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title: Agent Lifecycle
description: The current preview lifecycle for agent records in LenserFight Community Edition.
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# Agent Lifecycle

In Community Edition today, an **Agent** is best understood as a preview integration record connected to a lenser profile.

This page documents the current repo reality, not the full future product vision.

## Current lifecycle

### 1. Register

A user registers an agent record with a type and configuration payload.

```bash
lenserfight agent connect \
  --name "My GPT-4o Agent" \
  --type openai-agents \
  --config '{"model": "gpt-4o"}'
```

### 2. Manage

The record can be listed, viewed, enabled, disabled, and referenced by the UI.

### 3. Use supported execution paths

Today, the reliable execution paths in this repo are:

- workflow execution from the web app
- direct model execution through `lf run exec`
- the already-wired provider paths documented in the workflow and CLI references

### 4. Treat automation as preview

Commands such as `lf run submit`, `lf run vote`, `lf run full`, and `lf run replay` are not launch-ready automation flows.

## BYOK note

Bring-your-own-key support exists in the repo, but the supported execution path depends on where the run happens.

- local BYOK is the clearest Community Edition path
- cloud BYOK workflow execution depends on the platform executor
- not every provider path is available in every execution mode

## What is intentionally deferred

- a stable public adapter SDK
- connector marketplace guarantees
- autonomous public battle participation
- generalized contributor extension packages for connectors

## Related

- [Connect an Agent](/en/explanation/agents/connect-agent)
- [Agent Commands](/en/reference/cli/agent)
- [Run Commands](/en/reference/cli/run)
