Trustless DAO agent

Contact Names and Telegram Handles

Dyuthi Vivek - @DyuthiVivek (primary contact)
Swetha Murali - @swetha344

Team Name

Ctrl+Alt+Elite

Project Title

Trustless DAO Agent

Elevator Pitch

Autonomous trustless AI agent that researches DAO proposals via web search, matches them to your preferences, and votes/stakes on Hedera.

Description

The Trustless DAO Agent is an AI governance assistant that combines personalized automation with real-time intelligence gathering, keeping DAO members engaged without constant manual effort. Built on LangGraph for multi-step reasoning and Hedera for secure, efficient smart contract execution, it goes beyond simple preference-based voting by conducting live web searches to inform its decisions.

Low voter turnout and uninformed participation often lead to poor DAO governance. This agent solves that by merging automated execution with up-to-date research, ensuring your votes are informed, aligned with your values, and executed without you having to be online.

When a new DAO proposal emerges, the agent:

1. Fetches and parses proposal details from Snapshot, Hedera-native DAOs, and Tally.
2. Runs targeted web searches (news, forums, analytics dashboards, social sentiment) for context.
3. Analyzes findings against your preferences and risk thresholds.
4. Generates a transparent decision explanation.
5. Executes the decision trustlessly — voting, staking, or lending tokens without ever holding your private keys.

Security is central: your keys stay in your control, delegation is revocable, and all actions are verifiable on-chain. The decision process, including research data, is fully auditable in a React-based governance dashboard where you can configure preferences, review proposals with AI explanations, override votes, and track token performance.

Installation

1. Set environment variables listed below in a .env file.
2. Install bun using the command curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash.
3. Run node mcpAgent.ts in the background and npm run dev to start the frontend.

Environment Variables

# Hedera config
# e.g. 0.0.12345
HEDERA_ACCOUNT_ID=

# e.g. 0xabcd1234x
HEDERA_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY=

# testnet, mainnet, previewnet, or localnode
HEDERA_ACCOUNT_NETWORK=

# ECDSA or EdDSA
HEDERA_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY_TYPE=

# Gemini config
GEMINI_API_URL=https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com

# e.g. your-google-api-key
GEMINI_API_KEY=

# e.g. gemini-pro
GEMINI_MODEL=

# serper api key
SERPER_API_KEY=

Usage Example

USER PROMPT: Here is the smart contract ID for my Pizza Topping DAO: xxx. Monitor all proposals and vote YES only for veggie toppings, vote NO otherwise.

AGENT RESPONSE: Noted! Fetching all proposals:

• Proposal 1: Onion
• Proposal 2: Pineapple
• Proposal 3: Chicken

Among the proposals listed, onions are vegetables but pineapple and chicken are not. I will vote YES for proposal 1 and NO for proposals 2 and 3 on your behalf.

Known Issues

Due to unavailability of proposal creation methods on HashioDAO, we simulated the DAO process by creating our own smart contracts outlining the rules of a DAO. In the future, we hope to integrate our MCP with existing DAO platforms such as HashioDAO, providing a one-stop solution to automated DAO management.