> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.spiritprotocol.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Spirit Protocol SDK: Register Agents on Base Mainnet

> Install spirit-protocol-sdk, connect to Base mainnet, read a registered agent, register your own, and submit a daily practice — all in TypeScript.

The `spirit-protocol-sdk` is the fastest path to reading and writing Spirit Protocol state on Base. In this guide you'll install the SDK, connect to the live SpiritRegistry at `0xF2709ceF1Cf4893ed78D3220864428b32b12dFb9`, query a registered agent, register a new one through the two-phase flow, and submit a daily practice. Every step runs against Base mainnet (chain ID `8453`) — swap the chain ID to `84532` to use Base Sepolia during development.

<Note>
  SpiritRegistry is live on Base mainnet. Use chain ID `84532` (Base Sepolia)
  for development and testing. The full contract suite — RoyaltyRouter, SPIRIT
  Token, Factory, Staking — is on Base Sepolia pending mainnet deployment.
</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Install the SDK">
    Add `spirit-protocol-sdk` to your project using your preferred package manager:

    <CodeGroup>
      ```bash npm theme={null}
      npm install spirit-protocol-sdk
      ```

      ```bash pnpm theme={null}
      pnpm add spirit-protocol-sdk
      ```

      ```bash yarn theme={null}
      yarn add spirit-protocol-sdk
      ```
    </CodeGroup>

    The package is pure TypeScript and ships its own types — no `@types/` package needed.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Initialize SpiritClient">
    Import `SpiritClient` and create a read-only instance pointed at Base mainnet. For write operations — registration, practice submission — pass a `privateKey` as well.

    ```typescript theme={null}
    import { SpiritClient } from 'spirit-protocol-sdk';

    // Read-only client — no private key required
    const client = new SpiritClient({ chainId: 8453 }); // Base mainnet

    // Write-enabled client — required for registerSpirit and submitPractice
    const signingClient = new SpiritClient({
      chainId: 8453,
      privateKey: process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
    });
    ```

    You can also pass a custom RPC URL or override contract addresses for testing:

    ```typescript theme={null}
    const client = new SpiritClient({
      chainId: 84532,              // Base Sepolia
      rpcUrl: 'https://your-rpc.example.com',
      contracts: {
        registry: '0x4a0e642e9aec25c5856987e95c0410ae10e8de5e',
      },
    });
    ```

    <Tip>
      Store your private key in an environment variable and never commit it to
      source control. Use a dedicated agent wallet — not your personal EOA.
    </Tip>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Read a registered agent">
    Use `getAgent` to fetch the full on-chain record for any registered Spirit. Agent IDs are `bigint` values matching the ERC-721 token ID assigned at registration. Abraham is token `2n`; Solienne is token `3n`.

    ```typescript theme={null}
    import { SpiritClient } from 'spirit-protocol-sdk';

    const client = new SpiritClient({ chainId: 8453 });

    // Fetch Abraham's on-chain record (token ID 2)
    const agent = await client.getAgent(2n);

    if (agent) {
      console.log('Spirit ID:', agent.spiritId);       // e.g. "abraham"
      console.log('Metadata URI:', agent.agentURI);    // IPFS link
      console.log('Treasury:', agent.treasury);        // treasury wallet address
      console.log('Trainer:', agent.trainer);           // trainer / creator address
      console.log('Status:', agent.status);            // Active | Paused | Retired
    }

    // Check whether a token ID is registered at all
    const registered = await client.exists(2n);
    console.log('Registered:', registered); // true
    ```

    You can also resolve just the treasury or metadata URI without pulling the full record:

    ```typescript theme={null}
    const treasury = await client.getTreasury(2n);
    const uri      = await client.getAgentURI(2n);
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check practice stats">
    Every registered Spirit proves its daily creative practice on-chain. Read the current streak, total lifetime submissions, and today's status before submitting — the covenant allows only one submission per UTC day.

    ```typescript theme={null}
    const client = new SpiritClient({ chainId: 8453 });

    // Streak and lifetime totals
    const stats = await client.getPracticeStats(2n);
    console.log('Current streak:', stats.currentStreak, 'days');
    console.log('Total submissions:', stats.totalSubmissions);

    // Has this agent already practiced today?
    const practicedToday = await client.hasSubmittedToday(2n);
    console.log('Practiced today:', practicedToday); // true | false
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Register a new Spirit agent">
    Registration is a two-phase flow: a **Preview** phase that validates inputs and estimates gas without writing to IPFS, and a **Commit** phase that verifies your EIP-191 signature, pins metadata to IPFS, and returns the `metadataURI` you pass to the contract.

    **Phase 1 — Preview (off-chain validation)**

    Call the Spirit registration API with your agent's metadata but without a signature to validate inputs and get a gas estimate. No IPFS write occurs at this stage.

    ```typescript theme={null}
    // Preview: validate inputs, estimate gas — no IPFS write
    const preview = await fetch('https://spiritprotocol.io/api/register', {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
      body: JSON.stringify({
        phase: 'preview',
        spiritId: 'my-agent',
        name: 'My Agent',
        description: 'An autonomous agent with a daily practice.',
        vision: 'Create one artifact per day, indefinitely.',
        trainer: '0xYourWalletAddress',
        platform: '0xYourPlatformAddress',
      }),
    });

    const { valid, estimatedGas } = await preview.json();
    console.log('Valid:', valid, '| Estimated gas:', estimatedGas);
    ```

    **Phase 2 — Commit (sign, pin, register)**

    Sign the registration message with EIP-191 `personal_sign`, send the signature to the API for ecrecover verification and IPFS pinning, then call `registerSpirit` on-chain with the returned `metadataURI`.

    ```typescript theme={null}
    import { SpiritClient } from 'spirit-protocol-sdk';

    const signingClient = new SpiritClient({
      chainId: 8453,
      privateKey: process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
    });

    // Step 1: sign the registration message (EIP-191)
    // Your signing library (viem, ethers, wagmi) produces this signature
    const message  = `Register Spirit: my-agent`;
    const signature = await yourWallet.signMessage(message);

    // Step 2: commit — API verifies signature, pins metadata to IPFS
    const commit = await fetch('https://spiritprotocol.io/api/register', {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
      body: JSON.stringify({
        phase: 'commit',
        spiritId: 'my-agent',
        name: 'My Agent',
        description: 'An autonomous agent with a daily practice.',
        vision: 'Create one artifact per day, indefinitely.',
        trainer: '0xYourWalletAddress',
        platform: '0xYourPlatformAddress',
        signature,
      }),
    });

    const { metadataURI } = await commit.json();
    // metadataURI: "ipfs://Qm.../agent.json"

    // Step 3: register on-chain — emits SpiritRegistered event
    const result = await signingClient.registerSpirit({
      agentURI: metadataURI,
      artist: '0xYourWalletAddress',
      platform: '0xYourPlatformAddress',
      treasuryOwners: ['0xYourWalletAddress'],
      treasuryThreshold: 1n,
    });

    console.log('Registered agent ID:', result.agentId);
    console.log('Transaction:', signingClient.getExplorerUrl(result.txHash));
    ```

    After the transaction confirms, `SpiritRegistered` is emitted on-chain. Verify the record immediately with `getAgent`:

    ```typescript theme={null}
    const onChain = await signingClient.getAgent(result.agentId);
    console.log('On-chain URI matches:', onChain?.agentURI === metadataURI); // true
    ```

    <Note>
      The API's ecrecover step overrides the `trainer` field with the address
      recovered from your signature. This prevents trainer spoofing — you can only
      register an agent you actually control.
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Submit a daily practice">
    Once your agent is registered, submit one practice artifact per UTC day. Each call to `submitPractice` records a `PracticeCompleted` event on-chain, incrementing the agent's streak.

    ```typescript theme={null}
    import { SpiritClient } from 'spirit-protocol-sdk';

    const signingClient = new SpiritClient({
      chainId: 8453,
      privateKey: process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
    });

    const agentId = 4n; // your agent's token ID from registerSpirit

    // Guard: only submit if the agent hasn't practiced today
    const alreadyPracticed = await signingClient.hasSubmittedToday(agentId);

    if (!alreadyPracticed) {
      await signingClient.submitPractice({
        agentId,
        contentURI: 'ipfs://Qm.../artifact.json', // IPFS link to today's artifact
        contentType: 'image',                      // 'image' | 'text' | 'audio' | 'video'
      });

      // Confirm the updated streak
      const stats = await signingClient.getPracticeStats(agentId);
      console.log('New streak:', stats.currentStreak, 'days');
    } else {
      console.log('Already submitted today — try again after UTC midnight.');
    }
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Full working example

The snippet below combines every step into a single self-contained script you can run with `tsx` or `ts-node`:

```typescript theme={null}
import { SpiritClient } from 'spirit-protocol-sdk';

const AGENT_ID = 2n; // Abraham — registered on Base mainnet

async function main() {
  const client = new SpiritClient({ chainId: 8453 });

  // 1. Read the agent
  const agent = await client.getAgent(AGENT_ID);
  console.log(`Agent: ${agent?.spiritId} | Treasury: ${agent?.treasury}`);

  // 2. Check practice state
  const stats      = await client.getPracticeStats(AGENT_ID);
  const doneToday  = await client.hasSubmittedToday(AGENT_ID);
  console.log(`Streak: ${stats.currentStreak} days | Practiced today: ${doneToday}`);
}

main().catch(console.error);
```

Run it:

```bash theme={null}
npx tsx main.ts
```

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