dot-cli

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Efficiently interact with Polkadot/Substrate chains from the command line.

Authorparitytech
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This Skill provides a comprehensive command-line interface for interacting with Polkadot/Substrate chains, enabling efficient management, querying, and transaction submission without the need for a GUI.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Chain Management: Preconfigure and manage multiple chains, including Polkadot and system parachains.
  • Querying Storage: Retrieve on-chain data such as account balances, asset metadata, and runtime information.
  • Submitting Transactions: Encode, dry-run, and submit transactions directly.
  • Runtime APIs: Access and interact with runtime APIs for various chains.
  • Raw JSON-RPC: Execute raw JSON-RPC calls for in-depth node queries.
  • Account Management: Manage and interact with accounts, including BIP39 mnemonics, derivation paths, and watch-only accounts.
  • Local Workspaces: Create isolated local environments for chain configurations and operations.
  • Verifiable: Generate signatures and proofs for Bandersnatch/Ring-VRF applications.
  • Use Case: If you are working with a Polkadot/Substrate-based chain and need to perform a variety of tasks such as querying storage, submitting transactions, or inspecting metadata, this Skill can streamline your workflow.

Quick Start

Initialize a new workspace for a specific chain and add the chain with dot init and dot chain add <chain>.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

npmpolkadot-cli

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