Pools are tied to strategies in Allo. While the terms of how a pool of capital will be allocated/distributed are reserved for the strategy contract, those contracts should not be called directly. Instead, a pool will be created that links to the strategy and all interactions with that strategy will happen through Allo.sol.

Pool functions are contained in Allo.sol. This means that to allocate funds according to the rules in a strategy you will call the allocate() function in Allo.sol and provide the pool id (for example).

Pool Lifecycle

Before creating a pool:

1. Create and deploy a custom strategy, or choose a cloneable strategy.
2. Register on the Project registry.
3. Determine who the pool manager(s) will be.

Starting and Running a Pool

1. Use the createPool() or createPoolWithCustomStrategy() function to initialize the pool. The pool can be funded during initialization, or at a later time using the fundPool() function. See the code samples in Creating a Pool for more details.

2. Determine the recipients of the pool and add them using registerRecipient(). What data is required to register a recipient will depend on the underlying strategy. Allo.sol also provides batchRegisterRecipient(), which will register a single recipient to multiple pools. Both functions return the recipientId, which will be needed for distributing funds.

const tx = await allo.registerRecipient(poolId, bytes(""));
 
const tx = await allo.batchRegisterRecipient(poolIds, bytes[]);

3. When allowed by the strategy contract, have allocators allocate funds using allocate() or batchAllocate(). batchAllocate() is used to allocate funds to multiple pools and may not be available for all strategies. The data required to allocate funds will be determined by the underlying strategy.

const tx = await allo.allocate(poolId, bytes(""));
 
const tx = await allo.batchAllocate(poolIds, bytes[]);

4. Once allocation is complete, complete the pool's funds can be distributed using distribute(). You will need the recipientId returned when they were registered. Again, specifics of how distribute will behave is determined by the strategy.

const tx = await allo.distribute(
    poolId, recipientIds[], bytes("")
);
 
const tx = await allo.batchAllocate(poolIds, bytes[]);

5. If any funds are remaining after distribution, use recoverFunds() to remove them from the pool. Only the poolOwner is allowed to use recoverFunds().

const tx = await allo.recoverFunds(
    tokenAddress, recipientAddress
);

Creating a Pool

There are two methods available for creating a pool, createPool() and createPoolWithCustomStrategy().

createPool()

The createPool() function should be used when you want to use a cloneable strategy from the Allo library. An error will occur if the strategy address provided is not approved as a cloneable strategy.

const allo = await ethers.getContractAt('Allo', alloProxyAddress, signer);
 
const profileId = "registry profile id here";
const strategyAddress = "cloneable strategy address";
const initData = "0x";
const tokenAddress = "0x7af963cf6d228e564e2a0aa0ddbf06210b38615d";     //Goerli test token
const amount = 0;
const metadata = {protocol: 1, pointer: "strategy pointer"};
const managers = ["your wallet here"];
 
const tx = await allo.createPool(
   profileId, strategyAddress, initData, tokenAddress, amount, metadata, managers
);
await tx.wait();
console.log(`Done! Transaction hash: ${tx.hash}`)

createPoolWithCustomStrategy()

createPoolWithCustomStrategy() can be used with custom strategies, as the name suggests. The strategy must be deployed before the pool is created.

const allo = await ethers.getContractAt('Allo', alloProxyAddress, signer);
 
const profileId = "registry profile id here";
const strategyAddress = "0x4AB4eF1aa0c2f63FFE77b245E679fb7B38681470";  //Donation Voting address
const initData = "0x";
const tokenAddress = "0x7af963cf6d228e564e2a0aa0ddbf06210b38615d";     //Goerli test token
const amount = 0;
const metadata = {protocol: 1, pointer: "strategy pointer"};
const managers = ["your wallet here"];
 
const tx = await allo.createPoolWithCustomStrategy(
   profileId, strategyAddress, initData, tokenAddress, amount, metadata, managers
);
await tx.wait();
console.log(`Done! Transaction hash: ${tx.hash}`)