Privy Skill

Product summary

Privy is a wallet infrastructure and authentication platform that enables developers to embed wallets and user authentication into applications. It provides client-side SDKs (React, React Native, Swift, Android, Flutter, Unity) for user-facing features and server-side SDKs (Node.js, Go, Java, Rust, Ruby) for backend wallet management. Key entry points: REST API at https://api.privy.io/v1/, PrivyProvider component for React apps, PrivyClient for backend operations. Configuration happens in the Privy Dashboard at https://dashboard.privy.io/. The primary documentation is at https://docs.privy.io.

When to use

Use Privy when:

• Building user authentication flows with email, SMS, social logins, passkeys, or wallet-based auth
• Creating embedded wallets for users (self-custodial, non-custodial, or custodial models)
• Sending transactions on Ethereum, Solana, Tempo, Bitcoin, Tron, Sui, or other blockchains
• Implementing wallet access controls with owners, signers, and policies
• Managing multi-party approval workflows or quorum-based signing
• Tracking wallet balances, transactions, and asset movements
• Setting up gas sponsorship, onramps/offramps, or yield earning
• Building trading apps, treasury management, agent wallets, or fintech applications
• Integrating with external wallets (MetaMask, Phantom, Rainbow, etc.)