The latest articles on DEV Community by solvioagent (@solvioagent). https://dev.to/solvioagent https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4013697%2F31d60c5a-6d92-45f1-acbb-2785c8d288ad.png https://dev.to/solvioagent en solvioagent Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:31:50 +0000 https://dev.to/solvioagent/i-built-an-ai-agent-on-solana-that-actually-does-the-work-k89 https://dev.to/solvioagent/i-built-an-ai-agent-on-solana-that-actually-does-the-work-k89 <p>A few weeks ago I got tired of AI that just talks at you. You ask it something, it hands you a wall of text, and you still have to go do the actual work yourself. So I built the opposite.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.solvioagent.xyz" rel="noopener noreferrer">Solvio</a></strong> is a free AI agent on Solana. You chat with it and it actually goes and does things, all from one conversation.</p> <h2> What it can do </h2> <ul> <li>Search the web and read links, with sources</li> <li>Generate images and QR codes right in the chat</li> <li>Pull live crypto prices, trends, and market data</li> <li>Convert currencies, check the weather, look things up on Wikipedia</li> <li>Look up any Solana wallet's balance, token holdings, and recent transactions</li> <li>Run tasks automatically on a schedule (daily or weekly)</li> <li>Operate its own Solana wallet (devnet for now)</li> </ul> <p>Everything happens in one chat. No jumping between ten different tools.</p> <h2> How it's built </h2> <p>The frontend is Next.js + Tailwind on Vercel. The agent is a lean Python service: an OpenAI-compatible tool-calling loop where every "skill" is just a function the model can call. Each skill is a real, self-contained tool (web search, an image API, Solana JSON-RPC, and so on), so adding a capability is mostly writing one function and a schema.</p> <p>A few things I cared about:</p> <ul> <li> <strong>Every skill is a tool, not a prompt trick.</strong> The model decides when to call them; the tools do the real work and return grounded data.</li> <li> <strong>Security from the start.</strong> The agent runs sandboxed, wallet keys are derived (not stored), and the URL-reading tool is pinned against SSRF.</li> <li> <strong>Bounded autonomy.</strong> Scheduled tasks run on their own, but capped so they can't run wild.</li> </ul> <h2> Try it </h2> <p>It's live and completely free: <strong><a href="https://www.solvioagent.xyz" rel="noopener noreferrer">solvioagent.xyz</a></strong></p> <p>Ask it something and watch it actually go do it. I'm shipping new skills basically every day, so if there's something you'd want an agent to handle for you, I'd love to hear it.</p> <ul> <li>Site: <a href="https://www.solvioagent.xyz" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.solvioagent.xyz</a> </li> <li>X: <a href="https://x.com/SolvioAgent" rel="noopener noreferrer">@SolvioAgent</a> </li> <li>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/SolvioAgent/solvio" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/SolvioAgent/solvio</a> </li> </ul> <p>Still early, but it's starting to feel like the thing I had in my head. Feedback welcome.</p> agents ai showdev web3