
})

The server reads the image from disk, rejects non-raster bytes (SVG never renders on app.dexe.io), pins it, rebuilds the metadata, and creates the proposal. Do not call dexe_ipfs_upload_avatar first and do not read the image file into the conversation.

Failure modes this guards against

1. Sequence — the composite runs approve→deposit→create; never do it by hand.
2. Metadata shape — auto-built + preflight-validated ({proposalName, proposalDescription, category, isMeta:false, changes:{proposedChanges, currentChanges}}). Wrong shape breaks the frontend indexer/diff.
3. ABI/selector guessing — wired builders use canonical signatures; tuple field order is easy to get wrong by hand.
4. votingPower vs tokenBalance — deposited power is tokenBalance(user,0).balance − ownedBalance, not votingPower() (which is 0 without a deposit). The composite computes it.
5. Approve target — the composite approves the UserKeeper (which does transferFrom), never GovPool.
6. withdraw_treasury emits an external token.transfer, never GovPool.withdraw ("Gov: invalid internal data").
7. Blacklisted recipient — token transfers to a blacklisted address are refused up front (they'd stick the proposal in SucceededFor forever).
8. Quorum-danger gate (confirmRisky) — a change_voting_settings / new_proposal_type build that lowers quorum below the safe floor (into treasury-drain territory) is refused before any transaction with mode: "blocked-risky" + governanceAdvisories. If the lowering is intentional, re-run the SAME call with confirmRisky: true. CAUTION-level advisories (no-timelock, unreachable validator quorum) attach to the result without blocking.

Cross-DAO delegation (partner DAO votes with delegated power)

A holder can delegate deposited power to another DAO's GovPool, and that DAO then votes in the first DAO with the delegated (micropool) power:

1. dexe_vote_build_delegate({ govPool: A, delegatee: <DAO_B govPool>, amount }) → broadcast. (First make every proposal you voted on in A terminal, or this reverts GovUK: overdelegation — see [[dexe-vote-execute]].)
2. In DAO B, create a custom proposal whose action calls A's vote: actionsOnFor: [{ executor: A, data: <A.multicall([vote(pid, true, 0, [])])> }] (build the inner calldata with dexe_vote_build_vote({ govPool: A, proposalId, amount: "0" })).
3. Pass + execute the DAO-B proposal → on execute, B calls A.vote() and its micropool power is counted (verify with dexe_vote_get_votes(A, pid, voter: B, voteType: "MicropoolVote")). Works when A has delegatedVotingAllowed=false (micropool voting).

No signer? Preview first

Pass dryRun: true to get the ordered TxPayloads without broadcasting (also the default behavior when no signer is configured). Then broadcast via dexe_tx_send or a connected wallet.

Next step after it passes: [[dexe-vote-execute]].

Canonical recipe (generated from src/knowledge/ — edit there, then npm run gen:knowledge)

Create a governance proposal (any type) (create_proposal)

Create ANY of the 33 catalog proposal types with one dexe_proposal_create call — it handles approve → deposit → create + IPFS metadata.

Ask the user:

• govPool — Which DAO (govPool address)? If we just created one this session, confirm reusing it.
• proposalType — What should the proposal DO? (map the user's intent to a proposalType via dexe_proposal_catalog — e.g. token_transfer, change_voting_settings, add_expert)
• title — Proposal title (public)?
• description (optional) — Short proposal description for voters? (optional but recommended)

Steps:

1. dexe_proposal_catalog — Only when unsure which proposalType matches the intent: list all 33 types with their target + effect. The per-type params shapes are in dexe_proposal_create's description and docs/PLAYBOOK.md. (skip when: the proposalType is already obvious from the user's request)
2. dexe_proposal_create — Approve → deposit → createProposalAndVote in one call, with correct IPFS metadata.

Pitfalls (danger first):

• 🔴 When depositing gov tokens, ERC20.approve must target the DAO's UserKeeper, NEVER the GovPool. Approving the GovPool burns gas and the deposit reverts. The composites (dexe_proposal_create, dexe_proposal_vote_and_execute) sequence this correctly — do not hand-build the approve.
• 🔴 CHAIN-ASYMMETRIC (verified 2026-07-23): on fresh TESTNET (97) pools, EXECUTING a proposal whose action is GovSettings.addSettings reverts 'disallowed tx pattern' — deterministically, re-running never helps. This hits change_voting_settings WITHOUT settingsIds, new_proposal_type, and enable_staking. On current MAINNET (56) fresh pools addSettings EXECUTES fine (proven 2026-07-22) — testnet runs an older protocol deployment. On 97: EDIT existing settings instead (pass settingsIds) — editSettings is always allowed — and do NOT use testnet to validate addSettings-based flows.
• ⚠ Tokens you voted with stay LOCKED per-proposal even after the proposal executes, and votingPower() reads 0 while locked (it shows available, not deposited, power). Between proposals run dexe_vote_build_withdraw to unlock, or the next create/vote fails with 'No voting power available'.
• ⚠ Fresh (SphereX-guarded, deployed ≥ 2026-07) pools reject multicall([deposit, createProposalAndVote]) with 'SphereX error: disallowed tx pattern'. Deposit and create must be SEPARATE transactions — the composites already send them separately; never re-bundle them.
• ⚠ settingsIds semantics: 0 = DEFAULT settings, 1 = INTERNAL settings (2 validators, 3 distribution, 4 tokenSale on fresh deploys). When editing, leave executorDescription blank to preserve the on-chain value — it holds the settings-JSON IPFS ref the frontend reads; overwriting it blanks the DAO's settings UI.
• ⚠ A token transfer to a blacklisted recipient passes the vote and then REVERTS at execute — the proposal is stuck in SucceededFor forever (there is no cancel). Before proposing transfers of an ERC20Gov token, verify the recipient isn't blacklisted.
• ℹ Creating a proposal requires approve(UserKeeper) → deposit(GovPool) → createProposal, in that order. dexe_proposal_create runs the whole sequence; on partial failure it returns the landed-steps ledger — fix the cause and re-run the SAME call. approve, deposit, createProposalAndVote and the vote are re-derived from chain state and skipped; GovPool.execute and the validator round are NOT, and a receipt-wait TIMEOUT means the transaction was already broadcast — check dexe_tx_status before re-running.
• ℹ The FIRST proposal on a freshly deployed DAO can revert 'low creating power' — the just-landed deposit isn't credited at snapshot time. This is transient: re-run the SAME dexe_proposal_create call; the ledger resume skips the landed deposit and the create succeeds.
• ℹ Amount strings: digits-only = RAW smallest units (wei); a decimal point ("12.5") = human units scaled by the token's REAL on-chain decimals (never assumed 18). Durations and delays are SECONDS (86400 = 1 day). Composite quorum/percent params are plain percent numbers (51).

For the machine-readable plan (interview questions with risk notes, step templates with flowContext chaining), call the dexe_guide tool with flow:"create_proposal".