# Connect a Safe Vault

Safe (formerly Gnosis Safe) is widely used by institutional and DAO clients as a
multi-signature smart contract wallet, providing strong governance and shared
control over on-chain assets.

You can connect your Safe accounts to Fordefi when Fordefi is one of the Safe
signers. This combines Fordefi's MPC security, DeFi connectivity, and policy
enforcement with Safe's multi-sig governance model.

## What you get with a Safe vault

When you connect a Safe to Fordefi as a Safe vault:

- Safe-originated transactions and messages are clearly identified as Safe
actions in Fordefi. See
[Safe Transactions](/user-guide/manage-transactions/safe-transactions).
- Decoded transaction details are shown in human-readable form, instead of raw
payloads.
- The Safe vault participates in Fordefi policy evaluation as a first-class
transaction origin. See
[Safe Transactions in Policies](/user-guide/policies/safe-policies).
- Native asset balances on the Safe are displayed, and Safe transactions are
tracked from the moment the vault is added.


If you do not add the Safe as a vault, Fordefi cannot enrich Safe operations and they appear as raw message signatures.

## View Safe vaults

Fordefi presents the Safe vaults that you have connected in a dedicated screen
in the web console. View them by choosing **Connected Accounts** >
**Multi-Sig**:

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## Connect to a Safe vault

Adding a Safe vault
requires [Admin Quorum](/user-guide/admin-quorum) approval, similar to adding an
exchange vault. 

Here's how to connect to a Safe vault:

1. Open the Fordefi web console and click **Connected Accounts** in the side
menu. In the screen that is displayed, click **+ Multi-sig account**.
This dialog opens:

2. Provide details for the account vault:
  - Select the smart account type (currently, only Safe is supported).
  - Enter a unique vault name.
  - Select the Safe account address.
  - Select a vault group.
3. Click **Add**.


The request is sent to the Admin Quorum for approval. Once approved, the Safe
appears in your **Multi-sig** accounts list.

## Balances and assets

After a Safe vault is added:

- Native assets held on the Safe are detected and displayed automatically.
- Safe transactions are included in indexing and tracked from the moment the
vault is added. Historical Safe transactions that occurred before vault
creation are not retrofitted.


## What you can and cannot do from a Safe vault

A Safe vault represents the on-chain Safe in Fordefi. Fordefi does not bypass
the Safe's signature threshold or submit transactions on behalf of other Safe
signers.

The following actions are **blocked** from a Safe vault:

- Sending transfers
- Performing swaps
- Revoking allowances
- Selecting the Safe vault as a signer in the Fordefi browser extension


These actions must be initiated through Safe by the Safe owners, with Fordefi
acting as one of the signers.

## Permissions

- **Admins** have full operational and configuration privileges within Fordefi
for the Safe vault. Admins cannot bypass Safe's on-chain signature threshold.
- **Traders** without view permissions on the Safe vault cannot open the single
vault page. They can still see the Safe vault name in transaction history (for
example, when their own vault receives a transfer initiated through Safe).