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 The name of each rpc is `{CHAIN-NAME}_RPC`, and the name we use for each chain can be found [here](https://github.com/DefiLlama/defillama-sdk/blob/master/src/providers.json)
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+## Adapter rules
+- Never add extra npm packages, if you need a chain-level package for your chain, ask us and we'll consider it, but we can't accept any npm package that is project-specific