AgenticID Accounts and Costs

Metadata

• Category: agentic-id
• SDK: @0gfoundation/0g-agenticid-sdk ^0.1.6, viem ^2.21.0
• Activation Triggers: "fund an agent", "agent balance", "sandbox balance", "acknowledge trust root", "agent runtime cost", "withdraw agent funds", "agent refund"

Purpose

Fund and account for an AgenticID agent: acknowledge the TEE trust root, top up the prepaid sandbox balance that pays for container runtime, top up the agent's own gas, read costs and runway, and withdraw prepaid funds.

This layer uses viem, not ethers. The repo-wide ethers rule does not apply to agentic-id skills.

Three balances, and they are not interchangeable

Funding the wrong one looks like the right fix and changes nothing.

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 20
• @0gfoundation/0g-agenticid-sdk and viem installed
• .env with PRIVATE_KEY

Quick Workflow

1. ackStatus(), then ack() if anything is missing
2. deposit() to at least 0.1 OG so deploys pass preflight
3. estimateCosts() to see burn rate and runway
4. topUpAgentSeal() separately if the agent itself writes on chain

Core Rules

ALWAYS

• Acknowledge the trust root before deploying; a fresh wallet is missing all components
• Keep the prepaid sandbox balance at or above 0.1 OG (MIN_SANDBOX_BALANCE_WEI)
• Await waitForTransaction() after ack / deposit / topUpAgentSeal before reading state back; these return before mining
• Use getEffectiveBalance() when you need what is genuinely spendable, not just the raw deposit
• Read pricing from estimateCosts() rather than assuming it

NEVER

• Confuse deposit() with topUpAgentSeal(); they fund different accounts for different things
• Expect requestRefund() to pay out immediately; withdrawal is a time-locked two-step
• Treat getBalance() as spendable when refunds are pending or debt is outstanding
• Hardcode a private key

Code Examples

Acknowledge the trust root

The TEE trust root spans several components (attestor, KMS, sandbox provider). One ack() covers whatever is missing, and returns null when nothing was.

import { AgenticID } from '@0gfoundation/0g-agenticid-sdk';
import 'dotenv/config';

async function acknowledge() {
  const ag = await AgenticID.fromAttestor('https://agenticid.0g.ai', {
    account: process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
  });

  const status = await ag.ackStatus();
  console.log('allAcked:', status.allAcked);
  if (!status.allAcked) console.log('missing:', status.missing.join(', '));

  const tx = await ag.ack(); // null when there was nothing to acknowledge
  if (tx) {
    await ag.waitForTransaction(tx);
    console.log('acknowledged');
  }

  // Per-component detail, including the image hashes you are attesting to.
  for (const c of await ag.components()) {
    console.log(`${c.appId}  acked=${c.acked}  version=${c.ackVersion}`);
  }
  return ag.ackStatus();
}

On a fresh wallet this reported three missing components (0g-agentic-id, 0g-kms, 0g-agentic-id-sandbox-provider), and a single ack() cleared all three.

Fund the sandbox balance

import { AgenticID } from '@0gfoundation/0g-agenticid-sdk';
import { parseEther, formatEther } from 'viem';
import 'dotenv/config';

async function fundSandbox() {
  const ag = await AgenticID.fromAttestor('https://agenticid.0g.ai', {
    account: process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
  });

  console.log('before:', formatEther(await ag.getBalance()), 'OG');

  // Deploys are gated at 0.1 OG; deposit more to buy runway.
  const tx = await ag.deposit({ amountWei: parseEther('0.5') });
  await ag.waitForTransaction(tx); // returns before mining without this

  console.log('after :', formatEther(await ag.getBalance()), 'OG');
}

Read the full account, not just the deposit

getBalance() is the raw prepaid figure. getEffectiveBalance() nets off what is reserved, owed or mid-settlement, which is what actually determines whether a deploy proceeds.

async function accountView() {
  const ag = await AgenticID.fromAttestor('https://agenticid.0g.ai', {
    account: process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
  });

  const detail = await ag.getBalanceDetail();
  // { balance, pendingRefund, refundUnlockAt }
  console.log('balance       :', formatEther(detail.balance), 'OG');
  console.log('pendingRefund :', formatEther(detail.pendingRefund), 'OG');

  const eff = await ag.getEffectiveBalance();
  // { balanceWei, reservedWei, outstandingDebtWei, pendingSettlementWei, availableWei }
  console.log('available     :', formatEther(eff.availableWei), 'OG');
  console.log('reserved      :', formatEther(eff.reservedWei), 'OG');
  console.log('debt          :', formatEther(eff.outstandingDebtWei), 'OG');

  console.log('my wallet gas :', formatEther(await ag.nativeBalance()), 'OG');
  return { detail, eff };
}

Costs and runway

async function costs(agentId: bigint) {
  const ag = await AgenticID.fromAttestor('https://agenticid.0g.ai', {
    account: process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
  });

  const est = await ag.agent.estimateCosts();
  console.log('create fee    :', formatEther(est.pricing.createFee), 'OG');
  console.log('per CPU/min   :', formatEther(est.pricing.pricePerCPUPerMin), 'OG');
  console.log('per GB mem/min:', formatEther(est.pricing.pricePerMemGBPerMin), 'OG');
  console.log('cost per min  :', formatEther(est.costPerMinWei), 'OG');
  console.log('runway        :', est.estimatedRunwayMinutes, 'min');

  // Per-agent view, including that agent's own evolution-gas balance.
  const rt = await ag.agent.runtimeCosts(agentId);
  console.log(
    'agent runtime :',
    JSON.stringify(rt, (_k, v) => (typeof v === 'bigint' ? v.toString() : v)),
  );
  return est;
}

Runway is derived from the prepaid balance, so it reads 0 before you deposit.

Top up the agent's own gas

Separate from the sandbox balance. This funds the agentSeal address so the agent can pay for its own on-chain writes, such as committing an iData update.

async function fundAgentGas(agentId: bigint) {
  const ag = await AgenticID.fromAttestor('https://agenticid.0g.ai', {
    account: process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
  });

  const agentSeal = await ag.agent.getAgentSeal(agentId);
  const tx = await ag.agent.topUpAgentSeal(agentSeal, parseEther('0.01'));
  await ag.agent.waitForTransaction(tx);

  console.log(`topped up ${agentSeal}`);
}

Withdraw prepaid funds

Two steps with a time lock between them: request, wait for the unlock, then withdraw.

async function withdraw(amount: string) {
  const ag = await AgenticID.fromAttestor('https://agenticid.0g.ai', {
    account: process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
  });

  const reqTx = await ag.requestRefund({ amountWei: parseEther(amount) });
  await ag.waitForTransaction(reqTx);

  const { pendingRefund, refundUnlockAt } = await ag.getBalanceDetail();
  console.log(
    `${formatEther(pendingRefund)} OG unlocks at ${new Date(Number(refundUnlockAt) * 1000).toISOString()}`,
  );

  // Later, once the unlock time has passed:
  if (Date.now() / 1000 >= Number(refundUnlockAt)) {
    const wTx = await ag.withdrawRefund();
    await ag.waitForTransaction(wTx);
    console.log('withdrawn');
  } else {
    console.log('still locked; withdrawRefund() would revert');
  }
}

Preflight before a batch of deploys

async function ready(): Promise<boolean> {
  const ag = await AgenticID.fromAttestor('https://agenticid.0g.ai', {
    account: process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
  });

  const { allAcked, missing } = await ag.ackStatus();
  const { availableWei } = await ag.getEffectiveBalance();
  const floor = parseEther('0.1');

  if (!allAcked) console.log('not acked:', missing.join(', '));
  if (availableWei < floor) console.log('available below 0.1 OG:', formatEther(availableWei));

  return allAcked && availableWei >= floor;
}

Anti-Patterns

// BAD: topping up the agent's gas when the deploy is gated on the sandbox floor
await ag.agent.topUpAgentSeal(agentSeal, parseEther('0.5')); // wrong account

// BAD: reading a balance straight after depositing, without the receipt
const tx = await ag.deposit({ amountWei: parseEther('0.5') });
console.log(await ag.getBalance()); // may still be the old value

// BAD: treating the raw deposit as spendable
if ((await ag.getBalance()) > parseEther('0.1')) {
  /* reserved funds and debt are not netted off here */
}

// BAD: withdrawing immediately after requesting
await ag.requestRefund({ amountWei: parseEther('0.2') });
await ag.withdrawRefund(); // reverts: still time-locked

Common Errors & Fixes

Related Skills

• Deploy Agent — the preflight these calls satisfy
• Manage Agent — stopping a container to stop the burn
• Interact Agent — calling a running agent
• Agent Reputation — serve-proofs and feedback

References

• patterns/AGENTIC_ID.md
• SDK reference