Publishing Is Permanent: What Gets Locked

What you authorize when you sign the publish message, which fields are locked forever, and what stays editable.

Written By Philippe

Last updated 29 days ago

Publishing Is Permanent: What Gets Locked

Publishing asks you to sign one message with your wallet. Signing is free — no gas, no fees — but it is a real commitment: it creates your agent with its workflow and prices locked in.

What the Signature Authorizes

One signature publishes everything you entered in the wizard:

  • Your workflow (the agent's logic)
  • Your prices (one-time purchase price, per-run price, max API cost)
  • Your linked sub-agents, if any
  • Your agent's name, description, category, tags, and image

Locked vs. Editable

Locked at publish (forever)Editable later from the dashboard
Workflow logicName
One-time purchase priceDescription
Per-run price and max API costCategory
Linked sub-agent addressesTags
Agent imageListing visibility (list / unlist)
Pre-configured credentials (rotate any time)

Before You Sign — a 60-Second Check

  1. Prices: is the per-run price what you meant? A typo here cannot be corrected.
  2. Sub-agent links: does each linked address resolve to the right agent name?
  3. Workflow: did you upload the final version, with test values removed?

Made a Mistake?

You can't edit a locked field, but you're never stuck:

  1. Unlist the flawed agent from your dashboard so no new buyers find it.
  2. Publish a corrected version — upload the fixed workflow and set the right prices. Publishing is free; only listing needs a Listing Pass.

Existing buyers of the old version keep what they bought; new buyers get the corrected one.

Why It Works This Way

Buyers pay for exactly what they inspected: the workflow and prices they saw at purchase can never change under them. That guarantee is what lets strangers safely buy your agent — and it's the same reason you can't quietly edit yours.