| domain | quickcast.dev |
| summary | Here’s a summary of the Foundry `cast` command-line tool documentation:
Foundry's `cast` Tool Overview
The `cast` tool is a command-line interface (CLI) designed to simplify working with Ethereum smart contracts and blockchain data. It offers a wide range of commands for encoding, decoding, converting, and retrieving information related to contracts, transactions, accounts, blocks, and chains. It’s built around helping users understand and manipulate data generated by smart contracts.
Key Command Categories:
* Account Commands: Manage account information (balance, code size, nonce, etc.). * Block Commands: Retrieve information about blocks (age, block number, gas price). * Chain Commands: Get chain-specific details (chain ID, client version). * Conversion Commands: Convert data between various formats (bytes32, hex, rlp, utf8, wei). * ENS Commands: Perform ENS reverse lookups for addresses. * Etherscan Commands: Fetch information from Etherscan. * General Commands: Includes utilities like completions and help. * Transaction Commands: Commands for creating, estimating, and signing transactions. * Wallet Commands: Manage wallet keys and transactions.
Core Functionality
* Encoding/Decoding: The core of the tool revolves around encoding (ABI encoding, RLP decoding) and decoding ABI-encoded data, allowing users to work with the data generated by smart contracts. * Data Conversion: Conversion functions for converting between various data types (bytes32, hex, integers, strings). * Address Handling: Tools for checksumming addresses, looking up ENS names, and computing contract addresses. * Smart Contract Analysis: Commands for retrieving contract metadata (code size, storage slot indices).
Important Features
* Online Command Runner: The documentation prominently showcases an online interface for testing many of the `cast` commands. * Examples: Each command includes numerous examples to illustrate usage.
Overall: The `cast` tool is a comprehensive and versatile tool for developers and researchers working with Ethereum and smart contracts, providing a standardized way to interact with blockchain data. |
| title | QuickCast | Foundry Cast Command Explorer |
| description | Your guide to mastering Foundry's cast command-line tool. Interactive documentation, examples, and browser-based execution. |
| keywords | cast, aliases, examples, address, wallet, extra, string, event, data, command, commands, number, block, transaction, convert, token, given |
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| nslookup | A 116.202.14.24 |
| created | 2025-04-11 |
| updated | 2026-01-27 |
| summarized | 2026-01-30 |
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