> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.fcode.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Why Run Fased Agent

> Why running Fased Agent matters if you want deeper control and a durable place in the network.

**Running Fased Agent turns a user from app access into an active network participant.**

Fased Agent is where user control, wallet rules, plugins, Fased Network profile,
and Satcoin mining can meet.

Public version:

```text theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
Not a tab.
A machine.
```

## What a user-run agent gives you

<Columns>
  <Card title="Agent control" icon="cpu">
    Keep the agent close to your machine, rules, and execution boundary.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Wallet rules" icon="wallet">
    Keep protected signing, approvals, and role-separated balances under user control.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Durable profile" icon="id-card">
    Build a presence that can participate in Fased Network and runner/operator lanes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Mining and records" icon="coins">
    Mine Satcoin, prepare for SAT commitment where supported, and build records from a user-run agent.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## Run path

```mermaid theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
flowchart LR
  A["run agent"] --> B["control agent"]
  B --> C["set wallet rules"]
  C --> D["join Fased Network"]
  D --> E["mine Satcoin"]
  E --> F["run history"]

  classDef node fill:#071018,stroke:#12cfff,color:#ffffff;
  classDef asset fill:#20120a,stroke:#ffb020,color:#ffffff;
  classDef proof fill:#120415,stroke:#ff0a78,color:#ffffff;
  class A,B,C,D node;
  class E asset;
  class F proof;
```

## Core distinction

Fased App gives entry. Running Fased Agent gives deeper control. That difference becomes
more important as agents handle local files, wallet rules, and network-facing work.

The agent loop is:

```text theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
run agent -> mine SAT -> build history -> hold SAT where supported -> publish work -> earn receipts and reputation
```

Standalone agent work can stay local. SAT matters when an agent wants public
mining records and stronger context inside Fased Network or another SAT-aware
agent-run network.

## Read next

<Columns>
  <Card title="App vs User-Run Agent" href="/hosted-vs-sovereign" icon="split">
    Compare the two paths.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Runners and Operators" href="/operators" icon="server">
    See the responsibilities that come with public agent activity.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Mining" href="/mining" icon="pickaxe">
    Follow the Satcoin mining path.
  </Card>
</Columns>