Agent Payments

Transfers on Hyperliquid are free and settle in under a second. No gas, no approval transactions. That makes it practical for agent-to-agent payments, even tiny ones.

Setup

# Generate a wallet for your agent
hlz keys new agent
 
# Export for non-interactive use
export HL_KEY_NAME=agent
export HL_PASSWORD=your_password

The printed address is where your agent receives funds.

Funding the Wallet

Bridge from another chain — app.hyperliquid.xyz or cctp.to both work. Connect your wallet, pick a source chain (Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, etc.), enter the amount, and send to your agent's address. Takes a few minutes.

Transfer from another Hyperliquid account — if someone already has funds on Hyperliquid, they can send directly:

hlz send 100 USDC 0xYourAgentAddress

Sending Payments

# Send USDC to another address
hlz send 10 USDC 0xRecipientAddress --json
 
# Send HYPE tokens
hlz send 5 HYPE 0xRecipientAddress --json
 
# Exit code tells you what happened: 0 = ok, 4 = network error
echo $?

Checking Balance

hlz balance --json | jq '.accountValue'
 
# Or just the number
hlz balance -q

Spot vs Perps Balance

USDC exists in two places on Hyperliquid: your perps balance (for trading) and your spot balance (for token transfers). Bridged funds arrive in spot.

# Move bridged funds to perps for trading
hlz send 100 USDC --to perp
 
# Move back to spot for sending tokens
hlz send 50 USDC --to spot

In a Script

#!/bin/bash
RESULT=$(hlz send "$1" "${3:-USDC}" "$2" --json 2>&1)
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "Sent $1 ${3:-USDC} to $2"
else
  echo "Failed: $RESULT" >&2
  exit 1
fi

Supported Tokens

USDC, HYPE, and any listed spot token:

hlz spot --json | jq '.[].symbol'