btcli Claude Code Skill

A Claude Code skill for interacting with the Bittensor network using btcli.

What This Skill Provides

• Wallet management: Create, list, and manage coldkeys and hotkeys
• Subnet registration: Register as a miner or validator
• Staking operations: Add, remove, and manage TAO stake
• Network queries: Check balances, metagraph, subnet status
• Security guidance: Best practices for key management

Installation

Claude Code CLI

claude skills install btcli-skill.zip

Manual Installation

cp -r btcli-skill ~/.claude/skills/btcli

Usage Examples

Once installed, the skill activates automatically when you ask about Bittensor CLI operations:

• "How do I create a new Bittensor wallet?"
• "Register my miner on subnet 3"
• "Check my TAO balance"
• "Stake 100 TAO to my hotkey"
• "What's the metagraph for subnet 81?"

Prerequisites

• btcli installed (pip install bittensor-cli)
• Python 3.9-3.12

Contents

btcli-skill/
├── SKILL.md              # Main skill definition
├── README.md             # This file
└── references/
    ├── command_reference.md  # Complete command docs
    └── staking_guide.md      # Staking operations guide

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• templar-miner-claude-skill - Templar (SN3) mining
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• basilica-cli-helper - GPU rentals

Resources

• btcli Documentation
• btcli GitHub
• Taostats Explorer

License

MIT License