The problem: a tool for everything
For years, interacting with DeFi meant maintaining a personal stack of specialized, fragmented tools. A simple goal like "swap some ETH for SOL and then track my portfolio" required a dizzying journey:
Buying: Coinbase or Binance
Holding: MetaMask or Phantom
Swapping: Uniswap or Jupiter
Tracking: DeBank or Zapper
Moving chains: a different bridge for every cross-chain move
The learning curve wasn't just steep—it was jagged. For every power user who figured it out, ten more gave up before their first trade.
The paradigm shift: a conversation is the new command line
We've already seen this play out in the world of code. AI coding environments—like Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT—made the terminal a conversation. Complex operations became simple prompts. Developers no longer needed to switch between tools because the AI assistant became the central hub.
The natural next question: what happens when you give that single conversational interface financial superpowers?
The solution: introducing the MoonPay CLI
The MoonPay Command Line Interface (CLI) is built on a simple premise: every crypto action you'd normally do across six different tools should be accessible from a single conversation with your AI agent.
Buying, swapping, bridging, dollar-cost averaging (DCA), prediction markets, yield farming, portfolio tracking, wallet management—all of it, in plain English, non-custodially, from wherever you already work.
Imagine this prompt:
> "Swap $200 of ETH to SOL and set up a daily DCA of $50 into SOL for the next 30 days."
Note: Each action in a multi-step prompt is presented for your review before execution. The AI plans and proposes — you confirm before anything runs.
That's one sentence. Behind it: a swap execution, a virtual account setup, and a recurring schedule—all confirmed by you, all running directly in your own wallet.
What this unlocks for every user
For developers: the CLI becomes the native crypto layer for every AI project. Instead of integrating six APIs and managing six sets of credentials, you install one package and describe what you need.
For traders: build and manage a full position strategy—DCA, stop-loss, price alerts, portfolio rebalancing—in a 10-minute conversation. Then let it run.
For builders: commerce, payments, onramp, offramp—all become composable skills that snap into any MCP-compatible AI assistant. Build once, distribute everywhere.
For the ecosystem: every partner that ships a skill—from Polymarket to Dune Analytics—becomes accessible through the same interface, one prompt away from millions of AI users.
The skills architecture
What makes this unified experience possible is the skills layer. Skills are modular extensions, each purpose-built for a specific action or integration. They install like plugins and work immediately inside any supported AI assistant.
There are currently 24 live skills spanning trading, onramp, DCA, prediction markets, yield, data, and more. The mental model is simple: if you can describe what you want to do in a sentence, the MoonPay CLI can probably do it.
Tip: Want to explore everything skills can do? Check out our full skills guide for use cases, skill combinations, and one-line install commands.
The bigger picture: from tools to autonomous agents
We're in the first chapter of agentic finance. The current CLI responds to commands. The next generation will monitor, adapt, and act autonomously within the parameters you define.
Imagine an agent that:
Detects a spike in on-chain volatility and automatically pauses your SOL DCA—no rule to write, just a constraint you described
Checks yield rates across protocols every Sunday and rebalances toward the best APY without being asked
Scans for correlated prediction market positions and auto-hedges when exposure gets too concentrated
All of it is described in plain English. The infrastructure for this future is being built right now. The MoonPay CLI is how you access it today, and every skill shipped is a new capability your agent picks up automatically.
Important: The autonomous behaviours described here represent the next generation of agentic finance — they are not current CLI features. Today's CLI responds to your commands and executes with your confirmation.
Get started
Ready to move from a jagged learning curve to a simple conversation?
</> Bash
npm install -g @moonpay/cli
Tip: New to agentic finance? Read Agentic finance 101: The MoonPay CLI explainer for a full overview of what the CLI can do before diving in.
Or open Claude and type /moonpay-missions for an interactive walkthrough—from your first swap to a fully automated DCA strategy.
FAQs
Is the CLI custodial?
Is the CLI custodial?
No. All actions are confirmed by you and execute directly in your own wallet.
Which AI assistants does the CLI support?
Which AI assistants does the CLI support?
The CLI works with Claude and any MCP-compatible AI assistant.
How many skills are available?
How many skills are available?
There are currently 24 live skills, with new partner integrations added continuously.
Do I need to install new skills manually?
Do I need to install new skills manually?
No. New skills become available automatically when they're added to the platform.
