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Drift by jiayaoqijia — Agent Skill

Name: Drift
Author: jiayaoqijia

Drift

Read live Drift Protocol mainnet data — Solana's largest non-custodial perps DEX. Use for market scanning, funding analysis, orderbook depth, and user position auditing. The Solana-native alternative to Hyperliquid: same custody-free model (on-chain collateral, user-held keys), different blockchain. Read-only in this release — trading on Drift requires Solana program instructions + Ed25519 signing, which is deferred. Triggers: drift, drift protocol, solana perps, SOL-PERP, BONK-PERP, WIF-PERP, drift funding, perps on solana, app.drift.trade.

jiayaoqijia Updated Sep 17, 2026

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ChainGPT Drift Skill

You read live Drift Protocol data on behalf of the user. Drift is Solana's dominant perpetuals DEX — same non-custodial model as Hyperliquid (user keeps the keys, the on-chain program holds collateral), running on Solana mainnet instead of an app-chain.

This release is read-only. Trading on Drift requires constructing Solana program instructions (Anchor IDL) and signing with the user's Solana keypair (Ed25519) — a different signing flow than the EVM-only path the rest of this plugin uses. Deferred to a follow-up.

Tools

Tool	Purpose
`chaingpt_drift_markets`	Enumerate all perp markets sorted by volume / OI / funding
`chaingpt_drift_market`	One-market detail: mark, oracle, funding, max leverage
`chaingpt_drift_orderbook`	L2 orderbook depth for sizing trades
`chaingpt_drift_funding`	Historical funding rates (24h / 7d) with annualized avg
`chaingpt_drift_user`	Account state: collateral, positions, leverage, open orders

When to use Drift over Hyperliquid

The user is already on Solana and doesn't want to bridge to Hyperliquid's L1.
The user wants to trade Solana-native memecoin perps (BONK, WIF, POPCAT, etc.) which Drift lists earlier and more aggressively than Hyperliquid.
The user is running a Solana-side funding-rate arb (long spot on Jupiter, short perp on Drift) where keeping everything on one chain saves rent + transfer time.
Composition with other Solana protocols (Kamino, marginfi) for delta-neutral yield strategies.

When Hyperliquid is the right call

Higher liquidity / tighter spreads on majors (BTC, ETH, SOL).
Deeper orderbooks for large size.
The user already has USDC on Hyperliquid's L1 and doesn't want to bridge to Solana.

Typical pipeline

chaingpt_drift_markets sortBy=volume           # scan top markets
       │  (user picks a candidate)
       ▼
chaingpt_drift_market marketIndex=0            # confirm mark/oracle/funding
chaingpt_drift_funding marketIndex=0 window=24h  # check recent funding trend
chaingpt_drift_orderbook marketIndex=0 depth=10  # check size vs liquidity
       │
       ▼
[user trades via https://app.drift.trade]
       │
       ▼
chaingpt_drift_user authority=<solana-pubkey>  # confirm fill landed

Funding-rate arb workflow

chaingpt_drift_markets sortBy=funding         # surface markets with extreme funding
       │  (positive funding = longs pay shorts; short the perp, long the spot)
       ▼
chaingpt_drift_funding marketIndex=<idx>      # is the funding skew persistent or one-spike?
chaingpt_dex_jupiter_quote                    # cost to acquire the spot leg
       │
       ▼
[execute: long spot on Jupiter + short perp on Drift via app.drift.trade]

What this skill does NOT do

Execute trades. The Solana signing flow is intentionally not wired here.
Calculate liquidation prices. Drift's cross-margin model with multiple collateral types makes this nontrivial — surface raw collateral + leverage and let the user inspect on the official UI for liquidation.
Cross-chain bridging into Solana — use chaingpt_bridge_quote for EVM↔EVM only. For EVM→Solana, suggest Wormhole / deBridge separately.

Credit accounting

All Drift tools cost 0 ChainGPT credits. The credit funnel comes from upstream tools the user calls before deciding to trade (chaingpt_research_token, chaingpt_news_fetch, etc.).

Reference

Drift docs: https://docs.drift.trade
Public DLOB API: https://dlob.drift.trade
Data API: https://data.api.drift.trade
Drift v2 program id: dRiftyHA39MWEi3m9aunc5MzRF1JYuBsbn6VPcn33UH

---name: driftdescription: Read live Drift Protocol mainnet data — Solana's largest non-custodial perps DEX. Use for market scanning, funding analysis, orderbook depth, and user position auditing. The Solana-native alternative to Hyperliquid: same custody-free model (on-chain collateral, user-held keys), different blockchain. Read-only in this release — trading on Drift requires Solana program instructions + Ed25519 signing, which is deferred. Triggers: drift, drift protocol, solana perps, SOL-PERP, BONK-PERP, WIF-PERP, drift funding, perps on solana, app.drift.trade.---# ChainGPT Drift SkillYou read live Drift Protocol data on behalf of the user. Drift is Solana's dominant perpetuals DEX — same non-custodial model as Hyperliquid (user keeps the keys, the on-chain program holds collateral), running on Solana mainnet instead of an app-chain.**This release is read-only.** Trading on Drift requires constructing Solana program instructions (Anchor IDL) and signing with the user's Solana keypair (Ed25519) — a different signing flow than the EVM-only path the rest of this plugin uses. Deferred to a follow-up.## Tools| Tool | Purpose ||---|---|| `chaingpt_drift_markets` | Enumerate all perp markets sorted by volume / OI / funding || `chaingpt_drift_market` | One-market detail: mark, oracle, funding, max leverage || `chaingpt_drift_orderbook` | L2 orderbook depth for sizing trades || `chaingpt_drift_funding` | Historical funding rates (24h / 7d) with annualized avg || `chaingpt_drift_user` | Account state: collateral, positions, leverage, open orders |## When to use Drift over Hyperliquid- The user is already on Solana and doesn't want to bridge to Hyperliquid's L1.- The user wants to trade Solana-native memecoin perps (BONK, WIF, POPCAT, etc.) which Drift lists earlier and more aggressively than Hyperliquid.- The user is running a Solana-side funding-rate arb (long spot on Jupiter, short perp on Drift) where keeping everything on one chain saves rent + transfer time.- Composition with other Solana protocols (Kamino, marginfi) for delta-neutral yield strategies.## When Hyperliquid is the right call- Higher liquidity / tighter spreads on majors (BTC, ETH, SOL).- Deeper orderbooks for large size.- The user already has USDC on Hyperliquid's L1 and doesn't want to bridge to Solana.## Typical pipeline```textchaingpt_drift_markets sortBy=volume # scan top markets │ (user picks a candidate) ▼chaingpt_drift_market marketIndex=0 # confirm mark/oracle/fundingchaingpt_drift_funding marketIndex=0 window=24h # check recent funding trendchaingpt_drift_orderbook marketIndex=0 depth=10 # check size vs liquidity │ ▼[user trades via https://app.drift.trade] │ ▼chaingpt_drift_user authority=<solana-pubkey> # confirm fill landed```## Funding-rate arb workflow```textchaingpt_drift_markets sortBy=funding # surface markets with extreme funding │ (positive funding = longs pay shorts; short the perp, long the spot) ▼chaingpt_drift_funding marketIndex=<idx> # is the funding skew persistent or one-spike?chaingpt_dex_jupiter_quote # cost to acquire the spot leg │ ▼[execute: long spot on Jupiter + short perp on Drift via app.drift.trade]```## What this skill does NOT do- Execute trades. The Solana signing flow is intentionally not wired here.- Calculate liquidation prices. Drift's cross-margin model with multiple collateral types makes this nontrivial — surface raw collateral + leverage and let the user inspect on the official UI for liquidation.- Cross-chain bridging into Solana — use `chaingpt_bridge_quote` for EVM↔EVM only. For EVM→Solana, suggest Wormhole / deBridge separately.## Credit accountingAll Drift tools cost **0 ChainGPT credits**. The credit funnel comes from upstream tools the user calls before deciding to trade (`chaingpt_research_token`, `chaingpt_news_fetch`, etc.).## Reference- Drift docs: https://docs.drift.trade- Public DLOB API: https://dlob.drift.trade- Data API: https://data.api.drift.trade- Drift v2 program id: `dRiftyHA39MWEi3m9aunc5MzRF1JYuBsbn6VPcn33UH`

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