# Empty the sleeve overnight

Do not leave spendable cash on a dedicated agent wallet or Agentic sleeve beside live connectors overnight (or across a long idle) — empty or park excess when the session ends, keep review-before-place on, and only re-fund the session ceiling when you are back at the desk. Pairs with fund-session-ceiling, dedicated-agent-wallet, agent-spend-caps, rotate-before-raise-balance, revoke-before-debug. Agent Lane does not place trades or hold wallets.

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## Answer first

When a live agent spend session ends — or before you leave connectors overnight or across a long idle — empty or park spendable cash off the dedicated agent wallet or Agentic sleeve so leftover balance is not sitting beside live tools while you are away. Keep review before place on. Only re-fund the session ceiling when you are back at the desk.

## Why overnight cash beside live connectors is the failure mode

- **Review only works while someone watches** — caps and review stop daytime mistakes; a funded sleeve tools can still reach is spendable while you sleep, travel, or leave the desk.
- **“I’ll refill tomorrow” left in the sleeve** — tomorrow’s cash beside open connectors overnight turns a retry, scheduled job, or shared-box handoff into an unattended fill.
- **Long idle is not a closed pipe** — connectors still enabled after a long pause are not a clean bill of health; empty the spendable balance before you walk away.

Leaving spendable cash beside live connectors overnight is how a session ceiling becomes theater while you are away. Empty or park when the run ends; re-fund only when you are back at the desk.

## What it means

1. Session ends → empty or park — surplus off the dedicated spend wallet or Agentic sleeve.
2. Prefer disconnect across idle — brokerage/payment/payer MCP tools off if you will be away.
3. Review stays on — [review-before-place.md](./review-before-place.md).
4. Re-fund only at the desk — [fund-session-ceiling.md](./fund-session-ceiling.md); caps from [agent-spend-caps.md](./agent-spend-caps.md).
5. After long idle, rotate before raise — [rotate-before-raise-balance.md](./rotate-before-raise-balance.md).

## Shield stack

1. [dedicated-agent-wallet.md](./dedicated-agent-wallet.md) — money the bot can reach.
2. [agent-spend-caps.md](./agent-spend-caps.md) — write the numbers.
3. [fund-session-ceiling.md](./fund-session-ceiling.md) — empty/park excess, fund only that ceiling for a live run.
4. [review-before-place.md](./review-before-place.md) — human gate at the desk.
5. Empty the sleeve overnight (this page) — park cash when session ends or idle begins.
6. [revoke-before-debug.md](./revoke-before-debug.md) — kill-and-isolate on incident.
7. [rotate-before-raise-balance.md](./rotate-before-raise-balance.md) — credential re-verify before more cash.

## How to empty the sleeve overnight

1. End the live run deliberately — stop place/pay/sign for this session.
2. Empty or park the spendable balance — no overnight “for later” top-up left sitting.
3. Prefer disconnect across a long idle.
4. Keep review before place on.
5. Only re-fund when you are back at the desk; after long idle, rotate before raise. Reopen: [one-connector-at-a-time.md](./one-connector-at-a-time.md); prove: [paper-before-live.md](./paper-before-live.md).
6. If something misfired while away — [revoke-before-debug.md](./revoke-before-debug.md); do not top up first. Shared computer: [shared-box.md](./shared-box.md).

## Practical checklist

- End-of-session order — stop live places → empty or park sleeve → prefer disconnect for overnight → review still on.
- No overnight top-up left sitting — tomorrow’s cash off the spend path until you return.
- Return order — after long idle: rotate if needed → fund only the ceiling → one connector at a time.
- Shared-box pass — connectors, passwords, open sessions.

Related: [Flatten all before connector revoke](./flatten-all-before-connector-revoke.md), [separate-funding-from-trading-wallet.md](./separate-funding-from-trading-wallet.md), [log-session-end-checklist.md](./log-session-end-checklist.md), [session-time-box.md](./session-time-box.md, [no-overnight-margin-without-go.md](./no-overnight-margin-without-go.md)), [receipt-log-after-session.md](./receipt-log-after-session.md), [fund-session-ceiling.md](./fund-session-ceiling.md), [dedicated-agent-wallet.md](./dedicated-agent-wallet.md), [agent-spend-caps.md](./agent-spend-caps.md), [rotate-before-raise-balance.md](./rotate-before-raise-balance.md), [revoke-before-debug.md](./revoke-before-debug.md), [review-before-place.md](./review-before-place.md), [one-connector-at-a-time.md](./one-connector-at-a-time.md), [paper-before-live.md](./paper-before-live.md), [shield-brokerage.md](./shield-brokerage.md), [shield-crypto.md](./shield-crypto.md), [shared-box.md](./shared-box.md), [flatten-before-news-unknown.md](./flatten-before-news-unknown.md).

## FAQ

**What does empty the sleeve overnight mean?**
When a live agent spend session ends — or before a long idle — empty or park spendable cash off the dedicated agent wallet or Agentic sleeve so leftover balance is not sitting beside live connectors while you are away. Keep review before place on. Only re-fund the session ceiling when you are back at the desk.

**Why is overnight cash beside live connectors the failure mode?**
Review stops the first bad place only if someone is watching. A funded sleeve tools can still reach is spendable while you sleep, travel, or leave the desk.

**When must I empty the sleeve?**
When the session ends, before overnight or long idle with connectors enabled, before handing the computer to someone else, and before walking away after a live run.

**Replace caps, wallet, review, or revoke?**
No — you need the full stack. Empty overnight is the cash park for end-of-session and idle.

**Disconnect every night?**
Empty or park at minimum. Prefer disconnect across a long idle; empty plus disconnect is stronger. Rotate before raise when you come back after idle.

**Where in the shield stack?**
Dedicated wallet → caps → fund ceiling → review at the desk → empty overnight on end/idle. Incident: revoke before you debug. Raise after idle: rotate before raise.

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