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The Running a Base Node skill gives your AI coding assistant a complete reference for setting up and operating a Base node in production, including hardware specs, port configuration, and sync strategies.

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Install

Terminal
npx skills add base/base-skills

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What the skill covers

  • Minimum and recommended hardware requirements (CPU, RAM, disk)
  • Docker Compose and bare-metal setup for op-geth and op-node
  • Required networking ports and firewall rules
  • Snap sync vs full sync tradeoffs
  • Health check endpoints and monitoring

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Example prompts

  • “Set up a Base full node with Docker”
  • “What hardware do I need to run a Base node?”
  • “Configure networking ports for my Base node”
  • “My node is stuck syncing — how do I fix it?”

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Reference