Send USDC

Overview

Send USDC to an Ethereum address or ENS name. Use when you or the user want to send money, pay someone, transfer USDC, tip, donate, or send funds to a wallet address or .eth name.

Prerequisites

• Must be authenticated (npx awal@latest status to check)
• Wallet must have sufficient USDC balance (npx awal@latest balance to check)

Confirming wallet status

npx awal@latest status

If the wallet is not authenticated, refer to the authenticate-wallet skill.

Command syntax

npx awal@latest send <amount> <recipient> [--chain <chain>] [--json]

Arguments

Argument	Description
amount	Amount to send: $1.00, 1.00, or atomic units (1000000 = $1). Numbers > 100 without decimals are treated as atomic units.
recipient	Ethereum address (0x…) or ENS name (vitalik.eth)

Options

Option	Description
--chain <name>	Blockchain network: base (default), base-sepolia, solana, solana-devnet, or polygon
--json	Output result as JSON

Examples

# Send $1.00 USDC to an address
npx awal@latest send 1 0x1234...abcd

# Send $0.50 USDC to an ENS name
npx awal@latest send 0.50 vitalik.eth

# Send with dollar sign prefix
npx awal@latest send "$5.00" 0x1234...abcd

# Send on Base Sepolia testnet
npx awal@latest send 1 0x1234...abcd --chain base-sepolia

# Send on Solana
npx awal@latest send 1 <solana-address> --chain solana

# Send on Polygon
npx awal@latest send 1 0x1234...abcd --chain polygon

# Get JSON output
npx awal@latest send 1 vitalik.eth --json

ENS resolution

ENS names are automatically resolved to addresses via Ethereum mainnet. The command will:

1. Detect ENS names (any string containing a dot that isn’t a hex address)
2. Resolve the name to an address
3. Display both the ENS name and resolved address in the output

Error handling

Error	Resolution
”Not authenticated”	Run npx awal@latest auth login <email> first
”Insufficient balance”	Check balance with npx awal@latest balance and fund wallet
”Could not resolve ENS name”	Verify the ENS name exists
”Invalid recipient”	Must be valid 0x address or ENS name