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

# What is SuperformOS?

> SuperformOS is the operating system for programmable vaults: transparent rules, bounded execution, validator-attested pricing, and auditable operating history.

SuperformOS is the operating system for programmable vaults. It lets operators launch, operate, and distribute SuperVaults with transparent rules, bounded execution, validator-attested pricing, and auditable operating history.

Most vaults call themselves non-custodial, but their strategy logic still lives in private workflows: manual rebalances, internal scripts, multisig decisions, or trusted operator processes. SuperformOS moves that logic into a visible operating surface.

Operators define what a vault is allowed to do. Users and partners can inspect the mandate, eligible actions, yield sources, pricing controls, and operating history. Execution stays inside the rules the vault has disclosed.

## What SuperformOS Does

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Create and Launch Vaults" icon="rocket" href="/operate/ui/create-vault">
    Deploy a SuperVault, attach listing metadata, fund upkeep, and move from onchain creation to live distribution.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Authorize Execution" icon="shield-check" href="/operate/ui/merkle-trees">
    Configure approved actions, generate merkle roots, sync authorization onchain, and publish proof artifacts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Operate Strategies" icon="diagram-project" href="/operate/ui/strategy">
    Build rule-based deposit, withdrawal, and rebalance logic with OMS-backed intent execution.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Use Risk Controls" icon="triangle-exclamation" href="/operate/ui/pause">
    Pause vaults, pause services, and arm per-yield-source emergency liquidity exits when conditions change.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Operator Jobs

<Steps>
  <Step title="Prepare access">
    Review [Prerequisites](/operate/prerequisites), [Authentication](/operate/authentication), and [Permissions](/operate/permissions).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create the vault">
    Use the four-step [Create Vault](/operate/ui/create-vault) wizard to configure identity, operators, fees, and listing metadata.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Complete launch readiness">
    Work through the [Setup Checklist](/operate/ui/setup-checklist): created, upkeep funded, hooks configured, yield sources whitelisted, strategy created, and catalog listed/available.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run the vault">
    Monitor [Dashboard](/operate/ui/dashboard), [Strategy Canvas](/operate/ui/strategy), [Simulation](/operate/ui/simulation), [Intent History](/operate/ui/intent-history), [Yield Sources](/operate/ui/yield-sources), and [Merkle Trees](/operate/ui/merkle-trees).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Distribute the vault">
    Use [Distribute](/operate/ui/distribute) to review vault listings and provider actions, then check the public read-only route from [Dashboard](/operate/ui/dashboard) to confirm what allocators can inspect without manager access.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Respond to incidents">
    Use [Pause Operations](/operate/ui/pause), [Vault Settings alert delivery](/operate/ui/vault-settings#alert-delivery), audit logs, and notification channels to halt or drain risk when needed.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## API Surface

SuperformOS is backed by three main services:

* [Erebor](/operate/api/erebor) — vault management, settings, registries, merkle workflows, upkeep, users, notifications, and pause controls.
* [Strategy Engine](/operate/api/strategy) — strategies, ordering, live shards, intent projections, fills, and emergency locks.
* [OMS](/operate/api/oms) — DeFiX intent execution, events, hook transactions, and session-key readiness.

See [Operate API Overview](/operate/api/overview) for the service map.

<Note>
  SuperformOS prepares transactions and displays operational state. Protocol state changes still happen through signed onchain transactions from the authorized operator wallet.
</Note>