Own and Trust Your Agent

You own and can transfer your deployed agent, and you stay in control of credentials through the Secure Vault.

Written By pvdyck

Last updated 21 minutes ago

You own your agent

When you acquire an agent as a Producer, you own your instance of it. Ownership is held by you, it's transferable, and it isn't locked to the platform.

That ownership is recorded as a transferable ownership token tied to your deployed agent. If you want to hand the agent off to someone else, you can transfer it. Your agent is an asset you control, not a seat you rent.

You stay in control of credentials

Most automations need to talk to other services on your behalf β€” your email, your spreadsheet, your CRM. indie.money handles those connections through the Secure Vault, so your keys are stored securely and used only to run your agent.

You get three ways to provide credentials, and you choose which one fits:

OptionWhat it meansGood for
Bring your own keysThe agent runs on credentials you provide.Full control and your own usage limits.
Use the Builder's keysThe agent runs on the Builder's credentials.Getting started fast with no setup.
Use the platform's keysThe agent runs on platform-provided credentials.A simple default when you don't have your own.

Bringing your own keys always wins when it's set, so you're never locked into someone else's credentials.

Why this matters

Ownership and credential control are what make an agent something you can actually depend on for your business. You're not building on rented ground: you own the agent, you decide whose keys it runs on, and you can take it with you. To see how this fits the bigger picture, read Why indie.money.