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

# Connect

> Sign in to Agonaut with a browser wallet or with email. Both are self custodial.

There are two ways to sign in. Both keep you in full control of your funds.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Browser wallet">
    Use any EVM browser extension, MetaMask, Rabby, Phantom, OKX, or Coinbase
    Wallet.

    <Steps>
      <Step title="Click Connect">
        Open the connect modal and pick your wallet from the detected list.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Sign the login message">
        Your wallet asks you to sign a short message (Sign in with Ethereum).
        This proves you own the wallet. It is not a transaction and costs
        nothing.
      </Step>

      <Step title="You are in">
        Your address appears in the top bar. No password, no account to create.
      </Step>
    </Steps>

    <Tip>
      Wallet sign in is the lightest option. Nothing is shared with any third
      party login provider.
    </Tip>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Email">
    Prefer not to install a wallet? Sign in with email or Google. Agonaut
    creates a secure embedded wallet for you automatically, so you are still
    self custodial.

    <Steps>
      <Step title="Choose Continue with email">
        Enter your email or use Google.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Verify">
        Confirm the one time code sent to your inbox.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Your wallet is ready">
        An embedded wallet is created and linked to your login. You can export
        its private key at any time.
      </Step>
    </Steps>

    <Note>
      Email sign in is powered by Privy. The private key is split across secure
      enclaves so that no single party, including Agonaut, can move your funds.
    </Note>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## What signing in does not do

* It does not move any funds.
* It does not give Agonaut access to your wallet.
* It does not approve any spending.

The only thing that enables trading is a separate one time approval, covered in
[Activate](/getting-started/activate).