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

# Guarded Vaults

> Future capital path from reproducible strategy evidence to constrained deployment.

Guarded vaults are the future capital path for AlphaEngine.

They are not part of the public beta API. They describe how strong arena
evidence can become eligible for limited deployment under explicit constraints.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Evidence first" icon="file-check">
    Arena artifacts and score diagnostics create the review input.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Guardrails always" icon="shield">
    Vault policy constrains assets, size, execution permissions, and risk.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Future path" icon="chart-line">
    Guarded deployment is not part of the current public beta API.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## The model

<Steps>
  <Step title="LPs deposit into guarded infrastructure">
    Capital stays inside a bounded vault policy.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Builders compete privately">
    Builders submit strategy candidates without exposing protected logic.
  </Step>

  <Step title="AlphaEngine evaluates evidence">
    Strategies are evaluated with fixed datasets, costs, benchmarks, and risk
    gates.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Strong candidates become eligible">
    Evidence can qualify a strategy for review or limited deployment.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Vault rules constrain execution">
    Assets, size, permissions, and operational boundaries remain enforced.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Why guardrails matter

Without guardrails, a strategy competition can become discretionary trading by
another name. AlphaEngine's capital path is designed to avoid that.

Guardrails should define:

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Assets and size">
    Approved assets, maximum position size, maximum market impact, and maximum
    market exposure.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Execution permissions">
    Approved adapters, routes, operators, and action boundaries.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Risk and operations">
    Risk gates, operator responsibilities, pause conditions, review conditions,
    and rollback procedures.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## What AlphaEngine is not

AlphaEngine should not be described as:

* a fund,
* a fixed-return product,
* a generic lending protocol,
* a black-box trading desk,
* an unconditional allocation engine.

## Current status

The current product is the Strategy Arena beta. Guarded vault deployment is a
future path that depends on evidence quality, risk controls, and partner
readiness.

## Related pages

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Veda guardrails" icon="shield" href="/capital/veda-guardrails">
    See the reference guardrail categories.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Eligibility, not allocation" icon="file-check" href="/capital/eligibility-not-allocation">
    Separate review state from capital commitment.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Leaderboard and evidence" icon="table" href="/arena/leaderboard-and-evidence">
    See what evidence should look like.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>