FAQ

Self-custodial wallets for AI agents. Smart accounts for agents with 2FA and spending limits. Think of it as one Ethereum smart account you can drive from the terminal yourself or hand off to an agent—still yours, still on-chain.

Most wallets assume a person tapping “Confirm” for every move. Elytro is built so software (and you) can run commands in a structured way—while caps, approvals, and other rules live on-chain. Same account; human or agent at the keyboard, you stay in charge.

Run npm install -g @elytro/cli (Node.js 18 or newer). If you’re using an agent—Claude Code, OpenClaw, and the like—copy the setup prompt from the homepage or Docs. It pulls the Elytro wallet skill from GitHub and walks through install, elytro init, creating an account on Arbitrum, email 2FA, and a daily spending limit, pausing when you need to approve something sensitive.

Agents call the same CLI you would: predictable commands, structured output. Limits and policies are enforced by your smart account, not by Elytro’s servers—so an agent can act within the guardrails you set, and you can always tighten them.

Anything that can follow multi-step instructions and run tools helps. As of April 2026, we’ve had the smoothest results with Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Opus 4.5, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.3-Codex, Gemini 3.1 Pro.

Your wallet’s control panel in the terminal: create accounts, send transactions, check balances, and wire in agents or scripts. It speaks the same on-chain rules as the rest of Elytro—nothing “special” that only works in a browser.

Spending limits (per transaction and per day), allowlisted addresses, which kinds of actions need a thumbs-up, and more. The smart contract enforces them; we don’t override that from our infrastructure.

Yes. Elytro uses ERC-4337 Account Abstraction, so your wallet is a contract on Ethereum. That’s what makes programmable limits, recovery flows, and agent-friendly execution possible—not just another key in MetaMask.

You pick people you trust. If you lose your device or access, they can help you recover—without ever being able to spend your funds. No seed phrase to tape under the keyboard; your recovery setup is encrypted and recorded on-chain.

Layers you can combine: recovery contacts, 2FA, spending caps, and policy rules. Keys and sensitive data are encrypted on your device. You can also keep a backup so a lost laptop isn’t the end of the story.

Your account lives on Ethereum. You can use another client or interact with the contract directly if you need to. Self-custody here means you’re not locked to our app to move your assets.

Today: Optimism, Arbitrum, and Base among the major L2s, plus Ethereum mainnet and testnets. More networks (e.g. Scroll, Taiko) are on the roadmap.

Yes—the code is on GitHub so anyone can read it, suggest fixes, or audit it. Smart contracts were audited in 2024 and 2025.

The app and CLI are free. Your first ten transactions each day are sponsored; after that you pay normal network fees, and you can pay with stablecoins—you don’t have to hold ETH for gas.

Not yet; mobile is planned. For now, use the CLI on desktop, or the legacy Chrome extension if you’re already on it.

We still believe in a great GUI—but for humans and agents sharing a wallet, the old “extension only” model isn’t the end state. The Chrome extension stays available for existing users while we build the next interface.