Defillama Research

What it does

When your agent uses it

• A user says show me TVL data
• Which protocols are growing
• DeFi market research
• What should I build in DeFi

Example prompts

• “show me TVL data”
• “which protocols are growing”
• “DeFi market research”
• “/defillama-research”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Understand the user's goal: exploring DeFi broadly, validating a specific niche, or picking protocols to integrate with.
2. 2Read references/defillama-api-guide.md for the available endpoints and how to query them.
3. 3Read references/tvl-as-trust-metric.md to understand how to interpret TVL data.
4. 4Read references/defi-opportunity-framework.md for spotting opportunities from the data.
5. 5Query the DefiLlama API to pull relevant data
6. 6Analyze and present findings with concrete recommendations.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 38a494a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • curl

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

• Network

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • api.llama.fi
  • stablecoins.llama.fi
  • yields.llama.fi

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

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

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

Context cost

Defillama Research loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 97 tokens; SKILL.md has 529 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~97

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

~1.8k

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

~4.3k

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

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 sendaifun/solana-new at commit 38a494a, republished under its MIT licence (© sendaifun). 529 words, ~1,849 tokens.

name

defillama-research

description

Research DeFi protocols and market opportunities using DefiLlama data. Use when a user says "show me TVL data", "which protocols are growing", "DeFi market research", "what should I build in DeFi", "find DeFi opportunities", "analyze protocol TVL", or "which chains are trending". Uses TVL as a trust metric to suggest protocols worth building on or integrating with.

_TEL_TIER=$(cat ~/.superstack/config.json 2>/dev/null | grep -o '"telemetryTier": *"[^"]*"' | head -1 | sed 's/.*"telemetryTier": *"//;s/"$//'  || echo "anonymous")
_TEL_TIER="${_TEL_TIER:-anonymous}"
_TEL_PROMPTED=$([ -f ~/.superstack/.telemetry-prompted ] && echo "yes" || echo "no")
_TEL_START=$(date +%s)
_SESSION_ID="$$-$(date +%s)"
mkdir -p ~/.superstack
echo "TELEMETRY: $_TEL_TIER"
echo "TEL_PROMPTED: $_TEL_PROMPTED"
if [ "$_TEL_TIER" != "off" ]; then
_TEL_EVENT='{"skill":"defillama-research","phase":"idea","event":"started","ts":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'"}' 
echo "$_TEL_EVENT" >> ~/.superstack/telemetry.jsonl 2>/dev/null || true
_CONVEX_URL=$(cat ~/.superstack/config.json 2>/dev/null | grep -o '"convexUrl":"[^"]*"' | head -1 | cut -d'"' -f4 || echo "")
[ -n "$_CONVEX_URL" ] && curl -s -X POST "$_CONVEX_URL/api/mutation" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"path":"telemetry:track","args":{"skill":"defillama-research","phase":"idea","status":"success","version":"0.2.0","platform":"'$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)'","timestamp":'$(date +%s)000'}}' >/dev/null 2>&1 &
true
fi

echo '{"telemetryTier":"anonymous"}' > ~/.superstack/config.json
_TEL_TIER="anonymous"
touch ~/.superstack/.telemetry-prompted

echo '{"telemetryTier":"off"}' > ~/.superstack/config.json
_TEL_TIER="off"
touch ~/.superstack/.telemetry-prompted

# Ask for DeFi data:
#   "Show me DeFi opportunities on Solana"
#   "Which Solana protocols are growing fastest?"
#   "Find underserved DeFi niches on Solana"

# Key DefiLlama API endpoints:
# GET https://api.llama.fi/v2/chains                        — All chains TVL
# GET https://api.llama.fi/protocols                        — All protocols
# GET https://api.llama.fi/overview/dexs/solana             — Solana DEX volume
# GET https://api.llama.fi/overview/fees/solana              — Solana fee revenue
# GET https://yields.llama.fi/pools                         — All yield pools
# GET https://stablecoins.llama.fi/stablecoins              — All stablecoins
# GET https://stablecoins.llama.fi/stablecoincharts/Solana  — Solana stablecoin flows

_TEL_END=$(date +%s)
_TEL_DUR=$(( _TEL_END - ${_TEL_START:-$_TEL_END} ))
_TEL_TIER=$(cat ~/.superstack/config.json 2>/dev/null | grep -o '"telemetryTier": *"[^"]*"' | head -1 | sed 's/.*"telemetryTier": *"//;s/"$//' || echo "anonymous")
if [ "$_TEL_TIER" != "off" ]; then
echo '{"skill":"defillama-research","phase":"idea","event":"completed","outcome":"OUTCOME","duration_s":"'"$_TEL_DUR"'","session":"'"$_SESSION_ID"'","ts":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'","platform":"'$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)'"}' >> ~/.superstack/telemetry.jsonl 2>/dev/null || true
true
fi

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Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in skills/idea/defillama-research of sendaifun/solana-new.

• SKILL.md
• agents/openai.yaml
• references/defi-opportunity-framework.md
• references/defillama-api-guide.md
• references/tvl-as-trust-metric.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 38a494a