Guardrails
The agent makes the calls, but it plays by rules written into the vault itself.
What the agent can do
Adjust the vault's position, put new deposits to work, and reinvest the fees it earns.
What it can't do
Withdraw or move your funds anywhere, or change its own rules.
The rules
- No overtrading. It has to wait between moves.
- No bad trades. Any swap it makes has a strict limit on how much price it can give up.
- No acting on a fake price. If the price suddenly jumps away from its recent average, the agent is blocked until things settle.
- Sensible ranges. The position can't be set too narrow or too wide.
The agent also pays attention to US market hours and generally waits while markets are closed, when prices can jump at the next open.
The numbers
Each vault carries its own values for these rules, shown on its page. Community vaults get them from the cautiousness level chosen at creation, and all of them sit inside the limits below.
| Rule | Cautious | Balanced | Aggressive | Hard limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wait between moves | 8 hours | 4 hours | 2 hours | 1 hour or more |
| Price given up per swap | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1% | 1% or less |
| Narrowest range | 10% | 4% | 1.2% | Must be above zero |
| Widest range | About 7× bottom to top | About 7× or less | ||
| Spot vs recent average | Blocked beyond about 1% apart, over a 10-minute average | At most about 2%, over 5 minutes or more | ||
See Open your own vault for what else each level sets, and how the agent is told to behave on each AI profile.