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name: optimizing-gas-fees description: | Optimize blockchain gas costs by analyzing prices, patterns, and timing. Use when checking gas prices, estimating costs, or finding optimal windows. Trigger with phrases like "gas prices", "optimize gas", "transaction cost", "when to transact". allowed-tools: Read, Bash(python3:*) version: 1.0.0 author: Jeremy Longshore jeremy@intentsolutions.io license: MIT

Optimizing Gas Fees

Overview

Gas fee optimization skill that:

• Fetches real-time gas prices from multiple sources
• Estimates transaction costs in ETH and USD
• Analyzes historical patterns to find optimal timing
• Predicts future gas prices
• Compares gas across multiple chains

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+ with requests library
• Network access to RPC endpoints
• Optional: ETHERSCAN_API_KEY for higher rate limits
• Optional: Custom RPC URLs via environment variables

Instructions

1. Check Current Gas Prices

cd {baseDir}/scripts && python3 gas_optimizer.py current

For specific chain:

cd {baseDir}/scripts && python3 gas_optimizer.py current --chain polygon

2. Estimate Transaction Cost

For known operations:

cd {baseDir}/scripts && python3 gas_optimizer.py estimate --operation uniswap_v2_swap --all-tiers

For custom gas limit:

cd {baseDir}/scripts && python3 gas_optimizer.py estimate --gas-limit 150000 --tier fast

Available operations: eth_transfer, erc20_transfer, erc20_approve, uniswap_v2_swap, uniswap_v3_swap, sushiswap_swap, curve_swap, nft_mint, nft_transfer, opensea_listing, aave_deposit, aave_withdraw, compound_supply, compound_borrow, bridge_deposit

3. Find Optimal Transaction Window

cd {baseDir}/scripts && python3 gas_optimizer.py optimal

4. View Gas Patterns

Hourly patterns:

cd {baseDir}/scripts && python3 gas_optimizer.py patterns

Daily patterns:

cd {baseDir}/scripts && python3 gas_optimizer.py patterns --daily

5. Predict Future Gas

cd {baseDir}/scripts && python3 gas_optimizer.py predict --time 14

6. Compare Chains

cd {baseDir}/scripts && python3 gas_optimizer.py compare

7. View Base Fee History

cd {baseDir}/scripts && python3 gas_optimizer.py history --blocks 50

Output

• Current: Base fee, priority fee, and tier prices (slow/standard/fast/instant)
• Estimate: Gas cost in native token and USD for each tier
• Patterns: Historical hourly/daily patterns with low-gas markers
• Optimal: Recommended transaction window with expected savings
• Predict: Gas forecast for specific time with confidence
• Compare: Side-by-side gas prices across chains

Supported Chains

| Chain | Native Token | Block Time | |-------|--------------|------------| | Ethereum | ETH | ~12 sec | | Polygon | MATIC | ~2 sec | | Arbitrum | ETH | ~0.25 sec | | Optimism | ETH | ~2 sec | | Base | ETH | ~2 sec |

Price Tiers

| Tier | Percentile | Confirmation Time | |------|------------|-------------------| | Slow | 10th | 10+ blocks (~2+ min) | | Standard | 50th | 3-5 blocks (~1 min) | | Fast | 75th | 1-2 blocks (~30 sec) | | Instant | 90th | Next block (~12 sec) |

Error Handling

See {baseDir}/references/errors.md for:

• RPC connection issues
• API rate limiting
• Price feed errors
• Pattern analysis errors

Examples

See {baseDir}/references/examples.md for:

• Quick start commands
• Cost estimation scenarios
• Multi-chain comparison
• Practical workflows

Resources

• EIP-1559 - Fee market specification
• Etherscan Gas Tracker - Reference oracle
• L2Fees - L2 cost comparison