> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://mandate.gitbook.io/mandate-docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://mandate.gitbook.io/mandate-docs/getting-started/readme.md). # Welcome *Everything is tokenizing. Why not your financial goals?* **Set by you. Explained by your agent. Enforced by your contract.** Everyone gets a personal mandate: your goals, your words, plain English. Your agent builds the strategy around them, explains every move, and answers anything you ask. Your contract enforces the limits: approved markets, capped exposure, and your rules never change without your signature. ## Start here: Mandate Earn The fastest way to see this working is [Mandate Earn](/mandate-docs/mandate-operated-strategies/mearn.md) (mEARN): deposit into a proven template, executed by Mandate's agent, live on Base today with no configuration needed. Nothing about it is hidden: the prompts driving the agent are public in the [`agent-prompts`](https://github.com/Mandate-Finance/agent-prompts) repo, and it runs on the same guardrails and infrastructure everything else on Mandate is built on. ## What's coming * [**Mandate Invest**](/mandate-docs/roadmap/mandate-invest.md) (building): a Mandate-run showcase, the same guardrails applied across Lending, Yield, Indexing, and Trading strategies. Not the end-state, a wider preview of what Pro will let you own yourself. * [**Mandate Pro**](/mandate-docs/mandate-pro/user-guide.md) (beta): fully personalized mandates. Your rules, your strategy, same enforcement. * [**Mandate Social**](/mandate-docs/roadmap/mandate-social.md) (beta): working mandates become shareable and backable. Find a strategy that fits and back it, or publish your own. * [**Mandate Token**](/mandate-docs/token-and-community/token.md): stake, vote, and elect councils to direct community-owned Treasury & Ecosystem funds. First council election **45 days after launch**, then every **3 months**. * **Mandate Pay** (building): a card so you can spend directly from your balance. ## Get Started * **I want to deposit and forget.** [Mandate Earn](/mandate-docs/mandate-operated-strategies/mearn.md): a proven lending template running today, non-custodial, every move explained by the agent, every rule enforced by the contract. * **I want to define my own mandate.** [Mandate Pro](/mandate-docs/mandate-pro/user-guide.md) is in beta: your rules, your strategy, built and working ahead of its full public release. * **I want to understand the mechanism.** [Core concepts](/mandate-docs/getting-started/concepts.md) explains vaults, agents, ownership, and security. * **I want to build.** [System architecture](/mandate-docs/developers/architecture.md) has the full technical picture. ## Why Mandate? | Feature | How It Works | | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Your money stays yours | Your shares are always redeemable by you. No one else can touch them. | | On-chain guardrails | Every strategy execution happens within the guardrails you set. Only the vault's Owner can change them, and only through a public, timelocked process. | | Always on | Your strategy is watched and adjusted continuously, day and night. | | 5 strategy categories (Pro) | Lending, Yield, Trading, Indexing, Custom, each with 4 risk tiers. | | 16 DB-driven templates (Pro) | 4 categories × 4 risk tiers; templates loaded from DB, fully personalized via wizard. | | Leverage & flash loans (Pro) | LTV-based leverage scaled by signal confidence; Balancer flash loans for shorts, no flash-loan fee. | | Battle-tested DeFi | 20+ protocol adapters, including Aave V3, Morpho, Compound, Pendle, OpenOcean, and Balancer. | | Strict permissions | Agents can manage but cannot withdraw, enforced on-chain. | | No gas fees | All transactions sponsored via EIP-7702. | | Model-agnostic | Not locked to one LLM. A sensible default is used; picking a different model is optional, and it's your choice, not Mandate's. | | Multi-chain | Live on Base today. Arbitrum, Ethereum, and Robinhood Chain are coming soon. | *** *Mandate. Your rules. Your money. Always.* --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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