Quickstart

Watch a deployed contract and get automatic dashboards for its activity, value flows, users, and assets.

1. Create a workspace

Sign in at app.contract.dev. A workspace is created for you automatically.

2. Set up the CLI

Install the contract.dev CLI and log in:

npm install -g contract.dev
contract.dev login

3. Watch a contract

Add any deployed contract to your workspace:

# Watch stETH on Ethereum mainnet
contract.dev watch 0xae7ab96520de3a18e5e111b5eaab095312d7fe84 --chain 1

contract.dev starts indexing the contract and creates a dashboard for it automatically.

The contract will appear on your workspace Overview. Select it to focus the map and inspect its activity, value flows, and current state.

4. Explore the contract

Open Contracts in the sidebar and select the contract you just added. The contract dashboard lets you inspect its activity, value flows, asset holdings, users, method calls, external calls, and tracked metrics.

5. Next steps

• Metrics — track custom on-chain values, such as protocol fees or contract balances.
• Monitoring — monitor contract behaviour and get alerted when something unexpected happens.
• CLI — use contract.dev from your terminal, scripts, CI, or coding agents.