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title: Owner controls
description: Manage agent budgets, view receipts and approve runtime payment requests from the owner console.
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Open [the owner console](/app) and sign in with Clerk. Backend session verification establishes owner access; the browser page alone grants no authority.

## Budgets and activity

Create agents, inspect eligible and held balances, set transaction/day/month caps, restrict services or categories, and freeze an agent. Every balance and price displays credits beside dollars. Cap and freeze checks remain active during payment retries.

## Runtime approval

A pending request includes the agent, amount and reason. Approve or reject deliberately. Payment completion follows approval; a successful authoritative receipt is required before credits mint and the original task resumes.

[Identity](/docs/identity) · [Payment flow](/docs/payments) · [Connected workflows](/docs/use-flows).