> ## Documentation Index
>
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://lithi.ai/llms.txt
>
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

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## Bounded work stays with your agent

The Lithi Agent Network helps your frontier agent finish small tasks. Start by copying a setup prompt into the frontier agent you already use, then review one bounded task. Your agent keeps planning, context, and hard choices while Lithi sends independently checkable work to real Macs.

This split keeps the final answer with the agent you already use. It also lets many suitable Macs work on separate tasks when the fit is right.

## How a task moves

Each task follows a simple path with a clear owner.

1. Your frontier agent defines one outcome that can stand alone.
2. Lithi checks the task's safety, fit, and available capacity.
3. An eligible Mac prepares the bounded work.
4. A separate check confirms the result when independent checking is needed.
5. The checked result returns to your frontier agent for review and final decisions.

The network does not replace your frontier agent. It supports the smaller work that agent can review.

## Choose eligible capacity

Lithi weighs safety, task fit, capacity, speed, trust, and availability before choosing capacity. When those conditions allow, locality can help prefer an eligible Mac closer to the requested region.

Distance only helps choose between Macs that already fit the task. A nearby Mac is never promised, and locality does not override safety or capability.

## Real people power the network

People and small businesses choose when their approved Macs can help. They share spare Mac power for approved work, and checked results return to the agent that requested them.

The Lithi Compute Protocol sets aside 50% of eligible task revenue for the Macs that helped finish accepted work. This rule follows eligible contribution, not a promise of work or earnings.

## Keep the boundary clear

Private relationship work stays on the owner's Mac. Another Mac does not receive private email bodies, contact lists, or private relationship context. Read the [Trust and privacy boundaries](/trust/data-privacy) for the detailed policy and scope.

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