portfolio-tracker
Portfolio Tracker — Token Discovery for Any EVM Wallet
Discover all token balances (native + ERC-20) for any EVM address in a single API call. Works on mainnets and testnets including Base Sepolia.
This skill is read-only — it discovers what a wallet holds but does not send transactions.
Prerequisites
Alchemy API key
An Alchemy API key is required. Check for it immediately:
echo $ALCHEMY_API_KEY
If empty, tell the user to set it in their shell environment. Do not ask them to paste the key in chat.
Please set your Alchemy API key as an environment variable.
Add this to your ~/.zshrc (or ~/.bashrc) and restart your terminal:
export ALCHEMY_API_KEY="your-key-here"
Get a free API key at https://dashboard.alchemy.com/signup
Then re-run this command.
Do not proceed without the key.
API Details
This skill uses Alchemy's Portfolio API, not the older Token API. One call returns native tokens and all ERC-20s together — no separate metadata calls needed.
- Endpoint:
https://api.g.alchemy.com/data/v1/$ALCHEMY_API_KEY/assets/tokens/balances/by-address - Method: POST
- API key goes in the URL path, not in a header.
- Max 2 addresses and 5 networks per request.
Network slugs
| Chain | Slug | Chain ID |
|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | eth-mainnet |
1 |
| Base | base-mainnet |
8453 |
| Base Sepolia | base-sepolia |
84532 |
| Arbitrum | arb-mainnet |
42161 |
| Arbitrum Sepolia | arb-sepolia |
421614 |
| Optimism | opt-mainnet |
10 |
| Polygon | polygon-mainnet |
137 |
| Ethereum Sepolia | eth-sepolia |
11155111 |
Querying Token Balances
Single wallet, single chain
curl -s -X POST "https://api.g.alchemy.com/data/v1/$ALCHEMY_API_KEY/assets/tokens/balances/by-address" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"addresses": [
{
"address": "<wallet-address>",
"networks": ["base-sepolia"]
}
],
"includeNativeTokens": true,
"includeErc20Tokens": true
}'
Response format
{
"data": {
"tokens": [
{
"address": "0xWallet...",
"network": "base-sepolia",
"tokenAddress": null,
"tokenBalance": "0x16b3bd933bca8"
},
{
"address": "0xWallet...",
"network": "base-sepolia",
"tokenAddress": "0x036cbd53842c5426634e7929541ec2318f3dcf7e",
"tokenBalance": "0x023cbca5"
}
],
"pageKey": null
}
}
tokenAddress: nullmeans native ETH (or the chain's native token)tokenAddress: "0x..."means an ERC-20 tokentokenBalanceis a hex string — convert to human-readable using the token's decimals (18 for ETH/WETH, varies for others)
Multiple wallets or chains
Pass up to 2 addresses and 5 networks per request:
curl -s -X POST "https://api.g.alchemy.com/data/v1/$ALCHEMY_API_KEY/assets/tokens/balances/by-address" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"addresses": [
{
"address": "0xWallet1...",
"networks": ["base-sepolia"]
},
{
"address": "0xWallet2...",
"networks": ["base-sepolia"]
}
],
"includeNativeTokens": true,
"includeErc20Tokens": true
}'
If querying more than 2 wallets, batch them into sequential requests of 2. Do not parallelize — Alchemy rate limits will cause failures. Add sleep 0.5 between batches.
Getting Token Metadata
The Portfolio API returns raw hex balances and contract addresses but not token names or decimals. For each discovered token, fetch metadata with the Token API:
curl -s -X POST "https://base-sepolia.g.alchemy.com/v2/$ALCHEMY_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "alchemy_getTokenMetadata",
"params": ["<token-contract-address>"]
}'
Returns: { "name": "USD Coin", "symbol": "USDC", "decimals": 6, "logo": "..." }
For native tokens (tokenAddress: null), no metadata call is needed — it's always ETH with 18 decimals on EVM chains.
Known Tokens Not Found by Auto-Discovery
The Portfolio API may not discover all tokens. Predeploy contracts on OP Stack chains (Base, Optimism, etc.) are not indexed by Alchemy's auto-discovery. WETH is the most common example.
Always check these known tokens explicitly after the main query by calling the Token API:
curl -s -X POST "https://base-sepolia.g.alchemy.com/v2/$ALCHEMY_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "alchemy_getTokenBalances",
"params": ["<wallet-address>", ["0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000006"]]
}'
| Chain | Token | Predeploy Address | Decimals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base / Base Sepolia | WETH | 0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000006 |
18 |
| Optimism | WETH | 0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000006 |
18 |
Merge results from the predeploy check into the Portfolio API results before presenting. Deduplicate by tokenAddress — if a token appears in both, use the Portfolio API result.
Converting Hex Balances
All balances are hex strings. Convert using python:
hex_balance = "0x16b3bd933bca8"
decimals = 18 # ETH/WETH
balance = int(hex_balance, 16) / (10 ** decimals)
print(f"{balance:.6f}") # 0.000399
Common decimals: ETH/WETH = 18, USDC = 6, USDT = 6, DAI = 18.
Complete Example
Query a wallet for all tokens including WETH predeploy:
ADDR="<wallet-address>"
NETWORK="base-sepolia"
# Step 1: Portfolio API for native + discovered ERC-20s
PORTFOLIO=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.g.alchemy.com/data/v1/$ALCHEMY_API_KEY/assets/tokens/balances/by-address" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d "{\"addresses\":[{\"address\":\"$ADDR\",\"networks\":[\"$NETWORK\"]}],\"includeNativeTokens\":true,\"includeErc20Tokens\":true}")
# Step 2: Explicit check for WETH predeploy
WETH=$(curl -s -X POST "https://$NETWORK.g.alchemy.com/v2/$ALCHEMY_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":1,\"method\":\"alchemy_getTokenBalances\",\"params\":[\"$ADDR\",[\"0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000006\"]]}")
# Step 3: Parse and display
echo "$PORTFOLIO" | python3 -c "
import sys, json
data = json.load(sys.stdin)
tokens = data.get('data', {}).get('tokens', [])
for t in tokens:
addr = t['tokenAddress'] or 'native (ETH)'
bal = int(t['tokenBalance'], 16)
if addr == 'native (ETH)':
print(f' ETH: {bal / 1e18:.6f}')
else:
print(f' {addr}: {bal} (raw)')
"
echo "$WETH" | python3 -c "
import sys, json
data = json.load(sys.stdin)
for t in data.get('result', {}).get('tokenBalances', []):
bal = int(t['tokenBalance'], 16)
if bal > 0:
print(f' WETH: {bal / 1e18:.6f}')
"
Presenting Results
Multi-wallet overview (most common case)
When the user asks for a portfolio overview across multiple wallets, present one consolidated table — not individual cards per wallet. This is the preferred format:
Base Sepolia Wallet Overview
Name Address Policy ETH USDC WETH
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
test-open 0xC660...Bc13 open 0.000999 — —
dave-test-key 0xD88E...eb80 biometric 0.003399 — —
dave-testkey-passcode 0x60e8...B959 passcode 0.001899 — —
dave-bio-test-key 0x63BC...35EC biometric 0.001799 — —
dave-unified-test-key 0xEE38...5e49 open 0.001299 — —
dave-unified-test-key-bio 0xC702...CcE4 biometric 0.000399 37.534885 0.000100
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Total 0.009794 37.534885 0.000100
Key rules for the consolidated table:
- One row per wallet, all wallets in a single table
- Include name, truncated address, signing policy, and all token balances as columns
- Use
—for tokens a wallet doesn't hold - Add a totals row at the bottom
- Only add token columns that at least one wallet holds (don't show empty columns)
- Do NOT create separate info cards, tables, or sections per wallet
Single wallet query
When the user asks about one specific wallet, a compact format is fine:
dave-unified-test-key-bio (0xC702...CcE4) — Base Sepolia, biometric
Token Balance Contract
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
ETH 0.000399 (native)
WETH 0.000100 0x4200...0006
USDC 37.534885 0x036C...CF7e
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
General rules
- Always include native ETH alongside ERC-20 tokens.
- If a token has a non-zero balance but you can't resolve its name via
alchemy_getTokenMetadata, show the contract address as the identifier. - Use
eth_getBalancevia the Alchemy RPC for native ETH if needed as a fallback.
Notes
- Testnet support is a key advantage. Use for Base Sepolia, Ethereum Sepolia, Arbitrum Sepolia, etc.
- Alchemy does not return USD prices on testnets. For mainnet price data, use a price API.
- Query wallets sequentially, not in parallel. Max 2 addresses per request. Add
sleep 0.5between requests when querying more than 2 wallets. - Always check predeploy tokens explicitly (especially WETH on OP Stack chains) — they are not found by auto-discovery.
- Use
pageKeyfrom the response to paginate if a wallet holds many tokens.