# Gearbox Agentic Overview

> Markdown export of the Gearbox Protocol documentation page for agents and retrieval systems.

Canonical page: https://docs.gearbox.finance/developers/ga-overview
Source file: content/developers/ga-overview.mdx
Section router: https://docs.gearbox.finance/developers/llms.txt
Section full export: https://docs.gearbox.finance/developers/llms-full.txt

Gearbox Agentic is AI-powered capital management built on top of Gearbox Credit Accounts. Autonomous agents discover yield opportunities, analyze risk, build transactions, preview exact on-chain outcomes, execute, and monitor positions — all through a structured loop and a single SDK.

## What It Does

An AI agent manages DeFi capital across chains using the Gearbox SDK. The SDK handles protocol complexity — the agent handles decisions. The SDK builds transactions and previews outcomes but **never signs or sends** — execution stays with the caller.

## The 6-Step Agent Loop

Every agent interaction follows the same structured cycle:

| Step | Purpose | Who Decides |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Discover** | Scan all current opportunities | SDK returns data |
| **Analyze** | Due diligence on shortlisted candidates | Agent reasons over data |
| **Propose** | Find optimal rebalance — or decide to do nothing | Agent + Router |
| **Preview** | Verify on-chain feasibility right now | SDK simulates |
| **Execute** | Sign and submit | User or agent via bot API |
| **Monitor** | React to events that require response | SDK returns live state |

[Read more about the Agent Loop](https://docs.gearbox.finance/developers/ga-agent-loop)

## Two Execution Modes

### Preview + Verify (Human-in-the-Loop)

The agent builds and previews a transaction, then encodes the preview as a URL for [verify.gearbox.finance](https://verify.gearbox.finance). A human reviews decoded calldata, balance changes, and health factor projections before signing.

### Bot Permissions (Autonomous)

The agent operates with bounded on-chain autonomy via a permission bitmask on a Credit Account. It cannot exceed its granted authority.

[Read more about Execution](https://docs.gearbox.finance/developers/ga-execution)

## Learn More

- [Concepts](https://docs.gearbox.finance/developers/ga-concepts) — Agent Loop, Architecture & Tools, MCP Server
- [Getting Started](https://docs.gearbox.finance/developers/ga-start) — MCP Setup and First Agent tutorial
- [Execution](https://docs.gearbox.finance/developers/ga-execution) — Human-in-the-Loop and Bot Execution