About nansen-token-discovery
nansen-token-discovery is a skill for screening tokens with Nansen research commands, aimed at users exploring market activity. It combines volume and smart-money screening with indicators, while advising that flow intelligence be reserved for promising candidates.
Key features
- 01Screen tokens by chain and timeframe
- 02Filter by smart-money activity
- 03Review price, volume, and market metrics
- 04Check bullish, bearish, or neutral indicators
- 05Use flow intelligence for follow-up
Use cases
- 01Find high-volume tokens for review
- 02Narrow a token list to smart-money activity
- 03Check signals on promising tokens
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ nansen-ai/ nansen-cli --skill nansen-token-discoveryAfter installing, type/nansen-token-discoveryin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEToken Discovery
Answers: "What tokens are trending and worth a deeper look?"
CHAIN=solana
# Screen top tokens by volume
nansen research token screener --chain $CHAIN --timeframe 24h --limit 20
# → token_symbol, price_usd, price_change, volume, buy_volume, market_cap_usd, fdv, liquidity, token_age_days
# Smart money only
nansen research token screener --chain $CHAIN --timeframe 24h --smart-money --limit 20
# Search within screener results (client-side filter)
nansen research token screener --chain $CHAIN --search "bonk"
# Smart money holdings — what SM wallets are holding
nansen research smart-money holdings --chain $CHAIN --labels "Smart Trader" --limit 20
# → token_symbol, value_usd, holders_count, balance_24h_percent_change, share_of_holdings_percent
# Nansen indicators for a specific token
TOKEN=<address>
nansen research token indicators --token $TOKEN --chain $CHAIN
# → risk_indicators, reward_indicators (each with score, signal, signal_percentile)
# Flow intelligence — only use for promising tokens from screener/indicators above
nansen research token flow-intelligence --token $TOKEN --chain $CHAIN
# → net_flow_usd per label: smart_trader, whale, exchange, fresh_wallets, public_figure
Screener timeframes: 5m, 10m, 1h, 6h, 24h, 7d, 30d
Indicators: score is "bullish"/"bearish"/"neutral". signal_percentile > 70 = historically significant. Some tokens return empty indicators — not an error.
Flow intelligence is credit-heavy. Use it to confirm SM conviction on tokens that already look promising from screener + indicators, not as a first pass on every token.