Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to ccashwell/evm-cortex. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ccashwell/evm-cortex/main/AGENTS.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ccashwell/evm-cortexWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/ccashwell/evm-cortex/agents-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/ccashwell/evm-cortex/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/ccashwell/evm-cortex/agents-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/ccashwell/evm-cortex/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/ccashwell/evm-cortex/agents-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.01434 | $0.01434 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00574 | $0.00574 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00287 | $0.00287 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00143 | $0.00143 |
Grade C, and why
evm-cortex AGENTS.md scanned grade C with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Downloads and executes remote codehighSupply chain
curl | sh runs whatever the server returns today, which is not necessarily what it returned when this was reviewed.
- **Foundry**: `curl -L https://foundry.paradigm.xyz | bash && foundryup` Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
- **Foundry**: `curl -L https://foundry.paradigm.xyz | bash && foundryup` How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 141 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
EVM Cortex
Ethereum Protocol Engineering Squad
This file is for Codex CLI (OpenAI). If you're using Claude Code, see CLAUDE.md or just run ./install.sh.
What is this?
EVM Cortex turns your AI coding assistant into a specialized Ethereum protocol engineering team. Agents cover Solidity development, security auditing, DeFi integration, testing, and deployment -- everything needed to build, audit, and ship smart contracts.
Setup (Codex CLI)
./install-codex.sh
Prerequisites
- Foundry:
curl -L https://foundry.paradigm.xyz | bash && foundryup - Slither:
pip install slither-analyzer - Aderyn (optional):
cargo install aderyn
Agent Squads
Core Protocol Development
| Agent | Role |
|---|---|
| solidity-architect | Protocol design, upgradeability, system architecture |
| solidity-engineer | Implementation, best practices, NatSpec |
| gas-optimizer | Gas profiling, optimization, assembly |
| contract-deployer | Forge scripts, multi-chain deploy, verification |
| storage-layout-analyst | Storage slots, packing, proxy compatibility |
| protocol-designer | Mechanism design, game theory, incentives |
Security Squad
| Agent | Role |
|---|---|
| audit-orchestrator | Multi-phase audit pipeline (Light/Core/Thorough) |
| depth-state-trace | State variable mutation tracing |
| depth-token-flow | Token accounting, rounding, decimals |
| depth-edge-case | Boundary conditions, empty state, extremes |
| depth-external | External calls, reentrancy, callbacks |
| security-verifier | PoC construction and verification |
| invariant-analyst | Protocol invariant identification |
| access-control-reviewer | Permission analysis, privilege escalation |
| oracle-analyst | Price feed safety, manipulation resistance |
| mev-analyst | Front-running, sandwich, MEV analysis |
Testing Squad
| Agent | Role |
|---|---|
| foundry-tester | Unit, fuzz, fork tests with Foundry |
| invariant-tester | Stateful invariant testing |
| formal-verifier | Certora, Halmos, symbolic execution |
| fuzzer | Medusa, Echidna stateful fuzzing |
| poc-writer | Exploit PoC development |
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 1mo ago First seen · 141 lines · 1,434 tokens per session scan C 82e1c2ccae62
evm-cortex AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository ccashwell/evm-cortex (132 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,434 tokens to every session, about $0.0057 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (downloads and executes remote code, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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