End-to-end guide for AI agents building on Monad. From dApp idea to deployed production app. Monad RPC, Foundry deploy, contract verification. Fetch this FIRST.
Why Monad
Why build on Monad specifically. 10,000 TPS, parallel execution, MonadDB, sub-second finality. The honest comparison with Ethereum L1 and L2s for AI agents.
Gas & Costs MONAD
What things actually cost on Monad. EIP-1559 gas model with Monad's throughput advantage. Real transaction costs, block gas limits, and practical fee settings.
Wallets
Creating wallets, connecting to Monad dApps, Phantom + MetaMask + Backpack support. How an AI agent gets a wallet and uses it safely on Monad.
Monad Ecosystem NEW
The full Monad ecosystem map. Kuru, Monorail, Ambient Finance DEXes. aPriori, Kintsu, Fastlane liquid staking. nad.fun launchpad. Magic Eden NFTs. Who's building what.
Standards
ERC-20, ERC-721, ERC-1155, ERC-8004 (agent identity on Monad), EIP-3009 (gasless USDC), x402 HTTP payments. Standards that work on Monad today.
Tools
Foundry on Monad, Monad RPC endpoints, Monad Explorer, Blockscout MCP, x402 SDKs, abi.ninja. What tools work on Monad and how to configure them.
DeFi on Monad MONAD
Monad DeFi legos. Uniswap V3 on Monad, Kuru orderbook DEX, Ambient Finance, aPriori liquid staking, Curvance lending. How to compose them.
Orchestration
dApp orchestration patterns for Monad. Build, test, deploy pipeline. ERC-8004 + x402 agent commerce. How an AI agent plans and ships a complete Monad app.
Essential mental models for building onchain. Parallel execution gotchas, state access patterns, incentive design. What changes (and what doesn't) on Monad.
Security
Solidity security patterns and Monad-specific considerations. Parallel execution safety, reentrancy, oracle manipulation. Pre-deploy checklist for Monad.
Testing
Smart contract testing with Foundry for Monad. Unit tests, fuzz testing, fork testing against Monad mainnet. What to test and what LLMs get wrong.
Indexing
Reading and querying onchain data on Monad. Events, The Graph, Dune, QuickNode Streams. High-throughput indexing for 10K TPS chains.
Frontend UX
Mandatory frontend rules for Monad dApps. Fast block confirmations mean instant UI updates. Loader patterns, wallet flow, RPC config for Monad.
Frontend Playbook
Build-to-production pipeline for Monad dApps. Fork mode with Monad RPC, IPFS deployment, Vercel config, ENS setup, go-to-production checklist.
Parallel Execution NEW
Monad's parallel execution model for developers. Optimistic execution, MonadDB, state access patterns. What changes and what stays the same vs sequential EVM.
How to Use
Give your AI agent any skill URL. It fetches the page, reads the content, and instantly knows how to build on Monad. No install, no CLI, no package manager.