NEAR Name Service Skill

Manage .near domain names with ease.

Description

This skill provides a CLI interface to interact with NEAR Name Service (.near domains). Check availability, register names, resolve names to accounts, and manage your owned .near domains.

Features

• Check .near name availability
• Register a .near domain
• Resolve .near domain to account ID
• List owned .near domains
• Simple command-line interface

Commands

near-name check <name>

Check if a .near domain is available.

Parameters:

• name - The domain name (without .near suffix)

Example:

near-name check mydomain

near-name register <name> [account_id]

Register a .near domain.

Parameters:

• name - The domain name (without .near suffix)
• account_id - Account to register to (optional, uses default)

Example:

near-name register mydomain myaccount.near

near-name resolve <name>

Resolve a .near domain to its account ID.

Parameters:

• name - The domain name to resolve

Example:

near-name resolve mydomain.near

near-name list [account_id]

List all .near domains owned by an account.

Parameters:

• account_id - Account to list domains for (optional, uses default)

Configuration

Set your default account:

export NEAR_ACCOUNT="myaccount.near"

Pricing

• Registration: ~5-10 NEAR (varies by name length)
• Annual renewal: ~0.1 NEAR
• Shorter names (<4 chars) cost more

References

• NEAR Name Service: https://near.org/names/
• Naming Registry Contract: naming.near
• NEAR CLI: https://docs.near.org/tools/near-cli