Thor Skill

CRITICAL RULES

1. Read reference files FIRST. When the user's request involves any topic in the reference table below, read those files before doing anything else. Briefly mention which files you are reading so the user can confirm the skill is active.
2. Information priority: (a) Reference files in this skill — always the primary source. (b) The thor repo source code at github.com/vechain/thor/v2 for implementation details. (c) Web search — only as a last resort for topics NOT covered in references.
3. Prefer working directly in the main conversation. Plan mode and subagents do not inherit skill context and may produce stale answers.
4. After compaction or context loss, re-read this SKILL.md to restore awareness of the reference table.

Scope

Use this Skill for anything related to the VeChainThor node (thor):

• Architecture and package structure of the Go codebase
• Consensus: PoA v1/v2, PoS (Galactica), BFT finality
• Built-in contracts: Authority, Energy, Staker, Params, Prototype, Executor, Extension
• REST API endpoints and WebSocket subscriptions
• Storage: LevelDB, SQLite logdb, trie, pruning, node types
• P2P networking: discovery, block/tx propagation