Install
npx skills add circlefin/skills --skill fund-agent-wallet
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install circle-skills@circle
This skill is part of the plugin “circle-skills”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the fund-agent-wallet skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Questions about fund-agent-wallet
What does the fund-agent-wallet skill do?
Fund a Circle agent wallet with USDC via the `circle` CLI. Payments are gas-abstracted: users pay with USDC only, no ETH required. Covers two top-level paths — fiat on-ramp (buy USDC with USD/credit card) and crypto transfer (send existing USDC to the wallet via QR or direct address). Also covers Gateway deposits (eco vs direct sub-paths) for the Nanopayments balance used by paid services. Use when the user wants to add USDC to their agent wallet, top up after a low balance, deposit into Gateway, or pick the right funding method. Triggers on: fund agent wallet, add USDC, fiat on-ramp, Gateway deposit, eco deposit, direct deposit, top up wallet, withdraw USDC, nanopayments.
How do I install fund-agent-wallet?
In a terminal: npx skills add circlefin/skills --skill fund-agent-wallet. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use fund-agent-wallet?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is fund-agent-wallet safe to use?
Our automatic check found patterns worth a look (see “Check”). That is not proof of anything bad – read the SKILL.md and scripts before installing.
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