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Agent Control

How do I stay in control of my agent?

Your agent acts on its own for routine work. For anything risky, it pauses and asks you to approve.

What triggers an approval

The agent stops and asks when it tries to:

  • Spend more than your daily limit
  • Interact with a contract it hasn’t used before
  • Sign something the transaction simulator flags as suspicious

For low-risk routine operations, the agent transacts without pausing.

Where you get notified

Telegram is the recommended channel: fast, on your phone, with one-tap Approve / Deny.

  1. Start the WaaP Telegram bot at @waap_xyz_bot 

  2. Enable it as your approval channel:

    waap-cli 2fa enable --telegram YOUR_TELEGRAM_ID

  3. Test by sending a transaction that exceeds your daily limit.

Other supported channels: email, SMS, external hardware wallet.

Tightening control

You decide how strict the rules are. Common patterns:

Set a daily spend cap so anything above it requires approval:

waap-cli policy set --daily-limit 50

Lower the risk threshold so even smaller transactions trigger approval:

waap-cli policy set --min-risk-for-2fa LowWarn

Require approval on every transaction by setting the daily limit to zero:

waap-cli policy set --daily-limit 0

By default, new accounts have no daily limit and 2FA is disabled, so set both up before letting your agent run on mainnet.

Stopping your agent

To stop your agent immediately:

  • Set your daily limit to 0, so every transaction requires your approval
  • Let active Privileges expire on their own (max 2 hours)
  • For a permanent stop, shut down the agent process

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