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Scout: an AI trading agent for Arc
Scout is the AI trading agent built into arky, the trading terminal on Arc. It reads live memecoin, spot and prediction-market data, explains what is moving and proposes trades in USDC. It cannot trade on its own: your wallet signs every trade, and Scout confirms each fill from the chain.
Can AI agents trade crypto?
Technically, yes: an AI agent can call the same functions a person does, and some bots hold a private key and trade with it directly. The real question is who holds the keys. An agent with your key can be wrong, misled by a malicious token description or simply misunderstand you, and it spends your money anyway. Scout is designed the other way round. It does the reading, the maths and the paperwork. You keep the signature.
What Scout does
- Reads live arky data. Launchpad tokens by column (new, hot, graduated), Arc memecoins, prices, candles, order books, recent trades, the biggest fills of the day and prediction markets.
- Knows your account. Your holdings, USDC balance, profit and loss, orders, bets and past proposals, so "how am I doing?" gets a real answer.
- Runs the numbers. A technical read of a token (momentum, RSI, moving averages, volatility) or a ranking of live Arc memecoins by a computed score, with the inputs shown.
- Proposes trades. Buy or sell a token, swap an Arc token, bet on or sell out of a prediction market, or redeem a winning position. Each comes as a card for you to sign.
- Drafts launches. It fills in a memecoin launch card or a new prediction market field by field, asking one question at a time. You deploy it with your wallet.
Scout has no internet access. It answers only from arky's live data and your own history, which keeps outside web pages from steering what it proposes.
How signing and safety work
Every trade follows the same path: chat, proposal, your wallet, then an on-chain check.
- You ask. "Buy $20 of this token." Scout looks up the token and prepares a proposal.
- It proposes, it does not act. The proposal appears as a card with the amount and the maximum slippage. Scout holds no key on this path.
- You sign. Pressing sign opens your wallet with a fresh quote at the proposal's slippage. Nothing happens until you approve.
- The chain decides. Scout reads the transaction receipt and checks that it succeeded, came from your wallet, went to the expected arky contract and emitted the matching trade event. A buy that spent more than the proposed dollars is flagged as a mismatch. Only then does Scout say "confirmed on-chain".
Guardrails
| Guardrail | What it prevents |
|---|---|
| Amounts must come from you | Scout will not propose a dollar amount or percentage you did not state; it asks instead. |
| One proposal per turn | A single message cannot trigger a string of trades. |
| Slippage bound | A tight default; a looser limit only if you typed that number yourself. |
| Expiry and single use | Each proposal has its own id, expires if not signed, and can be filled only once. |
| Spending cap | A per-user dollar cap over a rolling 24 hours, which you set in Settings. |
| Audit log | Every proposal, report and verification is written to an append-only log. |
Example prompts
- "What's hot on the launchpad right now, ranked by 24h volume?"
- "Give me a technical read on this token over the last day."
- "What do I hold, and what's my P&L this week?"
- "Buy $20 of [token]." Then: "Sell half of it."
- "Bet $5 YES on market 12." Later: "Redeem market 12."
- "Help me launch a memecoin called [name]."
- "Did my last trade go through?"
Limits, plainly
- Scout does not trade without your signature.
- It does not browse the web or read the news; for that, use your own sources.
- Its scores and technical reads describe the past. They are not predictions, and they are not financial advice.
- Memecoins and prediction markets are high risk. Trade only what you can afford to lose.
Where Scout fits
Scout lives inside the arky trading terminal, next to the memecoin, spot and prediction desks. Because Arc uses USDC for gas (see the Arc gas and fees docs), every proposal is a plain dollar amount, with no gas token to budget for. To start, open app.arky.bet, fund your wallet with USDC (see how to trade crypto with USDC) and say hello to Scout.
FAQ
Can AI agents trade crypto?
Yes, an AI agent can place crypto trades, but the safe design keeps your keys out of its hands. Scout on arky proposes trades and your wallet signs each one, so it cannot spend funds without your approval.
What is the best AI agent for crypto trading?
Look for one that reads live data, explains its reasoning and never holds your keys. Scout on arky does all three on Arc: it answers from live arky data, proposes trades in USDC and leaves the signature to your wallet.
Does Scout trade without my permission?
No. Scout only proposes. Every trade needs your wallet's signature, and Scout then checks the fill on chain before calling it confirmed.
How does Scout check that a trade was filled?
It reads the transaction receipt from the chain and checks that it succeeded, came from your wallet, went to the expected arky contract and emitted the matching trade event. A mismatch is reported as such.
Can Scout browse the internet?
No. Scout answers only from arky's live market data and your own account history. It does not search the web or read outside pages.
Is Scout free to use?
Scout comes with every arky account. You pay only the normal trading and network costs of the trades you choose to sign.