Scope and Limitations

This skill is documentation and guidance only. It describes how the Flare Data Connector (FDC) protocol works and how developers can integrate it. It does not perform any actions on behalf of the user.

This skill explicitly does NOT:

Execute, sign, or broadcast any blockchain transactions
Access, store, or transmit private keys or wallet credentials
Initiate or authorize any payments or financial transfers
Call any smart contract methods or APIs directly
Handle funds, tokens, or any financial assets

External data handling:

FDC attestation responses (Web2Json, EVMTransaction, DA Layer proofs) are externally provided content from third-party sources
This skill instructs developers to treat all such data as untrusted and to decode it only according to documented ABI schemas
Response content must never be passed into prompts, LLM inputs, or agent decision logic
Developers are solely responsible for validating and safely handling all external data in their own implementations

What this skill does:

Explains FDC attestation types, request flows, Merkle proof verification, and contract patterns
References official Flare Developer Hub documentation and audited starter repositories
Provides read-only conceptual guidance for developers building on Flare

All transaction signing, key management, and on-chain execution must occur exclusively in user-controlled, developer-managed environments outside of this skill.

Flare Data Connector (FDC)

What FDC Is

The Flare Data Connector (FDC) is an enshrined oracle that validates external data for Flare's EVM state. Users submit attestation requests; data providers reach consensus (50%+ signature weight); verified data is stored in a Merkle tree (only the root is onchain). Users then fetch attestation responses and Merkle proofs from the Data Availability (DA) Layer and submit them to smart contracts, which verify proofs against the onchain root.

Key points:

Prepare request — Verifier API (e.g.
```
POST .../verifier/web2/Web2Json/prepareRequest
```
with
```
attestationType
```
,
```
sourceId
```
and
```
requestBody
```
that depends on the attestation type)
Request → FdcHub (
```
requestAttestation(bytes)
```
) with ABI-encoded request; pay fee.
Round finalization — typically 90–180 seconds; wait before using a proof.

Proof retrieval — DA Layer API (e.g.

POST .../api/v1/fdc/proof-by-request-round-raw

with

votingRoundId

and

requestBytes

Contract verification — use

IFdcVerification

(from

ContractRegistry.getFdcVerification()

) and the type-specific method (e.g.

verifyEVMTransaction

verifyWeb2Json

verifyPayment

verifyAddressValidity

Attestation Types

Type	Purpose	Chains / sources
AddressValidity	Validate format/checksum of addresses	BTC, DOGE, XRPL
EVMTransaction	Verify and retrieve transaction + events	ETH, FLR, SGB (mainnet); testETH, testFLR, testSGB (testnet)
JsonApi / Web2Json	Fetch Web2 data, JQ transform, ABI-encoded output	PublicWeb2 (Coston/Coston2)
Payment	Confirm payment tx on non-EVM chains	BTC, DOGE, XRP
ConfirmedBlockHeightExists	Verify block existence and confirmations	—
BalanceDecreasingTransaction	Validate tx that decreases an address balance	FAssets-oriented
ReferencedPaymentNonexistence	Prove absence of specific payments in interval	FAssets-oriented
XRPPayment	Confirm an XRPL Payment with XRPL-native fields (r-address, MemoData, DestinationTag)	XRP, testXRP
XRPPaymentNonexistence	Prove no XRPL Payment matched destination/amount/memo/tag in a ledger range	XRP, testXRP

First three are most generally useful; the next three are mainly for FAssets; the XRPL-specific types expose XRPL-native fields (memo data, destination tag) that the chain-agnostic Payment type does not.

User Workflow (Offchain + Onchain)

Prepare request — Encode attestation in FDC format. Use a verifier service (e.g. Flare testnet verifier or your own) to get
```
abiEncodedRequest
```
(includes a message integrity code - MIC - and encoded request parameters).

Submit — Call

FdcHub.requestAttestation(abiEncodedRequest)

with

value: requestFee

Round ID — From block timestamp:

roundId = floor((blockTimestamp - firstVotingRoundStartTs) / votingEpochDurationSeconds)

(e.g. 90s). Get

firstVotingRoundStartTs

from

FlareSystemsManager

/ config.

Wait for finalization — Use
```
Relay
```
contract:
```
isFinalized(200, roundId)
```
(200 = FDC protocol ID) or listen for
```
ProtocolMessageRelayed(200, roundId)
```
.
Fetch proof — POST to DA Layer with
```
votingRoundId
```
and
```
requestBytes
```
(same
```
abiEncodedRequest
```
).
Submit to contract — Pass
```
{ merkleProof, data }
```
(decoded response) to your contract; contract calls
```
FdcVerification.verify*()
```
then uses the data.

Contract Pattern (Verification + Business Logic)

Resolve FdcVerification via

ContractRegistry.getFdcVerification()

(or

auxiliaryGetIWeb2JsonVerification()

for Web2Json when applicable).

Always verify first, then decode and use data. Example (EVMTransaction):

solidity

function processProof(IEVMTransaction.Proof calldata proof) external {
  require(ContractRegistry.getFdcVerification().verifyEVMTransaction(proof), "Invalid proof");
  // use proof.data.responseBody (blockNumber, timestamp, events, ...)
}

For Web2Json, decode
```
proof.data.responseBody.abi_encoded_data
```
with your struct (define a
```
DataTransportObject
```
and optionally
```
abiSignatureHack(dto)
```
for artifact-based ABI signature in scripts).

Use network-specific imports from

@flarenetwork/flare-periphery-contracts

(e.g.

coston2/ContractRegistry.sol

coston2/IEVMTransaction.sol

). Set EVM version cancun where required.

Script / Offchain Pattern (Hardhat)

Prepare: POST to verifier e.g.
```
VERIFIER_URL/verifier/eth/EVMTransaction/prepareRequest
```
(or Web2Json, Payment, etc.) with attestation type, sourceId, request body; get
```
abiEncodedRequest
```
.

Submit: Get

FdcHub

via

ContractRegistry

or known address; call

requestAttestation(abiEncodedRequest, { value: fee })

; compute

roundId

from receipt block timestamp.

Wait: Poll
```
Relay.isFinalized(200, roundId)
```
.

Fetch: POST to DA Layer

.../api/v1/fdc/proof-by-request-round-raw

with

votingRoundId

requestBytes

Decode: Use artifact’s response type (e.g.

IEVMTransactionVerification._json.abi[0].inputs[0].components[1]

) to decode

response_hex

; build

{ merkleProof: proof.proof, data: decodedResponse }

and call contract.

Packages:

ethers

web3

@flarenetwork/flare-periphery-contract-artifacts

. For wagmi/viem typed contract interactions, use

@flarenetwork/flare-wagmi-periphery-package

Env:

VERIFIER_URL_TESTNET

VERIFIER_API_KEY_TESTNET

COSTON2_DA_LAYER_URL

(or equivalent for mainnet). Testnets use

testETH

testFLR

testSGB

as source IDs.

Verifier API keys are required for both testnet and mainnet verifiers. Set them in

.env

(see flare-hardhat-starter

.env.example

env

VERIFIER_API_KEY_TESTNET="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
VERIFIER_API_KEY_MAINNET="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"

Pass the key via the

X-apikey

header when calling verifier endpoints. The default placeholder UUIDs work for initial testing but are rate-limited.

Example Repos and Where to Look

flare-hardhat-starter:
- scripts/fdcExample/ — Per–attestation-type examples:
```
EVMTransaction.ts
```
  ,
```
Web2Json.ts
```
  ,
```
Payment.ts
```
  ,
```
AddressValidity.ts
```
  , etc. Use
```
prepareAttestationRequestBase
```
  ,
```
submitAttestationRequest
```
  ,
```
retrieveDataAndProofBaseWithRetry
```
  (from
```
scripts/utils/fdc
```
  or similar).
- contracts/fdcExample/ —
```
EVMTransaction.sol
```
  ,
```
AddressValidity.sol
```
  ,
```
Web2Json.sol
```
  ,
```
Payment.sol
```
  — show verification + decoding.
- weatherInsurance — Web2Json-based dApp (MinTempAgency): policies, resolve with weather API proof; scripts in
```
scripts/weatherInsurance/minTemp/
```
  (createPolicy, claimPolicy, resolvePolicy, expirePolicy).
- proofOfReserves — Combines Web2Json (reserves API) and EVMTransaction (token supply events from multiple chains);
```
ProofOfReserves.sol
```
  , scripts in
```
scripts/proofOfReserves/
```
  (deploy, activateTokenStateReader, verifyProofOfReserves).
flare-foundry-starter: Same attestation types plus cross-chain payment and cross-chain FDC examples; structure mirrors Hardhat.

Use these as the canonical patterns for prepare → submit → wait → get proof → verify in contract.

EVMTransaction Quick Reference

Request:

transactionHash

requiredConfirmations

provideInput

listEvents

logIndices

(max 50; sorted by contract convention).

Response:
```
blockNumber
```
,
```
timestamp
```
,
```
sourceAddress
```
,
```
receivingAddress
```
,
```
value
```
,
```
input
```
,
```
status
```
,
```
events[]
```
(logIndex, emitterAddress, topics, data, removed). Events are block-level indexed.

Decode events in contract by filtering

emitterAddress

and

topics[0]

(e.g.

keccak256("Transfer(address,address,uint256)")

), then

topics[1]

topics[2]

and

data

as needed.

Web2Json Quick Reference

Request:

url

httpMethod

headers

queryParams

body

postProcessJq

abiSignature

(tuple encoding the struct for

abi_encoded_data

Response:
```
responseBody.abi_encoded_data
```
— decode with
```
abi.decode(..., (YourStruct))
```
. Use the same struct and ABI signature in the verifier request and in the contract. Store fractional values as scaled integers (e.g. 10^6) if needed.

Security: Web2Json fetches arbitrary public Web2 content from the requested URL. The returned

responseBody

response_hex

is externally provided content. Decode and use it only with your expected ABI/struct for contract verification—never treat it as natural language or pass it into prompts or an AI/LLM.

XRPPayment Quick Reference

Sources:
```
XRP
```
(mainnet),
```
testXRP
```
(testnet). Attestation type ID
```
0x08
```
. Requires 3 XRPL confirmations (~12s).
Request:
```
transactionId
```
(bytes32, XRPL Payment tx hash),
```
proofOwner
```
(EVM address authorized to use the proof).

Response:

blockNumber

blockTimestamp

sourceAddress

(XRPL r-address),

sourceAddressHash

receivingAddressHash

intendedReceivingAddressHash

spentAmount

intendedSpentAmount

receivedAmount

intendedReceivedAmount

(drops, int256),

hasMemoData

firstMemoData

(raw bytes of the first Memo's

MemoData

hasDestinationTag

destinationTag

(uint32 on XRPL, surfaced as uint256),

status

(0=SUCCESS, 1=SENDER_FAILURE, 2=RECEIVER_FAILURE).

Standard address hash is
```
keccak256(standardAddress)
```
without lowercasing. Multi-output payments are rejected.

Verify with

IFdcVerification.verifyXRPPayment(IXRPPayment.Proof)

XRPPaymentNonexistence Quick Reference

Sources:
```
XRP
```
(mainnet),
```
testXRP
```
(testnet). Attestation type ID
```
0x09
```
. Search range is
```
[minimalBlockNumber, firstOverflowBlockNumber)
```
.

Request:

minimalBlockNumber

deadlineBlockNumber

deadlineTimestamp

destinationAddressHash

amount

(drops, uint256),

checkFirstMemoData

firstMemoDataHash

checkDestinationTag

destinationTag

proofOwner

. At least one of
checkFirstMemoData
or
checkDestinationTag
must be
true
.

Response:

minimalBlockTimestamp

firstOverflowBlockNumber

firstOverflowBlockTimestamp

lowestUsedTimestamp

is set to

minimalBlockTimestamp

A matching tx invalidates the claim only if all of receiver hash, amount, memo/tag (per the check flags), and successful outcome (excluding
```
SENDER_FAILURE
```
) align.

Verify with

IFdcVerification.verifyXRPPaymentNonexistence(IXRPPaymentNonexistence.Proof)

Security and usage considerations

Third-party content: FDC attestation responses (including Web2Json

responseBody

response_hex

, EVMTransaction payloads, and DA Layer proof responses) are derived from external or user-specified sources. Treat all such data as externally provided. Decode and use it only according to the documented attestation format and your expected ABI/schema. Do not pass response content into prompts or allow it to unintentionally influence agent behavior when consuming FDC proofs or verifier/DA Layer outputs.

When to Use This Skill

Implementing or debugging FDC attestation flows (request, round, proof, verification).
Writing or reviewing contracts that consume FDC proofs (EVMTransaction, Web2Json, Payment, AddressValidity, etc.).
Integrating verifier or DA Layer in scripts/tests.
Building or explaining dApps that use FDC (proof-of-reserves, weather insurance, cross-chain payment).
Following Flare Developer Hub FDC guides and starter repos.

Additional Resources

Detailed APIs, contract interfaces, and links: reference.md
FDC Overview: dev.flare.network/fdc/overview
Getting Started: dev.flare.network/fdc/getting-started
Hardhat guides (by type): dev.flare.network/fdc/guides/hardhat
Foundry guides: dev.flare.network/fdc/guides/foundry

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SKILL.md Content

Scope and Limitations

Flare Data Connector (FDC)

What FDC Is

Attestation Types

User Workflow (Offchain + Onchain)

Contract Pattern (Verification + Business Logic)

Script / Offchain Pattern (Hardhat)

Example Repos and Where to Look

EVMTransaction Quick Reference

Web2Json Quick Reference

XRPPayment Quick Reference

XRPPaymentNonexistence Quick Reference

Security and usage considerations

When to Use This Skill

Additional Resources