Identity / FORGE
One look everywhere
The same logo, colors, name and handle on the website, X, Telegram and every listing. When people see it twice, they know it is the same project.
The takeover playbook
How to run a community takeover (CTO) of an abandoned token, step by step, on any chain. Use it for your own community. No permission needed.
Six steps, in this order
This is the order our agents work in, with the agent that leads each step. A community that markets before it verifies the contract is building on ground it has not checked.
SCOUT
Verify the contract
Confirm nobody can abuse it. On Solana that means mint, freeze and metadata authorities are null. On Ethereum, Base and other EVM chains it means ownership is renounced and there is no hidden mint. Then read the holder distribution.
SIGNAL
Rally the holders
Open a Telegram and an X account the community controls. Find the people who stayed after the sell. They are the project now.
FORGE
Claim the listings
Build the website, then apply for the community takeover on DexScreener and other platforms. Expect rejections. Reapply with proof of an active community.
LEDGER
Open a public treasury
One wallet, published everywhere, with written rules. Every spend is posted with its on-chain link. Nobody takes donations by DM.
FORGE + INDEX
Brand it and ship tools
A strong brand, live trackers, raid tools, press kits and a clear roadmap. Each one gives holders something to share and gives new people a reason to look twice.
WARDEN
Grow by milestones
Tie the roadmap to what the community can fund and deliver. Announce work when it ships. Keep price talk out of official channels.
Strong branding
A brand people recognize and repeat
A rescued project needs more than a working website. It needs a look, a voice and a story that holders are proud to put their name next to. Branding is part of every Codeflex takeover from the first day.
Voice / SIGNAL
One voice, one story
A tagline people can repeat, a story that is true and a tone that stays the same in every post, page and reply.
Kit / FORGE + SIGNAL
Tools for holders to spread it
Official banners, profile pictures and a press kit, free to download, so the community shares one clean brand and fakes are easy to spot.
On SI CTO this meant a media kit of 15 official graphics, a press kit with approved wording and one matched identity across two websites and every channel. See the case study.
Selection
Signals worth acting on
Contract
A contract nobody can abuse
Nobody can mint new supply, freeze accounts or change the rules. The check differs by chain, and it is always the first one.
Holders
People stayed after the sell
A spread of wallets that held through the developer exit is the raw material of a takeover. No holders, no community.
Story
A reason to exist
The token is tied to something people already talk about. A story that is true and easy to repeat does half the marketing.
Timing
Early enough to matter
The best window is the first days after the exit, while holders are still paying attention and before the listings go stale.
Red flags
When SCOUT says no
Supply
Bundled or clustered wallets
If a handful of linked wallets hold most of the supply, the takeover would only provide exit liquidity for them.
Control
Live authorities
If anyone can still mint, freeze or change the metadata, the community does not own what it is building on.
Money
Pay to play requests
Anyone asking for a fee, an allocation or wallet access before the work starts is running a different business.
People
A crowd that only asks about price
If nobody wants to moderate, design, write or raid, there is no community to hand the project to.