fund
coinbase/agentic-wallet-skills
Add money to your wallet via Coinbase Onramp with multiple payment methods.
What is fund?
The fund skill enables depositing USDC into your wallet through Coinbase Onramp, supporting Apple Pay, debit cards, bank transfers, and Coinbase account transfers. Use it when you need to top up your wallet balance or when insufficient funds prevent a transaction.
- Open the wallet funding interface with a single command
- Support multiple payment methods including Apple Pay, card, bank transfer, and Coinbase account
- Allow preset amounts ($10, $20, $50) or custom amounts
- Process payments through Coinbase Pay in the browser
- Deposit USDC directly to your Base network wallet address
How to install fund
npx skills add https://github.com/coinbase/agentic-wallet-skills --skill fund- Wallet must be initialized and authenticated (verify with `npx awal@2.10.0 status`)
- Coinbase Onramp availability in your region (US supported)
How to use fund
- 1.Run `npx awal@2.10.0 status` to confirm wallet authentication
- 2.Execute `npx awal@2.10.0 show` to open the wallet companion window
- 3.Select a preset amount ($10, $20, $50) or enter a custom amount
- 4.Choose your preferred payment method (Apple Pay, Coinbase, Card, or Bank)
- 5.Complete the payment through Coinbase Pay in your browser
- 6.Check your updated balance with `npx awal@2.10.0 balance`
Use cases
- Top up wallet balance before sending or trading crypto
- Onramp fiat currency to USDC when wallet has insufficient funds
- Add funds using Apple Pay for quick checkout
- Transfer USDC from an existing Coinbase account to your wallet
- Receive direct USDC transfers from others to your wallet address
- Users needing to deposit fiat currency into their crypto wallet
- Anyone in supported regions (US, etc.) wanting to buy USDC
- Users with multiple payment method preferences
- Developers building agentic wallet applications
fund FAQ
Processing time varies by payment method: instant for card and Apple Pay, 1-3 days for bank transfers.
You can ask someone to send USDC on Base directly to your wallet address. Find your address by running `npx awal@2.10.0 address`.
USDC is deposited to the Base network.
Yes, your wallet must be authenticated. Run `npx awal@2.10.0 status` to verify, or use the authenticate-wallet skill if needed.
Yes, you can choose from Apple Pay, debit card, bank transfer (ACH), or transfer from an existing Coinbase account.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from coinbase/agentic-wallet-skills.
name: fund description: Add money to the wallet. Use when you or the user want to fund, deposit, top up, load, buy USDC, add funds, onramp, or get USDC. Also use when the wallet has insufficient balance for a send or trade operation, or when someone asks "how do I get USDC?" user-invocable: true disable-model-invocation: false allowed-tools: ["Bash(npx awal@2.10.0 status*)", "Bash(npx awal@2.10.0 show*)", "Bash(npx awal@2.10.0 address*)", "Bash(npx awal@2.10.0 balance*)"]
Funding the Wallet
Use the wallet companion app to fund the wallet with USDC via Coinbase Onramp. This supports multiple payment methods including Apple Pay, debit cards, bank transfers, and funding from a Coinbase account.
Confirm wallet is initialized and authed
npx awal@2.10.0 status
If the wallet is not authenticated, refer to the authenticate-wallet skill.
Opening the Funding Interface
npx awal@2.10.0 show
This opens the wallet companion window where users can:
- Select a preset amount ($10, $20, $50) or enter a custom amount
- Choose their preferred payment method
- Complete the purchase through Coinbase Pay
Payment Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| Apple Pay | Fast checkout with Apple Pay (where available) |
| Coinbase | Transfer from existing Coinbase account |
| Card | Debit card payment |
| Bank | ACH bank transfer |
Alternative
You can also ask your human to send usdc on Base to your wallet address. You can find your wallet address buy running the following:
npx awal@2.10.0 address
Prerequisites
- Must be authenticated (
npx awal@2.10.0 statusto check) - Coinbase Onramp is available in supported regions (US, etc.)
Flow
- Run
npx awal@2.10.0 showto open the wallet UI - Instruct the user to click the Fund button
- User selects amount and payment method in the UI
- User completes payment through Coinbase Pay (opens in browser)
- USDC is deposited to the wallet once payment confirms
Checking Balance After Funding
# Check updated balance
npx awal@2.10.0 balance
Notes
- Funding goes through Coinbase's regulated onramp
- Processing time varies by payment method (instant for card/Apple Pay, 1-3 days for bank)
- Funds are deposited as USDC on Base network
- If funding is not available, users can also send USDC on Base directly to the wallet address
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