start-dev-server

start-dev-server is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from kenny-stacks/stacks-claude-plugin. It costs 31 tokens per session (1,412 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A local setup helper for Stacks projects, using Clarinet to run a local blockchain network and a frontend development server.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps start a Stacks project's local test environment, check that Docker and the project setup are present, and choose how the servers should run.
Why use it?
It avoids starting and checking the two parts of the project separately when testing smart contracts and the interface on your computer.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Part of the stacks plugin — 4 skills, 4 commands, 3 hooks shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/kenny-stacks/stacks-claude-plugin/start-dev-server
Any agent
npx skills add kenny-stacks/stacks-claude-plugin --skill start-dev-server
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kenny-stacks/stacks-claude-plugin

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install stacks, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 4 skills, 4 commands, 3 hooks.

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README.md
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Per session 31 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,412 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00031 $0.01412
Opus 5 $0.00015 $0.00706
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00282
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00141

Measured 5d ago against content hash e29add04479a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-05, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

start-dev-server scanned grade A with 1 finding 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 5d 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.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

curl -s http://localhost:20443/v2/info | head -c 200
skills/start-dev-server/SKILL.md · 181 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 181 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Start Dev Server Skill

This skill starts the local development environment for Stacks projects, including the Clarinet devnet (local blockchain) and the frontend development server.

When to Use

  • User wants to test contracts locally
  • User is starting frontend development
  • User asks to "start devnet" or "run the project"
  • After /stacks:init when user wants to start development

Instructions

Step 1: Check Prerequisites

Docker Check:

docker info > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo "Docker is running" || echo "Docker is NOT running"

If Docker is not running, tell the user: "Clarinet devnet requires Docker to run. Please start Docker Desktop and try again."

Project Check: Verify Clarinet.toml exists in the project root. If not: "This doesn't appear to be a Clarinet project. Would you like me to create one with clarinet new?"

Step 2: Ask About Background Tasks

Ask the user: "How would you like me to run the dev servers?

  1. Background tasks (Recommended) - I'll run them as background tasks so I can monitor logs and respond to errors automatically.
  2. External terminal - You run them manually in separate terminal windows. This gives you more control over the output.

Which do you prefer?"

Step 3: Start Clarinet Devnet

If background tasks:

clarinet devnet start --no-dashboard

Run this in background mode. Monitor the output for:

  • "Stacks node is ready" or similar startup confirmation
  • Any error messages

If external terminal: Tell the user: "In a new terminal window, run:

clarinet devnet start --no-dashboard

Keep this terminal open during development. Let me know when you see the node is ready."

Step 4: Verify Devnet Health

Wait for devnet to be ready, then verify:

curl -s http://localhost:20443/v2/info | head -c 200

If successful, you should see JSON with stacks_tip_height and other node info.

If it fails after 60 seconds, suggest:

  • Check the devnet terminal for errors
  • Try clarinet devnet stop then clarinet devnet start
  • Verify Docker has enough resources allocated

Read the full file on GitHub · 181 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. 5d ago First seen · 181 lines · 31 tokens per session scan A e29add04479a

Subscribe to this mod's changes

start-dev-server is a skill published in the GitHub repository kenny-stacks/stacks-claude-plugin (11 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 31 tokens to every session and 1,412 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (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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