Web3 Polymarket

Polymarket Skill

When to use this skill

Use this skill when the user asks about or needs to build:

• Polymarket API authentication (L1/L2, API keys, HMAC signing)
• Placing or managing orders (limit, market, GTC, GTD, FOK, FAK, batch, cancel)
• Reading orderbook data (prices, spreads, midpoints, depth)
• Market data fetching (events, markets, by slug, by tag, pagination)
• WebSocket subscriptions (market channel, user channel, sports)
• CTF operations (split, merge, redeem positions)
• Negative risk markets (multi-outcome, conversion, augmented neg risk)
• Bridge operations (deposits, withdrawals, multi-chain)
• Gasless transactions (relayer client, order attribution)
• Builder program integration (order attribution, API keys, tiers)
• Polymarket SDK usage (TypeScript @polymarket/clob-client, Python py-clob-client)

API Configuration

Contract Addresses (Polygon)

Client Setup

TypeScript

import { ClobClient, Side, OrderType } from "@polymarket/clob-client";
import { Wallet } from "ethers"; // v5.8.0

const HOST = "https://clob.polymarket.com";
const CHAIN_ID = 137;
const signer = new Wallet(process.env.PRIVATE_KEY);

// Step 1: L1 — derive API credentials
const tempClient = new ClobClient(HOST, CHAIN_ID, signer);
const apiCreds = await tempClient.createOrDeriveApiKey();

// Step 2: L2 — init trading client
const client = new ClobClient(
  HOST,
  CHAIN_ID,
  signer,
  apiCreds,
  2,                // signatureType: 0=EOA, 1=POLY_PROXY, 2=GNOSIS_SAFE
  "FUNDER_ADDRESS"  // proxy wallet address from polymarket.com/settings
);

Python

from py_clob_client.client import ClobClient
import os

host = "https://clob.polymarket.com"
chain_id = 137
pk = os.getenv("PRIVATE_KEY")

# Step 1: L1 — derive API credentials
temp_client = ClobClient(host, key=pk, chain_id=chain_id)
api_creds = temp_client.create_or_derive_api_creds()

# Step 2: L2 — init trading client
client = ClobClient(
    host,
    key=pk,
    chain_id=chain_id,
    creds=api_creds,
    signature_type=2,  # 0=EOA, 1=POLY_PROXY, 2=GNOSIS_SAFE
    funder="FUNDER_ADDRESS",
)

Quick Reference: Order Types

• FOK/FAK BUY: amount = dollar amount to spend
• FOK/FAK SELL: amount = number of shares to sell
• Post-only: GTC/GTD only — rejected if would cross spread

Quick Reference: Signature Types

Core Pattern: Place an Order

TypeScript

const response = await client.createAndPostOrder(
  {
    tokenID: "TOKEN_ID",
    price: 0.50,
    size: 10,
    side: Side.BUY,
  },
  {
    tickSize: "0.01",  // from client.getTickSize(tokenID) or market object
    negRisk: false,    // from client.getNegRisk(tokenID) or market object
  },
  OrderType.GTC
);
console.log(response.orderID, response.status);

Python

from py_clob_client.clob_types import OrderArgs, OrderType
from py_clob_client.order_builder.constants import BUY

response = client.create_and_post_order(
    OrderArgs(token_id="TOKEN_ID", price=0.50, size=10, side=BUY),
    options={"tick_size": "0.01", "neg_risk": False},
    order_type=OrderType.GTC,
)
print(response["orderID"], response["status"])

Core Pattern: Read Orderbook

TypeScript

// No auth needed
const readClient = new ClobClient("https://clob.polymarket.com", 137);
const book = await readClient.getOrderBook("TOKEN_ID");
console.log("Best bid:", book.bids[0], "Best ask:", book.asks[0]);

const mid = await readClient.getMidpoint("TOKEN_ID");
const spread = await readClient.getSpread("TOKEN_ID");

Python

read_client = ClobClient("https://clob.polymarket.com", chain_id=137)
book = read_client.get_order_book("TOKEN_ID")
mid = read_client.get_midpoint("TOKEN_ID")
spread = read_client.get_spread("TOKEN_ID")

Core Pattern: WebSocket Subscribe

const ws = new WebSocket("wss://ws-subscriptions-clob.polymarket.com/ws/market");

ws.onopen = () => {
  ws.send(JSON.stringify({
    type: "market",
    assets_ids: ["TOKEN_ID"],
    custom_feature_enabled: true,
  }));
  // Send PING every 10s to keep alive
  setInterval(() => ws.send("PING"), 10_000);
};

ws.onmessage = (event) => {
  if (event.data === "PONG") return;
  const msg = JSON.parse(event.data);
  // msg.event_type: "book" | "price_change" | "last_trade_price" | "tick_size_change" | "best_bid_ask" | "new_market" | "market_resolved"
};

Reference files (load on demand)

Only read these when the task requires deeper detail on a specific topic:

• Authentication (L1/L2, builder headers, credential lifecycle): authentication.md
• Order patterns (GTC/GTD/FOK/FAK, tick sizes, cancel, heartbeat, errors): order-patterns.md
• Market data (Gamma API, Data API, CLOB orderbook, subgraph): market-data.md
• WebSocket (market/user/sports channels, subscribe, heartbeat): websocket.md
• CTF operations (split, merge, redeem, neg risk, token IDs): ctf-operations.md
• Bridge (deposits, withdrawals, supported chains/tokens, status): bridge.md
• Gasless transactions (relayer client, wallet deployment, builder setup): gasless.md