AgentVault Documentation

AgentVault packages your AI agent, deploys it to an Internet Computer canister, and keeps it running with its own durable identity, multi-chain wallet, encrypted secrets, and versioned memory. This is the full reference for installing, deploying, operating, and securing it in production.

Before you start

Production use requires a funded ICP identity and cycles balance, plus secure handling of your wallet mnemonic. See Installation for setup details.

Get started

Step	What it covers	Start here
1. Install	Install the CLI and set up your ICP identity	Installation
2. Deploy	Package and deploy your first agent	Quick Start
3. Operate	End-to-end lifecycle for real workloads	Tutorial v1.0

The agent stack

AgentVault is the runtime layer of a small family of tools built for long-running, autonomous agents: a durable place to execute (AgentVault), a cheap and deterministic way to pick the next action (SmallChat), a passive conversational memory (Stenographer), and a way to keep that memory inside a token budget (Short-Hand). AgentVault already ships a purpose-built implementation of the SmallChat tool-dispatch pattern in its orchestration layer.

• Ecosystem overview — what each project does and how they fit together.
• Engineering guide — component reference, integration status, and the roadmap for wiring Stenographer and Short-Hand into AgentVault's orchestration pipeline.
• Cross-repo evaluation playbook — runbook for reproducing the ecosystem evaluation from within SmallChat, Stenographer, or Short-Hand.

Guides

• Deployment — local and mainnet canister operations.
• Wallets — cross-chain custody and transaction flows.
• Backups — snapshot, restore, and archival strategy.
• Monitoring — health checks, metrics, and alerting.
• Troubleshooting — fast diagnostics and recovery.

Reference

• CLI Reference — the complete command surface.
• CLI Options — global flags and environment variables.

Security

• Security Overview — trust model and control boundaries.
• Best Practices — secure-by-default operation.
• Security Audit — v1.0 findings and recommendations.

Architecture

• Architecture Overview
• Module Reference
• Canister Internals

Recommended reading order

1. Installation
2. Quick Start
3. Tutorial v1.0
4. Deployment and Wallets
5. Backups and Monitoring
6. Security Overview
7. Ecosystem overview

Status

• Version: AgentVault v1.0.0
• Website: agentvault.cloud
• Source: github.com/johnnyclem/agentvault
• Package: npmjs.com/package/agentvault