Agent skill

Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan

by nansen-ai in nansen-ai/nansen-cli

Scan a resolved Polymarket market for wallets exhibiting suspicious trading patterns: fresh funding, single-market focus, extreme ROI, late entry at high prices.

MITAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan

skills CLI
$ npx skills add nansen-ai/nansen-cli --skill nansen-polymarket-insider-scan -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nansen-ai/nansen-cli nansen-polymarket-insider-scan --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nansen-ai/nansen-cli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan .claude/skills/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
nansen-polymarket-insider-scan
GitHub stars
139
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
477 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Scan a resolved Polymarket market for wallets exhibiting suspicious trading patterns: fresh funding, single-market focus, extreme ROI, late entry at high prices.

  • Tasks that involve Trading and backtesting
  • Needs NANSEN_API_KEY

What it does

Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan is an agent skill from nansen-ai/nansen-cli. Scan a resolved Polymarket market for wallets exhibiting suspicious trading patterns: fresh funding, single-market focus, extreme ROI, late entry at high prices.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Trading and backtesting. It works with Polymarket. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Trading and backtesting

Example prompts

  • “/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan”

Requirements

  • A credential in NANSEN_API_KEY
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(nansen:*)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d097942. 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:

    • Bash(nansen:*)

    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 bash).

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

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

  • Credentials

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

    • NANSEN_API_KEY

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

Context cost

Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 477 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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 nansen-ai/nansen-cli at commit d097942, republished under its MIT licence (© nansen-ai). 477 words, ~1,280 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
nansen-polymarket-insider-scan
description
Scan a resolved Polymarket market for wallets exhibiting suspicious trading patterns: fresh funding, single-market focus, extreme ROI, late entry at high prices.
allowed-tools
Bash(nansen:*)

Authentication

Browser login requests nansen:api for API-key-equivalent account API permissions; existing OAuth/MCP nansen:read semantics and separate wallet authorization are unchanged.

Before any research command or loop, require an explicitly selected API key or saved browser session. Run nansen auth status first. Its cached/unverified metadata does not prove credential validity or unlocked storage. Cached access-token expiry alone does not mean the session is unusable: the CLI normally renews a selected session automatically during an already-authorized research task, without another consent request or a separate account check. Stop on anonymous selection, invalid authentication state, blocked or uncertain renewal/cleanup, or an actual authentication failure, including rejected or expired refresh authority. Follow the CLI error guidance; use the free nansen account check when troubleshooting calls for it. Do not unset a failed key, erase a session or switch to anonymous access to retry.

Use nansen login for fresh browser approval within the documented platform scope, or configure a conventional API key. NANSEN_API_KEY overrides the saved session. OpenClaw's optional primaryEnv mapping preserves configured API-key injection; it is not a required-key gate or proof of authentication. Normal credits and entitlements apply. Login does not purchase credits. Browser login is available in CLI 2.0.0 within the macOS arm64 preview scope.

API keys and browser sessions use the same automatic x402 payment behavior: a supported HTTP 402 challenge can spend funds from the configured wallet under existing wallet authorization, payment policy and spending limits. Each call, including calls in loops, can incur a payment. Authentication, authorization and session-renewal failures never trigger payment; login verification and nansen account never pay automatically. Anonymous x402 remains available as a separate paid workflow requiring explicit user intent and payment setup. Do not run this research workflow anonymously or switch to anonymous access after authentication fails.

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PM Suspicious Wallet Scanner

Answers: "Are there wallets with suspicious trading patterns in this Polymarket market?"

bash
# 1. Find the resolved market
nansen research prediction-market market-screener --query "<market name>" --status closed --limit 5
# → market_id, question, volume, last_trade_price

# 2. Get top winners (positive PnL) — paginate if needed, keep per_page <= 10
MID=<market_id>
nansen research prediction-market pnl-by-market --market-id $MID --limit 10
# → address (proxy), owner_address (wallet), side_held, net_buy_cost_usd, total_pnl_usd

# 3. For each top winner, run these three calls (use proxy address for PM, owner for profiler):
PROXY=<address_from_pnl>
nansen research prediction-market trades-by-address --address $PROXY --limit 100
# → market_id, market_question, side, price, size, usdc_value, taker_action, timestamp

OWNER=<owner_address_from_pnl>
nansen research profiler historical-balances --address $OWNER --chain polygon --days 365 --sort block_timestamp:asc --limit 100
# → block_timestamp, value_usd, token_symbol — first non-zero value_usd = wallet funding date

nansen research profiler labels --address $OWNER --chain polygon
# → label, category

For each winner, compute ROI = total_pnl_usd / net_buy_cost_usd * 100 (skip ROI flags if net_buy_cost_usd <= 0), then score (0–13). Within each tier group, apply only the highest matching flag:

FlagPtsTrigger
NEW_WALLET3First funded within 7 days of now
YOUNG_WALLET1First funded 8–28 days ago (skip if NEW_WALLET fires)
SINGLE_MARKET3trades-by-address shows only 1 distinct market_id
FEW_MARKETS12–3 distinct market_ids (skip if SINGLE_MARKET fires)
EXTREME_ROI3ROI >= 500%
HIGH_ROI2ROI 200–499% (skip if EXTREME_ROI fires)
LATE_ENTRY2Any trade on this market at price >= 0.80
LARGE_POSITION2net_buy_cost_usd >= $10k
KNOWN_ENTITY-2Has Nansen labels

Flagged at score >= 3. High risk at >= 7. High-confidence suspicious pattern: NEW_WALLET + SINGLE_MARKET + EXTREME_ROI (score 9+).

If owner_address is invalid (e.g. "0x"), use the proxy address for profiler calls too. If historical-balances returns no records with value_usd > 0, the wallet may predate the 365-day window — treat wallet age as unknown and skip NEW_WALLET / YOUNG_WALLET flags. Pause ~1.5s between wallets to avoid rate limits. Skip wallets that error and continue scanning.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan of nansen-ai/nansen-cli.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d097942

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Questions about Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan

What does Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan do?

Scan a resolved Polymarket market for wallets exhibiting suspicious trading patterns: fresh funding, single-market focus, extreme ROI, late entry at high prices. Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan is an agent skill from nansen-ai/nansen-cli. Scan a resolved Polymarket market for wallets exhibiting suspicious trading patterns: fresh funding, single-market focus, extreme ROI, late entry at high prices.

When should I use Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan?

Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan fits situations like: tasks that involve Trading and backtesting.

How do I install Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add nansen-ai/nansen-cli --skill nansen-polymarket-insider-scan -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan in nansen-ai/nansen-cli) into .claude/skills/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan in Codex?

Run `npx skills add nansen-ai/nansen-cli --skill nansen-polymarket-insider-scan -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan in nansen-ai/nansen-cli) into .agents/skills/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add nansen-ai/nansen-cli --skill nansen-polymarket-insider-scan -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan, .gemini/skills/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan, .github/skills/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan and .opencode/skills/nansen-polymarket-insider-scan in your project.

What does Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan needs credentials named NANSEN_API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in NANSEN_API_KEY. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(nansen:*).

Does Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan use?

Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan: Web3 Polymarket (Polymarket/agent-skills, 192 stars), Deposit Qr (Superior-Trade/superior-skills, 215 stars), Polymarket (2025Emma/vibe-coding-cn, 23k stars) and Polyvision (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Nansen Polymarket Insider Scan?

nansen-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in nansen-ai/nansen-cli, which has 139 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: nansen-ai/nansen-cli on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.