algokit-utils-py

algokit-utils-py is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from algorand-devrel/algorand-agent-skills. It costs 218 tokens per session (2,113 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide to using AlgoKit Utils, a Python library for building applications on Algorand, a blockchain network. It covers accounts, transactions, digital assets, and smart contracts—programs that run on the blockchain.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when setting up an Algorand client, managing accounts, sending payments, handling assets, grouping transactions, or deploying and calling smart contracts.
Why use it?
It provides higher-level Python patterns for common Algorand tasks, so you do not have to assemble every operation from lower-level SDK calls.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it when setting up an Algorand client, managing accounts, sending payments, handling assets, grouping transactions, or deploying and calling smart contracts.

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npx skills add algorand-devrel/algorand-agent-skills --skill algokit-utils-py
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/algorand-devrel/algorand-agent-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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When invoked 2,113 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00218 $0.02113
Opus 5 $0.00109 $0.01056
Sonnet 5 $0.00044 $0.00423
Haiku 4.5 $0.00022 $0.00211

Measured 9d ago against content hash 72bc4c35842b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

algokit-utils-py scanned grade A with 0 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 9d 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.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/algokit-utils-py/SKILL.md · 120 lines

How it starts

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AlgoKit Utils Python — Quick Reference

This skill targets version 5.x of algokit-utils.

This skill provides idiomatic patterns for algokit-utils (Python). When helping users, prefer the patterns below over raw algosdk calls — AlgoKit Utils wraps the SDK with higher-level, type-safe abstractions.

How to use this skill

Reference docs are split into individual files under references/. Only read the file(s) relevant to the user's question — this keeps context lean. The table below maps topics to filenames.

Key concepts

  • AlgorandClient is the single entry point. Create one via AlgorandClient.default_localnet(), .testnet(), .mainnet(), .from_config(), .from_clients(), or .from_environment().
  • AlgoAmount provides type-safe Algo/microAlgo values. Use algo(5), micro_algo(1000), AlgoAmount.from_algo(5), or AlgoAmount(algo=5).
  • AccountManager (algorand.account.*) handles key generation, mnemonics, multisig, logic sigs, rekeyed accounts, funding, and signer registration.
  • TransactionComposer (algorand.new_group()) builds atomic groups with fluent chaining. Supports .add_payment(), .add_asset_transfer(), .add_app_call_method_call(), etc.
  • AppFactory creates and deploys smart contracts from ARC-56/ARC-32 app specs. Supports idempotent deploy with on_update/on_schema_break strategies and template variable substitution.
  • AppClient interacts with deployed contracts — ABI method calls, state reads (global, local, box), bare calls, and the params builder for deferred composition.
  • Raw app calls via algorand.send.app_call(), .app_create(), .app_update(), .app_delete(), .app_call_method_call(), .app_create_method_call() when you don't have an app spec.
  • TEAL compilation via algorand.app.compile_teal() and .compile_teal_template() with caching and template variable substitution.
  • Crypto primitives live in the standalone algokit_crypto package that ships alongside algokit-utils. This module carries Ed25519 keypair generation/signing/verification (ed25519_generator, ed25519_verifier), the Peikert xHD BIP44 wallet (peikert_hd_wallet_generator), and the wrapped-secret pattern for HSM/KMS-backed keys (WrappedEd25519Seed, WrappedHdExtendedPrivateKey, ed25519_signing_key_from_wrapped_secret). The Algorand SHA-512/256 primitive lives in algokit_common as sha512_256. Reach for these when you are building a custom RawEd25519Signer, deriving deterministic accounts from a seed, or computing Algorand-compatible hashes outside the transaction path.

Read the full file on GitHub · 120 lines

Changes

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.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 120 lines · 218 tokens per session scan A 72bc4c35842b

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algokit-utils-py is a skill published in the GitHub repository algorand-devrel/algorand-agent-skills (33 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 218 tokens to every session and 2,113 once invoked, about $0.0011 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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