NFT Standards

Master ERC-721 and ERC-1155 NFT standards, metadata best practices, and advanced NFT features.

Do not use this skill when

• The task is unrelated to nft standards
• You need a different domain or tool outside this scope

Instructions

• Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs.
• Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes.
• Provide actionable steps and verification.
• If detailed examples are required, open resources/implementation-playbook.md.

Use this skill when

• Creating NFT collections (art, gaming, collectibles)
• Implementing marketplace functionality
• Building on-chain or off-chain metadata
• Creating soulbound tokens (non-transferable)
• Implementing royalties and revenue sharing
• Developing dynamic/evolving NFTs

ERC-721 (Non-Fungible Token Standard)

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.0;

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC721/extensions/ERC721URIStorage.sol";
import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC721/extensions/ERC721Enumerable.sol";
import "@openzeppelin/contracts/access/Ownable.sol";
import "@openzeppelin/contracts/utils/Counters.sol";

contract MyNFT is ERC721URIStorage, ERC721Enumerable, Ownable {
    using Counters for Counters.Counter;
    Counters.Counter private _tokenIds;

    uint256 public constant MAX_SUPPLY = 10000;
    uint256 public constant MINT_PRICE = 0.08 ether;
    uint256 public constant MAX_PER_MINT = 20;

    constructor() ERC721("MyNFT", "MNFT") {}

    function mint(uint256 quantity) external payable {
        require(quantity > 0 && quantity = MINT_PRICE * quantity, "Insufficient payment");

        for (uint256 i = 0; i  uint256) public tokenSupply;
    mapping(uint256 => uint256) public maxSupply;

    constructor() ERC1155("ipfs://QmBaseHash/{id}.json") {
        maxSupply[SWORD] = 1000;
        maxSupply[SHIELD] = 500;
        maxSupply[POTION] = 10000;
    }

    function mint(
        address to,
        uint256 id,
        uint256 amount
    ) external onlyOwner {
        require(tokenSupply[id] + amount  Traits) public tokenTraits;

    function tokenURI(uint256 tokenId) public view override returns (string memory) {
        Traits memory traits = tokenTraits[tokenId];

        string memory json = Base64.encode(
            bytes(
                string(
                    abi.encodePacked(
                        '{"name": "NFT #', Strings.toString(tokenId), '",',
                        '"description": "On-chain NFT",',
                        '"image": "data:image/svg+xml;base64,', generateSVG(traits), '",',
                        '"attributes": [',
                        '{"trait_type": "Background", "value": "', Strings.toString(traits.background), '"},',
                        '{"trait_type": "Rarity", "value": "', getRarityName(traits.rarity), '"}',
                        ']}'
                    )
                )
            )
        );

        return string(abi.encodePacked("data:application/json;base64,", json));
    }

    function generateSVG(Traits memory traits) internal pure returns (string memory) {
        // Generate SVG based on traits
        return "...";
    }
}

Royalties (EIP-2981)

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/interfaces/IERC2981.sol";

contract NFTWithRoyalties is ERC721, IERC2981 {
    address public royaltyRecipient;
    uint96 public royaltyFee = 500; // 5%

    constructor() ERC721("Royalty NFT", "RNFT") {
        royaltyRecipient = msg.sender;
    }

    function royaltyInfo(uint256 tokenId, uint256 salePrice)
        external
        view
        override
        returns (address receiver, uint256 royaltyAmount)
    {
        return (royaltyRecipient, (salePrice * royaltyFee) / 10000);
    }

    function setRoyalty(address recipient, uint96 fee) external onlyOwner {
        require(fee  TokenState) public tokenStates;

    function gainExperience(uint256 tokenId, uint256 exp) external {
        require(ownerOf(tokenId) == msg.sender, "Not token owner");

        TokenState storage state = tokenStates[tokenId];
        state.experience += exp;

        // Level up logic
        if (state.experience >= state.level * 100) {
            state.level++;
        }

        state.lastUpdated = block.timestamp;
    }

    function tokenURI(uint256 tokenId) public view override returns (string memory) {
        TokenState memory state = tokenStates[tokenId];

        // Generate metadata based on current state
        return generateMetadata(tokenId, state);
    }

    function generateMetadata(uint256 tokenId, TokenState memory state)
        internal
        pure
        returns (string memory)
    {
        // Dynamic metadata generation
        return "";
    }
}

Gas-Optimized Minting (ERC721A)

import "erc721a/contracts/ERC721A.sol";

contract OptimizedNFT is ERC721A {
    uint256 public constant MAX_SUPPLY = 10000;
    uint256 public constant MINT_PRICE = 0.05 ether;

    constructor() ERC721A("Optimized NFT", "ONFT") {}

    function mint(uint256 quantity) external payable {
        require(_totalMinted() + quantity = MINT_PRICE * quantity, "Insufficient payment");

        _mint(msg.sender, quantity);
    }

    function _baseURI() internal pure override returns (string memory) {
        return "ipfs://QmBaseHash/";
    }
}

Resources

• references/erc721.md: ERC-721 specification details
• references/erc1155.md: ERC-1155 multi-token standard
• references/metadata-standards.md: Metadata best practices
• references/enumeration.md: Token enumeration patterns
• assets/erc721-contract.sol: Production ERC-721 template
• assets/erc1155-contract.sol: Production ERC-1155 template
• assets/metadata-schema.json: Standard metadata format
• assets/metadata-uploader.py: IPFS upload utility

Best Practices

1. Use OpenZeppelin: Battle-tested implementations
2. Pin Metadata: Use IPFS with pinning service
3. Implement Royalties: EIP-2981 for marketplace compatibility
4. Gas Optimization: Use ERC721A for batch minting
5. Reveal Mechanism: Placeholder → reveal pattern
6. Enumeration: Support walletOfOwner for marketplaces
7. Whitelist: Merkle trees for efficient whitelisting

Marketplace Integration

• OpenSea: ERC-721/1155, metadata standards
• LooksRare: Royalty enforcement
• Rarible: Protocol fees, lazy minting
• Blur: Gas-optimized trading