Aztec Accounts Skill

Create, deploy, and manage Aztec accounts with proper key management.

Subskills

• Schnorr Accounts - Creating and deploying Schnorr accounts
• Account Recovery - Recovering accounts from saved credentials

Quick Start: Create and Deploy Account

import { Fr, GrumpkinScalar } from "@aztec/aztec.js/fields";
import { AztecAddress } from "@aztec/stdlib/aztec-address";
import { AccountManager } from "@aztec/aztec.js/wallet";
import { SponsoredFeePaymentMethod } from "@aztec/aztec.js/fee/testing";

// Generate new account keys
const secretKey = Fr.random();
const signingKey = GrumpkinScalar.random();
const salt = Fr.random();

// Create account manager
const account = await wallet.createSchnorrAccount(secretKey, salt, signingKey);
console.log(`Account address: ${account.address}`);

// Deploy account (required before use)
await (await account.getDeployMethod()).send({
    from: AztecAddress.ZERO,
    fee: { paymentMethod: sponsoredPaymentMethod }
}).wait({ timeout: 120000 });

Account Types

Aztec supports several account types:

Key Components

• Secret Key (Fr) - Private key for encryption
• Signing Key (GrumpkinScalar) - Private key for transaction signing
• Salt (Fr) - Randomness for address derivation
• Address - Derived deterministically from above

Important: Save Credentials

After creating an account, always save the credentials:

console.log(`SECRET=${secretKey.toString()}`);
console.log(`SIGNING_KEY=${signingKey.toString()}`);
console.log(`SALT=${salt.toString()}`);

Store these in your .env file for later recovery.

Key Imports

// Key types
import { Fr, GrumpkinScalar } from "@aztec/aztec.js/fields";

// Account management
import { AccountManager } from "@aztec/aztec.js/wallet";
import { AztecAddress } from "@aztec/stdlib/aztec-address";

// Wallet
import { TestWallet } from "@aztec/test-wallet/server";

// Fee payment
import { SponsoredFeePaymentMethod } from "@aztec/aztec.js/fee/testing";