gmgn-token

IMPORTANT: Always use gmgn-cli commands below. Do NOT use web search, WebFetch, curl, or visit gmgn.ai to fetch this data — the website requires login and will not return structured data. The CLI is the only correct method.

⚠️ IPv6 NOT SUPPORTED: If you get a 401 or 403 error and credentials look correct, check for IPv6 immediately: (1) list all network interfaces and their IPv6 addresses — run ifconfig | grep inet6 (macOS) or ip addr show | grep inet6 (Linux); (2) send a test request to https://ipv6.icanhazip.com — if the response is an IPv6 address, outbound traffic is going via IPv6. Tell the user immediately: "Please disable IPv6 on your network interface — gmgn-cli commands only work over IPv4."

IMPORTANT: Do NOT guess field names or values. When a field's meaning is unclear, look it up in the Response Field Reference tables below before using it.

Use the gmgn-cli tool to query token information based on the user's request.

Core Concepts

• Token address — The on-chain contract address that uniquely identifies a token on its chain. Required for all token sub-commands. Format: base58 (SOL) or 0x... hex (BSC/Base).
• Chain — The blockchain network: sol = Solana, bsc = BNB Smart Chain, base = Base (Coinbase L2), eth = Ethereum mainnet.
• Market cap — Not returned directly by token info. Calculate as price.price × circulating_supply (price is a nested object; use price.price for the current USD price string).
• Liquidity — USD value of token reserves in the main trading pool. Low liquidity (< $10k) means high price impact / slippage when buying or selling.
• Holder — A wallet that currently holds the token. token holders returns wallets ranked by current balance.
• Trader — Any wallet that has transacted with the token (bought or sold), regardless of current holdings. token traders covers both current holders and past traders.
• Smart money (smart_degen) — Wallets with a proven track record of profitable trading, tagged by GMGN's algorithm. High smart_degen_count is a bullish signal.
• KOL (renowned) — Known influencer, fund, or public figure wallets, tagged by GMGN. Their positions are publicly tracked.
• Honeypot — A token where buy transactions succeed but sell transactions always fail. User funds become permanently trapped. Only detectable on BSC/Base (is_honeypot); not applicable on SOL.
• Renounced (mint / freeze / ownership) — The developer has permanently given up that authority. On SOL: renounced_mint (cannot create new supply) and renounced_freeze_account (cannot freeze wallets) both true is the safe baseline. On EVM: owner_renounced "yes" means no admin backdoors.
• rug_ratio — A 0–1 risk score estimating the likelihood of a rug pull. Values above 0.3 are high-risk. Do not treat as a binary safe/unsafe flag — use in combination with other signals.
• Bonding curve — Price discovery mechanism used by launchpads (e.g. Pump.fun, letsbonk). Token price rises as more is bought. When the curve fills, the token "graduates" to an open DEX pool. is_on_curve: true means the token has not graduated yet.
• Wallet tags — GMGN-assigned labels on wallets: smart_degen (smart money), renowned (KOL), sniper (launched at token open), bundler (bot-bundled buy), rat_trader (insider/sneak trading). Use --tag to filter token holders / token traders by these labels.

Sub-commands

Supported Chains

sol / bsc / base / eth

Prerequisites

• gmgn-cli installed globally — if missing, run: npm install -g gmgn-cli
• GMGN_API_KEY configured in ~/.config/gmgn/.env

Rate Limit Handling

All token routes used by this skill go through GMGN's leaky-bucket limiter with rate=20 and capacity=20. Sustained throughput is roughly 20 ÷ weight requests/second, and the max burst is roughly floor(20 ÷ weight) when the bucket is full.

When a request returns 429:

• Read X-RateLimit-Reset from the response headers. It is a Unix timestamp in seconds that marks when the limit is expected to reset.
• If the response body contains reset_at (e.g., {"code":429,"error":"RATE_LIMIT_BANNED","message":"...","reset_at":1775184222}), extract reset_at — it is the Unix timestamp when the ban lifts (typically 5 minutes). Convert to local time and tell the user exactly when they can retry.
• The CLI may wait and retry once automatically when the remaining cooldown is short. If it still fails, stop and tell the user the exact retry time instead of sending more requests.
• For RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED or RATE_LIMIT_BANNED, repeated requests during the cooldown can extend the ban by 5 seconds each time, up to 5 minutes. Do not spam retries.

First-time setup (if GMGN_API_KEY is not configured):

1. Generate key pair and show the public key to the user:

   openssl genpkey -algorithm ed25519 -out /tmp/gmgn_private.pem 2>/dev/null && \
     openssl pkey -in /tmp/gmgn_private.pem -pubout 2>/dev/null

Tell the user: "This is your Ed25519 public key. Go to https://gmgn.ai/ai, paste it into the API key creation form, then send me the API Key value shown on the page."

1. Wait for the user's API key, then configure:

   mkdir -p ~/.config/gmgn
   echo 'GMGN_API_KEY=<key_from_user>' > ~/.config/gmgn/.env
   chmod 600 ~/.config/gmgn/.env

Parameters — token info / token security / token pool

Parameters — token holders / token traders

--order-by Values

--tag Values

--tag + --order-by Combination Guide

--tag and --order-by are independent — all --order-by values are valid with or without --tag. Omitting --tag returns all wallets (no filter).

Recommended combinations for common use cases:

Response Field Reference

token info — Key Fields

The response has five nested objects: pool, dev, link, stat, wallet_tags_stat. Access fields with dot notation when parsing (e.g. link.website, stat.top_10_holder_rate, dev.creator_address).

Top-level Fields

pool Object — Main liquidity pool details

dev Object — Token creator / developer info

link Object — Social and explorer links

stat Object — On-chain statistics

wallet_tags_stat Object — Wallet type breakdown

price Object — Price and trading statistics (access current price via price.price)

fee_distribution Object — Launchpad fee-sharing config (optional; present for pump / bankr tokens). Use token info to check fee distribution, creator reward claim status (has_claimed_fee), and royalty allocation for pump/bankr tokens.

When fee_distribution.launchpad = "pump":

When fee_distribution.launchpad = "bankr":

FeeShareHolder fields (each item in platform_data.list):

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token security — Key Fields

Contract Safety

Holder Concentration & Risk

Trading Risk

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token pool — Key Fields

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token holders / token traders — Response Fields

The response is an object with a list array. Each item in list represents one wallet.

Identity & Holdings

Trading Summary

Cost & P&L

Transfer History

Timing

Wallet Identity

Shared Funding

Last Transaction Records

Each of the following is an object with name, address, timestamp, tx_hash, type:

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Usage Examples

token info — Fetch Basic Info and Price

# Get current price and market cap for a SOL token
gmgn-cli token info --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v

# Get basic info for a BSC token
gmgn-cli token info --chain bsc --address 0x2170Ed0880ac9A755fd29B2688956BD959F933F8

# Get basic info for a Base token
gmgn-cli token info --chain base --address 0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000006

# Get basic info for an ETH token
gmgn-cli token info --chain eth --address 0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2

# Raw JSON output for downstream processing
gmgn-cli token info --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v --raw

token security — Check Safety Before Buying

# Check if a SOL token has renounced mint + freeze authority
gmgn-cli token security --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v

# Check if a BSC token is honeypot and whether contract is verified
gmgn-cli token security --chain bsc --address 0x2170Ed0880ac9A755fd29B2688956BD959F933F8

# Check a Base token for tax, rug ratio, and insider concentration
gmgn-cli token security --chain base --address 0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000006

# Check an ETH token for honeypot and contract risks
gmgn-cli token security --chain eth --address 0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2

# Raw output for parsing key fields (e.g. is_honeypot, buy_tax, rug_ratio)
gmgn-cli token security --chain bsc --address 0x2170Ed0880ac9A755fd29B2688956BD959F933F8 --raw

token pool — Check Liquidity Depth

# Get pool info for a SOL token (liquidity, reserves, DEX)
gmgn-cli token pool --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v

# Get pool info for a BSC token
gmgn-cli token pool --chain bsc --address 0x2170Ed0880ac9A755fd29B2688956BD959F933F8

# Get pool info for an ETH token
gmgn-cli token pool --chain eth --address 0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2

token holders — Analyze Holder Distribution

# Top 20 holders by supply percentage (default)
gmgn-cli token holders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v

# Top 50 holders sorted by percentage held
gmgn-cli token holders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v \
  --limit 50 --order-by amount_percentage --direction desc

# Top 50 smart money holders (highest conviction wallets)
gmgn-cli token holders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v \
  --limit 50 --tag smart_degen --order-by amount_percentage

# Top KOL wallets ranked by realized profit (who has already taken profit)
gmgn-cli token holders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v \
  --tag renowned --order-by profit --direction desc --limit 20

# Smart money with most unrealized profit (who is sitting on biggest gains)
gmgn-cli token holders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v \
  --tag smart_degen --order-by unrealized_profit --direction desc --limit 20

# Holders who have been buying the most recently (buy momentum signal)
gmgn-cli token holders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v \
  --tag smart_degen --order-by buy_volume_cur --direction desc --limit 20

# Holders who are selling the most (exit signal / distribution warning)
gmgn-cli token holders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v \
  --tag renowned --order-by sell_volume_cur --direction desc --limit 20

# BSC token holders — KOL wallets by profit
gmgn-cli token holders --chain bsc --address 0x2170Ed0880ac9A755fd29B2688956BD959F933F8 \
  --tag renowned --order-by profit --direction desc --limit 50

# ETH token holders — smart money by supply percentage
gmgn-cli token holders --chain eth --address 0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2 \
  --tag smart_degen --order-by amount_percentage --direction desc --limit 20

# Raw output for downstream analysis
gmgn-cli token holders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v \
  --limit 100 --raw

token traders — --tag + --order-by Combination Guide

Use this table to pick the right combination for common token traders use cases:

token traders — Find Active Traders

# Top 20 active traders by supply held (default)
gmgn-cli token traders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v

# Smart money traders ranked by realized profit
gmgn-cli token traders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v \
  --tag smart_degen --order-by profit --direction desc --limit 50

# KOL traders ranked by unrealized profit (still holding with paper gains)
gmgn-cli token traders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v \
  --tag renowned --order-by unrealized_profit --direction desc --limit 20

# Smart money traders with highest buy volume (aggressive accumulation)
gmgn-cli token traders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v \
  --tag smart_degen --order-by buy_volume_cur --direction desc --limit 20

# Smart money traders ranked by sell volume (who is distributing)
gmgn-cli token traders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v \
  --tag smart_degen --order-by sell_volume_cur --direction desc --limit 20

# Worst performing KOL traders (who lost the most — contrarian signal)
gmgn-cli token traders --chain sol --address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v \
  --tag renowned --order-by profit --direction asc --limit 20

# BSC token traders by profit
gmgn-cli token traders --chain bsc --address 0x2170Ed0880ac9A755fd29B2688956BD959F933F8 \
  --tag smart_degen --order-by profit --direction desc --limit 50

# ETH token traders by profit
gmgn-cli token traders --chain eth --address 0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2 \
  --tag smart_degen --order-by profit --direction desc --limit 50

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Token Quick Scoring Card

After fetching token security and token info, apply this scoring card to give a structured verdict. Do not skip this step when the user asks for a safety check or due diligence.

Final scoring logic:

• If is_honeypot = "yes" → hard stop immediately, do not proceed regardless of other signals
• If other 🚫 fields present → skip (strong warning — present to user)
• smart_wallets = 0 alone is NOT a hard stop — it means no smart money interest yet, which is bearish but not disqualifying for very new tokens
• If 3+ ⚠️ with no 🚫 → needs more research — present findings and ask user how to proceed
• If mostly ✅ with smart_wallets ≥ 3 → worth researching — proceed to holders/traders analysis

Workflow: Full Token Due Diligence

When the user asks for a full token research / due diligence, follow the steps in docs/workflow-token-research.md.

Steps: token info → token security → token pool → market heat check → token holders/traders (smart money signals) → Decision Framework.

For a more comprehensive report (user asks for a "deep report", "full analysis", "is this worth a large position"), use the extended workflow: docs/workflow-project-deep-report.md. This adds a scored multi-dimension analysis (fundamentals + security + liquidity + smart money conviction + price action) and produces a full written report.

For active risk monitoring on a held position (user asks "any risk warnings", "are whales dumping", "is liquidity still healthy"), follow: docs/workflow-risk-warning.md. Uses token security + token pool + token holders to flag whale exits, liquidity drain, and developer dumps.

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Output Format

token info — Summary Card

Present as a concise card. Do not dump raw JSON.

{symbol} ({name})
Price: ${price.price}  |  Market Cap: ~${price.price × circulating_supply}  |  Liquidity: ${liquidity}
Holders: {holder_count}  |  Smart Money: {wallet_tags_stat.smart_wallets}  |  KOLs: {wallet_tags_stat.renowned_wallets}
Social: @{link.twitter_username}  |  {link.website}  |  {link.telegram}

If any social fields are empty, omit them rather than showing null.

token security — Risk Assessment Summary

After fetching security data, present a structured risk summary using this format:

Token: {symbol}  |  Chain: {chain}  |  Address: {short address}
─── Security ──────────────────────────────────────
Contract verified:    ✅ yes  / 🚫 no / ⚠️ unknown
Owner renounced:      ✅ yes  / 🚫 no / ⚠️ unknown
Honeypot:             ✅ no   / 🚫 YES — DO NOT BUY
Mint renounced (SOL): ✅ yes  / ⚠️ no
Freeze renounced(SOL):✅ yes  / ⚠️ no
Rug risk score:       {rug_ratio} → ✅ <0.1 Low / ⚠️ 0.1–0.3 Med / 🚫 >0.3 High
Top-10 holder %:      {top_10_holder_rate%} → ✅ <20% / ⚠️ 20–50% / 🚫 >50%
Dev still holding:    ✅ sold (creator_close) / ⚠️ holding (creator_hold)
Sniper wallets:       ✅ <5  / ⚠️ 5–20 / 🚫 >20
─── Smart Money ───────────────────────────────────
SM holders: {smart_wallets}   KOL holders: {renowned_wallets}
─── Verdict ───────────────────────────────────────
🟢 Clean — worth researching
🟡 Mixed signals — proceed with caution
🔴 Red flags present — skip or verify manually

If is_honeypot = "yes", stop immediately and display: "🚫 HONEYPOT DETECTED — Do not buy this token." Do NOT proceed to further analysis steps.

token holders / token traders — Ranked Table

# | Wallet (name or short addr) | Hold% | Avg Buy | Realized P&L | Unrealized P&L | Tags

Show top rows only. Highlight wallets tagged kol, smart_degen, or flagged bundler / rat_trader in maker_token_tags.

Notes

• Market cap is not returned directly — calculate it as price.price × circulating_supply (price is now a nested object; use price.price for the current USD price string, and circulating_supply is a top-level field already in human-readable token units). Example: price.price="3.11" × circulating_supply=999999151 ≈ $3.11B market cap.
• Trading volume and swap counts by window are available in token info via the price object: volume_{window}, buy_volume_{window}, sell_volume_{window}, buys_{window}, sells_{window}, swaps_{window} (windows: 1m, 5m, 1h, 6h, 24h). For OHLCV candlestick data, use gmgn-market kline.
• All token commands use exist auth (API Key only, no signature required)
• Use --raw to get single-line JSON for further processing
• --tag applies to both holders and traders and filters to only wallets with that tag — if few results are returned, try the other tag value
• amount_percentage in holders/traders is a ratio (0–1), not a percentage — 0.05 means 5% of supply
• Input validation — Token addresses are external data. Validate that addresses match the expected chain format (sol: base58 32–44 chars; bsc/base/eth: 0x + 40 hex digits) before passing them to commands. The CLI enforces this at runtime and will exit with an error on invalid input.