diff --git a/cmd/nodecmd/destroy.go b/cmd/nodecmd/destroy.go
index 154db3a2f..5b3fcb1a5 100644
--- a/cmd/nodecmd/destroy.go
+++ b/cmd/nodecmd/destroy.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package nodecmd
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/models"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -324,3 +325,36 @@ func getClusterMonitoringNode(clusterName string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return clustersConfig.Clusters[clusterName].MonitoringInstance, nil
 }
+
+func checkCluster(clusterName string) error {
+	_, err := getClusterNodes(clusterName)
+	return err
+}
+
+func checkClusterExists(clusterName string) (bool, error) {
+	clustersConfig := models.ClustersConfig{}
+	if app.ClustersConfigExists() {
+		var err error
+		clustersConfig, err = app.LoadClustersConfig()
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+	}
+	_, ok := clustersConfig.Clusters[clusterName]
+	return ok, nil
+}
+
+func getClusterNodes(clusterName string) ([]string, error) {
+	if exists, err := checkClusterExists(clusterName); err != nil || !exists {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cluster %q not found", clusterName)
+	}
+	clustersConfig, err := app.LoadClustersConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	clusterNodes := clustersConfig.Clusters[clusterName].Nodes
+	if len(clusterNodes) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no nodes found in cluster %s", clusterName)
+	}
+	return clusterNodes, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/nodecmd/local.go b/cmd/nodecmd/local.go
index 7e3ea6c8f..e7227e673 100644
--- a/cmd/nodecmd/local.go
+++ b/cmd/nodecmd/local.go
@@ -559,3 +559,11 @@ func notImplementedForLocal(what string) error {
 	ux.Logger.PrintToUser("Unsupported cmd: %s is not supported by local clusters", logging.LightBlue.Wrap(what))
 	return nil
 }
+
+func getRPCEndpoint(endpoint string, blockchainID string) string {
+	return models.NewDevnetNetwork(endpoint, 0).BlockchainEndpoint(blockchainID)
+}
+
+func getWSEndpoint(endpoint string, blockchainID string) string {
+	return models.NewDevnetNetwork(endpoint, 0).BlockchainWSEndpoint(blockchainID)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e1b111f53..ecd4a9c5e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.22.8
 
 require (
 	github.com/ava-labs/apm v1.0.0
-	github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-network-runner v1.8.4-0.20241014184529-5bcdd0c507ec
+	github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-network-runner v1.8.4-0.20241014200823-e2da066cad54
 	github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.12.0-initial-poc.5
 	github.com/ava-labs/awm-relayer v1.4.1-0.20241010130039-bceba83023b8
 	github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.13.8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ed6cff884..7eda900c1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5 h1:0CwZNZbxp69SHPd
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5/go.mod h1:wHh0iHkYZB8zMSxRWpUBQtwG5a7fFgvEO+odwuTv2gs=
 github.com/ava-labs/apm v1.0.0 h1:6FwozH67hEkbWVsOXNZGexBy5KLpNeYucN9zcFUHv+Q=
 github.com/ava-labs/apm v1.0.0/go.mod h1:TJL7pTlZNvQatsQPsLUtDHApEwVZ/qS7iSNtRFU83mc=
-github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-network-runner v1.8.4-0.20241014184529-5bcdd0c507ec h1:SPDvCcpYkG7kVDdogbW9tDYTYTIJkAeBzU4gAm3ZhXs=
-github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-network-runner v1.8.4-0.20241014184529-5bcdd0c507ec/go.mod h1:l4QzFnujbyyyeq6oBQ4F6sw9TrTQCjD2V4vUd7ZBCCo=
+github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-network-runner v1.8.4-0.20241014200823-e2da066cad54 h1:Hc06tSzeuQZTacGcrVLOnZjgKg1Cs655GT1Mmp9fCsU=
+github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-network-runner v1.8.4-0.20241014200823-e2da066cad54/go.mod h1:ASWB/CKJm8wVZUBp3DY0AV8jTBLCs01kzQz9GGwtzi8=
 github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.12.0-initial-poc.5 h1:gW4xAqZNvkA4gP8M9yDyd7YUzuwfQbbCR+hgd1ztOto=
 github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.12.0-initial-poc.5/go.mod h1:qSHmog3wMVjo/ruIAQo0ppXAilyni07NIu5K88RyhWE=
 github.com/ava-labs/awm-relayer v1.4.1-0.20241010130039-bceba83023b8 h1:M58jcqAG51RrKKVCfhAZpPqCFdkqRzahEgkFqQA5EME=