Quicknode SDK Patterns

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Coordinating Admin API
• SQL Explorer from one service
• With: use the QuickNode SDK
• Build a QuickNode client

Example prompts

• “use the QuickNode SDK”
• “build a QuickNode client”
• “standardize QuickNode API access”
• “/quicknode-sdk-patterns”

Requirements

• Node.js
• A credential in QN_SDK__API_KEY
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Unified SDK supports documented native targets; Node.js package supports TypeScript, CommonJS, ES modules, and Bun
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*)

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Audit existing clients
2. 2Confirm platform support
3. 3Install deliberately
4. 4Build one client boundary
5. 5Select explicit product clients
6. 6Test the boundary

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 23ea8d4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Grep
  • Write
  • Edit
  • Bash(npm:*)

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are typescript).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • quicknode.com

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • QN_SDK__API_KEY

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  Unified SDK supports documented native targets; Node.js package supports TypeScript, CommonJS, ES modules, and Bun

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Quicknode SDK Patterns loads about 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 89 tokens; SKILL.md has 418 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~89

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit 23ea8d4, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 418 words, ~1,034 tokens.

name

quicknode-sdk-patterns

description

Adopt the current unified QuickNode SDK with explicit product clients, timeouts, environment configuration, and platform checks. Use when coordinating Admin API, RPC, Streams, Webhooks, KV Store, or SQL Explorer from one service. Trigger with: "use the QuickNode SDK", "build a QuickNode client", "standardize QuickNode API access".

allowed-tools

Read, Grep, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*)

compatibility

Unified SDK supports documented native targets; Node.js package supports TypeScript, CommonJS, ES modules, and Bun

version

2.0.0

argument-hint

[language-and-product-clients]

model

inherit

effort

high

license

MIT

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

tags

saas, quicknode, sdk, typescript, architecture

import { QuicknodeSdk } from '@quicknode/sdk';

export const quicknode = QuicknodeSdk.fromEnv();

© jeremylongshore, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/.curated/quicknode-sdk-patterns of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

• SKILL.md
• references/official-docs.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 23ea8d4