Is Aster safe to connect to an AI agent?
Can trade unattended. Safety 58%
What an AI agent can do
- Live vs paper: live; testnet app and API with a daily faucet source
- Order approval: Official GitHub org has an MCP server and agent skills (its docs don't mention them). Agent wallets with separate perp, spot and withdraw permissions, a required expiry and an IP whitelist when withdraw is on; its terms ban bots without express permission source
- Markets: crypto perpetuals, crypto spot
- Pricing: no API fee; 0% maker / 0.04% taker on general crypto perps
Safeguards that exist
- Order approval or confirmation options: No per-order approval; market-maker protection and a countdown cancel-all (dead-man's switch) (official docs) source
- Paper, demo or testnet mode: Testnet app, API and daily faucet (official docs) source
- Withdrawal permission needed or allowed: Agent wallets have a separate withdraw permission; with it off they can only move funds between the owner's sub-accounts (official docs) source
- Scoped keys, permission scopes or IP whitelisting: Agent wallets with separate perp, spot and withdraw flags, a required expiry, and an IP whitelist when withdraw is on (official docs) source
Safeguards that are missing
Safety score
| Input | From our listing | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Can it place live orders unattended? | API orders execute with no per-order approval step source | 0 / 25 |
| Order approval or confirmation options | No per-order approval; market-maker protection and a countdown cancel-all (dead-man's switch) (official docs) source | 8 / 15 |
| Paper, demo or testnet mode | Testnet app, API and daily faucet (official docs) source | 15 / 15 |
| Withdrawal permission needed or allowed | Agent wallets have a separate withdraw permission; with it off they can only move funds between the owner's sub-accounts (official docs) source | 15 / 15 |
| Scoped keys, permission scopes or IP whitelisting | Agent wallets with separate perp, spot and withdraw flags, a required expiry, and an IP whitelist when withdraw is on (official docs) source | 10 / 10 |
| Open source or audited | The 7 published audits cover vault, earn and stablecoin products, not the perp engine, chain or bridges (official docs) source | 0 / 10 |
| Sourced and verified facts | Facts from the vendor's official docs | 10 / 10 |
| Total | 58% of the points we could check | 58 / 100 |
Sources
- https://github.com/asterdex/api-docs/blob/master/V3(Recommended)/EN/aster-finance-futures-api-v3.md
- https://docs.asterdex.com/aster-chain/testnet
- https://docs.asterdex.com/overview/audit-reports
Full listing: Aster ยท How the score works: Safety score method