Your First Agent

This guide walks you through creating a fully configured agent, from initial setup through your first automated workflow.

1. Planning Your Agent

Before creating your agent, consider these questions:

• •What tasks will it handle? Trading, social management, research, notifications?
• •Which platforms does it need? Start with the minimum required.
• •What are the boundaries? Spending limits, approval requirements?
• •How autonomous should it be? Full auto vs. approval-based?

2. Creating the Agent

Agent Name: "DeFi Assistant"
Description: "Monitors positions and executes trades based on market conditions"
Mode: Assisted (recommended for new agents)
Timezone: Auto-detect

3. Configuring Permissions

Set up appropriate guardrails for your agent:

# Recommended starter permissions
{
  "spending": {
    "daily_limit": "0.1 ETH",
    "per_transaction_limit": "0.05 ETH",
    "require_approval_above": "0.02 ETH"
  },
  "platforms": {
    "wallet": {
      "read": true,
      "write": true,
      "max_gas": "0.01 ETH"
    },
    "uniswap": {
      "swap": true,
      "max_slippage": "1%"
    }
  },
  "schedule": {
    "active_hours": "00:00-23:59",
    "timezone": "UTC"
  }
}

4. Creating Your First Workflow

Let's create a simple monitoring workflow:

"Every hour, check my wallet balance. If ETH balance drops below 0.5 ETH,
alert me on Moltbook."

Your agent will break this down into:

1. Schedule a recurring check every hour
2. Connect to wallet and read ETH balance
3. Compare against threshold (0.5 ETH)
4. If below threshold, post to Moltbook

5. Testing Your Agent

Test your workflow by running it manually first:

"Check my wallet balance now"

Review the execution in the Activity Map. Once satisfied, enable the scheduled version.