name: ordinals-wallet description: Build, debug, and extend the Ordinals Wallet CLI (ow-cli) — a Bitcoin Ordinals marketplace tool for buying, selling, listing, and transferring inscriptions, runes, BRC-20, and Alkanes tokens. Use when working on ow-cli code, its API client, PSBT signing, escrow flows, or any Bitcoin Ordinals / inscription / rune marketplace feature.

Ordinals Wallet CLI Skill

Project overview

ow-cli is a CLI for Ordinals Wallet. It lets users buy, sell, list, transfer inscriptions and runes from the terminal. Turborepo monorepo at ~/proj/ow/ow-cli with three packages:

Key commands

ow wallet create|import|info|inscriptions|tokens
ow wallet consolidate --fee-rate N [--utxos txid:vout:value,...]
ow market buy <inscription_id> --fee-rate N
ow market buy-rune <txid:vout> --fee-rate N
ow market buy-bulk --ids <id1,id2,...> --fee-rate N
ow market buy-alkane --outpoints <op1,op2,...> --fee-rate N
ow market list <inscription_id> --price N
ow market list-bulk --collection <slug> --above-floor <pct>
ow market delist <inscription_id>
ow inscription info <id>
ow inscription inscribe <file> --fee-rate N
ow inscription send <id> --to <addr> --fee-rate N
ow collection info|listings|history|search
ow send <sats> --to <addr> --fee-rate N
ow fee-estimate
ow wallet rune balance
ow wallet rune send --rune-id <block:tx> --amount N --divisibility N --to <addr> --fee-rate N --outpoints <list>
ow wallet rune split --rune-id <block:tx> --amount N --splits N --divisibility N --fee-rate N --outpoints <list>
ow wallet alkane balance
ow wallet alkane send --rune-id <block:tx> --amount N --divisibility N --to <addr> --fee-rate N --outpoints <list>
ow wallet alkane split --rune-id <block:tx> --amount N --splits N --divisibility N --fee-rate N --outpoints <list>
ow wallet brc20 balance
ow wallet brc20 inscribe-transfer --ticker <name> --amount N --fee-rate N [--splits N]
ow wallet brc20 send [inscription_id] --to <addr> --fee-rate N
ow wallet tap balance
ow wallet tap inscribe-transfer --ticker <name> --amount N --fee-rate N [--splits N]
ow wallet tap send [inscription_id] --to <addr> --fee-rate N

All commands accept --json for machine output and --debug for full API errors.

API base

All HTTP goes through https://turbo.ordinalswallet.com. The client is configured in packages/api/src/client.ts.

Key endpoints:

• GET /wallet/:address — wallet info, inscriptions, balances
• GET /wallet/:address/utxos|rune-balance|brc20-balance|alkanes-balance
• GET /inscription/:id — inscription detail
• GET /wallet/fee-estimates — fee rates
• POST /wallet/broadcast — broadcast raw tx
• POST /wallet/purchase|purchase-bulk|purchase-bulk-runes — build purchase PSBTs
• POST /wallet/escrow|escrow-bulk — build escrow PSBTs
• POST /wallet/send|inscription/send — build send PSBTs
• POST /rune/transfer — build rune transfer PSBT (simple or edict-based)
• POST /alkane/transfer — build alkane transfer PSBT
• POST /wallet/build — build consolidation PSBT
• POST /wallet/broadcast-bulk — broadcast multiple raw txs
• POST /wallet/purchase-bulk-alkanes — build alkane purchase PSBT
• POST /market/purchase|purchase-rune — submit signed purchase
• POST /market/escrow-bulk — submit signed escrow listing
• POST /market/cancel-escrow — cancel listing
• POST /inscribe/estimate|upload — inscription cost estimate and upload
• GET /collection/:slug|:slug/escrows|:slug/sold-escrows|:slug/stats
• GET /v2/search/:input — search collections/inscriptions

PSBT signing flow

All signing happens in packages/core/src/signer.ts. Two functions:

signPsbt(opts)

1. Parse PSBT with allowLegacyWitnessUtxo
2. For each input matching the wallet's P2TR script: set tapInternalKey
3. Sign with signIdx using sighash types [DEFAULT, ALL, SINGLE|ANYONECANPAY]
4. Finalize by setting finalScriptWitness = [tapKeySig]
5. If disableExtract: return PSBT hex (for escrow listings). Otherwise: return raw tx hex.

signPurchaseFlow(privateKey, publicKey, setupHex, purchaseHex)

1. Sign and extract the setup PSBT → raw tx
2. Get the setup txid from the signed transaction
3. In the purchase PSBT, replace zero-txid placeholder inputs with the real setup txid
4. Sign and extract the purchase PSBT → raw tx
5. Return { signedSetup, signedPurchase }

Type system

All API types live in packages/api/src/types.ts. No any types — everything is fully typed. Key interfaces:

• WalletInfo, WalletInscription, InscriptionDetail
• RuneBalance, Brc20Balance, AlkanesBalance
• Escrow, CollectionMetadata, CollectionStats
• FeeEstimates (fields: fastestFee, halfHourFee, hourFee, economyFee, minimumFee)
• BuildPurchaseRequest/Response, SubmitPurchaseRequest/Response
• BuildEscrowRequest/Response, SubmitEscrowRequest/Response
• SearchResult, SearchCollection
• InscribeEstimateRequest/Response, InscribeUploadResponse
• RuneEdict, RuneOutpoint, BuildRuneEdictTransferRequest, BuildAlkaneTransferRequest
• BuildConsolidateRequest/Response, BuildPurchaseAlkanesRequest, BroadcastBulkResult

TAP protocol types are in packages/api/src/tap.ts (TapToken).

Testing

pnpm test        # all packages
pnpm build       # build all

• Core tests: packages/core/__tests__/ — keys, signer, address
• API tests: packages/api/__tests__/ — MSW mock server, all endpoints
• CLI tests: packages/cli/__tests__/ — validators, errors, output formatting

MSW handlers are in packages/api/__tests__/handlers.ts. Vitest config per-package.

Conventions

• ESM-only ("type": "module", .js extensions in imports)
• tsup for builds, vitest for tests
• No any types anywhere — use unknown + type guards or specific interfaces
• noImplicitAny enabled in tsconfig.base.json
• Keystore encrypted with AES-256-GCM at ~/.ow-cli/keystore.json
• CLI validators in packages/cli/src/utils/validate.ts throw CliError
• handleError() in packages/cli/src/utils/errors.ts maps errors → user messages
• formatJson(data: unknown), formatSats(), formatTable() in packages/cli/src/output.ts