data-streaming
"Stream Light Protocol account state via Laserstream gRPC. Covers token accounts, mint accounts, and compressible PDAs with hot/cold lifecycle tracking. Use when building custom data pipelines, aggregators, or indexers."
Resources
1Install
npx skillscat add lightprotocol/skills/data-streaming Install via the SkillsCat registry.
SKILL.md
Data Streaming
Stream Light Protocol account state transitions via Laserstream gRPC.
Workflow
- Clarify intent
- Recommend plan mode, if it's not activated
- Use
AskUserQuestionto resolve blind spots - All questions must be resolved before execution
- Identify references and skills
- Match task to domain references below
- Locate relevant documentation and examples
- Write plan file (YAML task format)
- Use
AskUserQuestionfor anything unclear — never guess or assume - Identify blockers: permissions, dependencies, unknowns
- Plan must be complete before execution begins
- Use
- Execute
- Use
Tasktool with subagents for parallel research - Subagents load skills via
Skilltool - Track progress with
TodoWrite
- Use
- When stuck: spawn subagent with
Read,Glob,Grep, DeepWiki MCP access and loadskills/ask-mcp
When NOT to use
For simple account lookups, call get_account_interface from light-client. It races hot and cold lookups automatically.
This skill is for continuous data pipelines: aggregators, market makers, and indexers that need real-time state change notifications rather than point queries.
Domain references
| Audience | Reference |
|---|---|
| All — shared architecture (read first) | references/shared.md |
| Token accounts (SPL-compatible, 165 bytes) | references/token-accounts.md |
| Mint accounts (borsh-deserialized, metadata) | references/mint-accounts.md |
| Compressible PDAs (per-program, discriminator check) | references/pdas.md |
Account type decision
| Streaming... | Account type | Key difference |
|---|---|---|
| SPL-compatible token balances | Token accounts | PodAccount parsing, 165-byte layout |
| Mint supply, metadata, authorities | Mint accounts | Mint::deserialize, borsh layout |
| Your program's PDA state | Compressible PDAs | 8-byte discriminator check, per-program filter |
Program addresses
| Program | Address |
|---|---|
| Light Token Program | cTokenmWW8bLPjZEBAUgYy3zKxQZW6VKi7bqNFEVv3m |
| Light System Program | SySTEM1eSU2p4BGQfQpimFEWWSC1XDFeun3Nqzz3rT7 |
External references
| Resource | Link |
|---|---|
| Photon indexer | github.com/helius-labs/photon |
SDK references
| Package | Link |
|---|---|
@lightprotocol/stateless.js |
API docs |
light-client |
docs.rs |
Categories
Install
npx skillscat add lightprotocol/skills/data-streaming Install via the SkillsCat registry.