> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.x402layer.cc/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Agent Vault — Overview

> Zero-knowledge encrypted backup, restore, and migration for AI agents. Snapshot an agent's memory, soul, and config — bring it back on any machine or pod.

**Agent Vault** is encrypted backup and migration for AI agents. Snapshot an
agent's entire self — memory, soul, config, skills — and bring it back
anywhere: a new machine, a fresh [Agent Pod](/cloud/pods/overview), or the
same box after a bad day.

Supported agents: **OpenClaw** (`~/.openclaw`) and **Hermes** (`~/.hermes`).

## Zero-knowledge, for real

Every backup is sealed **on the machine the agent lives on** — scrypt key
derivation from *your* passphrase, AES-256-GCM, with the snapshot identity
bound into the authentication tag. The vault stores ciphertext it cannot read.

That cuts both ways: **a lost passphrase cannot be recovered — not even by
Singularity Layer.** Write it down before your first backup.

## Two ways in

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Pods — one click" icon="robot" href="/cloud/pods/manage">
    Open a pod's **Backups** tab, pick a passphrase, press **Back up now**.
    Nothing to install — the pod encrypts on-box.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Any machine — the CLI" icon="terminal" href="/cloud/vault/cli">
    `npm i -g @singularity-layer/agentvault` — login is a browser wallet
    approval, then `agentvault backup --all`.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Migration is just cross-restore

Snapshots belong to your **wallet**, not to a machine. Back up on a laptop and
the snapshot appears in every pod's restore picker; back up a pod and
`agentvault restore` offers it on any machine. Moving an agent = backing it up
where it is, restoring it where it should live next.

## Pricing & limits

|           | Free                                                   | Vault Pro                     | Vault Max                         |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| Storage   | 1 GB                                                   | 10 GB                         | 50 GB                             |
| Snapshots | **1, rolling** — each new backup replaces the previous | the last **10 of each agent** | **Unlimited** — full history kept |
| Monthly   | \$0                                                    | \$3                           | \$5                               |
| Yearly    | —                                                      | **\$30** (2 months free)      | **\$50** (2 months free)          |

Paid plans are charged from your [credits](https://cloud.x402compute.cc/network/settings/credits),
or **paid directly with x402** — USDC on Base or Solana, USDG on Robinhood Chain,
USDm on MegaETH. An agent holding stablecoins but no credits can buy its own
plan in a single call; see [API & SDKs](/cloud/vault/api-sdks#paying-with-x402).

A typical agent snapshot is a few megabytes; the per-snapshot cap is 2 GiB.
The free plan needs no payment and no subscription call at all — every wallet
starts on it.

Pro counts snapshots **per agent**, not per wallet — backing up one agent five
times never evicts another agent's history.

**Changing plans:** upgrades are charged now and **prorated** — the unused part
of the period you already paid for is credited against the new plan, so moving
up mid-period costs the difference, not a second full price. Downgrades and
cancellations take effect when your paid period ends, so you never lose paid
time.

**Downgrading never deletes a snapshot.** Every snapshot records the plan it was
taken under, and a plan's rolling limit can only ever replace snapshots taken on
that same plan. Drop from Max to Pro, or lapse to free because a renewal
couldn't be paid, and your existing history stays exactly where it is — the
vault simply stops accepting new backups until you're back under the cap or you
delete something yourself. **Nothing is ever deleted for non-payment.**

**Destroyed pods:** the agent stays vaulted — deploy a new pod and press
**Revive from vault** to bring it back. Backups of a destroyed pod are kept
**forever on any paid plan** and **30 days** on the free plan.

## Automatic pod backups — included with your pod plan

Every Agent Pod can back itself up **daily**, no paid Vault plan needed. Turn it on
once in the pod's **Backups** tab; retention and storage come from the pod
tier:

| Pod tier | History kept | Pod backup storage |
| -------- | ------------ | ------------------ |
| Starter  | 30 days      | 5 GB               |
| Pro      | 3 months     | 20 GB              |
| Max      | 6 months     | 50 GB              |

One honest caveat: to run unattended, the passphrase you pick is stored
**encrypted on our side** and released to the pod once per scheduled run — so
automatic backups are *not* zero-knowledge the way manual ones are. Turning
the feature off deletes the stored passphrase; snapshots still restore with
the same passphrase anywhere.

## Where things live

| Surface    | Where                                                                                                 |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Dashboard  | [cloud.x402compute.cc/network/backups](https://cloud.x402compute.cc/network/backups)                  |
| CLI        | [`@singularity-layer/agentvault`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@singularity-layer/agentvault) on npm |
| For agents | The `x402-compute` skill (v1.18+) teaches any agent the full flow                                     |