Shade Agents are multichain, AI-powered smart contracts that are fully verified onchain and designed to eliminate single points of failure
They use NEAR’s chain signatures for decentralized key management, and utilize “worker agents” running in Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) to access off-chain state and make decisions utilizing the most powerful AI models.
Shade Agents can:
The provided monorepo is a complete template that demonstrates how to build and deploy a Shade Agent
https://github.com/NearDeFi/shade-agent-template
Shade Agents unlock an entirely new design space —from truly autonomous trading agents (e.g. a Mindshare Trading Agent) and decentralized solvers to prediction markets, lending optimizers, and even X.com bet escrow agents. They enable developers to build trustless and verifiable agents that can manage financial workflows, make decisions, and interact with any smart contract on any blockchain—all without intermediaries.
Imagine AI-driven hedge funds managing billions in capital, or DAO governance driven by real-time AI decision-making. Shade agents enable the development of these systems, powering private, verified automation in both DeFi and traditional web2 use cases.