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

# Deposit

> Approve, deposit, and the agent takes it from there.

Deposits are made in **USDG**, the base stable asset on Robinhood Chain. The app guides you through the two signatures:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Approve">
    A standard token approval for the exact deposit amount — never an unlimited allowance. If a sufficient allowance already exists, this step is skipped.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Deposit">
    The tokens move into your vault and are valued at the current oracle price. That valuation sets your **contributed capital** — the baseline against which profit (and therefore any future fee) is measured. See [High-water mark](/fees/high-water-mark).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Planting (automatic)">
    The agent detects the deposit and plants your first positions in the pools your strategy selects. No action needed — you'll see the vault move from *idle* to *earning* on the dashboard.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Things worth knowing

* **No deposit fee.** Nothing is charged on the way in, ever.
* **Top-ups work the same way.** Additional deposits raise your contributed capital at the price on the day they arrive; they never count as profit.
* **Deposits require a live price feed.** If the oracle feed for a token is unavailable, deposits of that token are blocked until it recovers — a deliberate safety rule, because an unpriced deposit would corrupt your fee accounting. Exits are never blocked by this.
* **Minimum deposit** is shown in the app before you sign.

<Tip>
  You deposit a stable; the strategy holds volatile assets. Your exposure changes the moment planting begins — that's the point, but be sure it's what you want. See [Price exposure](/risks/price-exposure-delta).
</Tip>