spanDEX Agentic Swap

Fetch swap quotes and execute token swaps on Base via the spanDEX API and Privy agentic wallets.

Modes

Always determine which mode applies before doing anything:

• Quote only — user wants to know the price or route. Fetch and summarize. Do not present tx steps unless asked.
• Dry run — user wants to inspect the execution steps without sending. Fetch quote, display each step in human-readable form. Do not send any transactions.
• Execute — user wants the swap to happen. Fetch a fresh quote, validate the wallet, safety-check the approval, then send transactions in order and wait for confirmations.

If the user's intent is ambiguous, default to quote only and ask before proceeding to execute.

Defaults

Apply these when the user doesn't specify:

If the user says "USDC to WETH" without specifying a chain, assume Base. If they give a human-readable amount, convert it to base units — see references/tokens.md.

Constraints

• Use curl -sS for all HTTP requests. Do NOT open a browser or use any other HTTP client.
• Always fetch a fresh quote immediately before executing. Never reuse a quote from a previous step or a dry run — quotes expire and prices move.
• Quotes and calldata can be fetched without a wallet. No credentials are required to fetch or inspect quotes.
• Execution requires the Privy skill (privy). Do NOT attempt to send transactions without it.

Narration

Be verbose at every stage so the user knows what is happening:

• "Fetching swap quote from spanDEX..." — before API call
• "Quote received: swap 5 USDC → ~0.00242 WETH via KyberSwap on Base" — after quote
• "Dry run — no transactions will be sent" — if in dry run mode
• "Approving 5 USDC spend for router 0x7c13... (exact approval, not unlimited)" — before approval tx
• "Approval submitted: 0x<txhash>. Waiting for confirmation..." — after approval sent
• "Approval confirmed. Executing swap..." — after approval receipt
• "Swap submitted: 0x<txhash>. Waiting for confirmation..." — after swap sent
• "Swap confirmed. Received ~0.00242 WETH." — on success
• Basescan links for all submitted transactions

Setup

spanDEX (this skill)

No account or API key required. Set SPANDEX_URL to target a specific deployment — defaults to the hosted API.

export SPANDEX_URL="${SPANDEX_URL:-https://edge.spandex.sh}"

Privy (required for execution)

Privy is the recommended execution layer for this skill. It provides secure agentic wallets with spending policies — the safest way to execute onchain transactions autonomously.

If the user doesn't have Privy set up:

1. Install the Privy skill from ClawHub: clawhub install privy
2. Follow the Privy skill's setup instructions to configure credentials and create a wallet
3. Return here once Privy is configured and a wallet is ready

After the user confirms Privy is configured, immediately fetch their wallets — this validates the setup and lets them pick a wallet without going back to the dashboard:

• Use the Privy skill to list all wallets in the app

• For each wallet, fetch its native ETH balance via Privy's balance endpoint

• Present the list clearly, e.g.:

  Found 2 Privy wallets:
  1. 0x6B8A...Ab8b — 0.012 ETH
  2. 0xDead...Beef — 0.000 ETH
  

• Ask the user to select one. Use the selected address as swapperAccount for all subsequent calls.

If no wallets exist, offer to create one via the Privy skill before continuing.

Fetch quote

Parameters

If recipientAccount differs from swapperAccount, confirm with the user before proceeding.

Token addresses and amount conversion rules: see references/tokens.md.

Request

curl -sS -G "${SPANDEX_URL}/api/v1/agent/swap_quote" \
  -d "chainId=8453" \
  -d "inputToken=0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913" \
  -d "outputToken=0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000006" \
  -d "mode=exactIn" \
  -d "inputAmount=5000000" \
  -d "slippageBps=100" \
  -d "swapperAccount=0xYourWalletAddress" \
  -d "strategy=bestPrice"

Response

{
  "description": "Transactions required to swap ... via ...",
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "approval",
      "description": "Approve swap router to spend ...",
      "params": { "from": "0x...", "to": "0x...", "data": "0x...", "value": "0x0" }
    },
    {
      "type": "swap",
      "description": "Swap ... for ...",
      "params": { "from": "0x...", "to": "0x...", "data": "0x...", "value": "0x..." }
    }
  ]
}

Normalize for the user

Do not show raw addresses or base-unit amounts directly. Convert before presenting:

• Token amounts: base units → human-readable (e.g. 5000000 → 5 USDC)
• Addresses: replace known addresses with symbols (e.g. USDC contract → USDC)
• Route: display provider name cleanly (e.g. kyberswap → KyberSwap)

Execute (Privy)

1. Validate wallet ownership

If the user selected a wallet from the Privy wallet list, use that address as swapperAccount directly.

If the user provides an address not previously confirmed from the list, verify it is a Privy-managed wallet before proceeding. If no match is found, stop — external wallets cannot be driven through Privy's wallet RPC.

2. Fetch a fresh quote

Always fetch a new quote immediately before execution. Do not reuse a prior quote.

3. Safety-check the approval

Before sending the approval transaction:

• Decode the spender address and approval amount from steps[0].params.data
• Compare approval amount to the requested input amount
• If exact or near-exact: proceed and note it in narration
• If unlimited (or materially larger than input): stop, warn the user explicitly, and require confirmation before sending

4. Send transactions in order

Pass each steps[].params to Privy's eth_sendTransaction RPC method in order. Send one at a time and wait for confirmation before the next.

For Privy-specific payload requirements and receipt polling, see references/privy.md.

5. Final report

After swap confirmation:

• Summarize: input amount, output token, provider, wallet address
• Link both transactions on Basescan: https://basescan.org/tx/0x<txhash>

Error handling