Create a pod
curl --request POST \
--url https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Idempotency-Key: <idempotency-key>' \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"tier": "starter",
"name": "<string>",
"external_ref": "<string>",
"model": "<string>",
"system_prompt": "<string>",
"region": "<string>",
"term_hours": 24,
"capabilities": {
"endpoint": true,
"wallet": true,
"platform_tools": true,
"connectors": true,
"channels": true,
"scheduler": true,
"backups": true
},
"ai": {
"mode": "managed",
"api_key": "<string>",
"base_url": "<string>",
"api": "<string>"
}
}
'import requests
url = "https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods"
payload = {
"tier": "starter",
"name": "<string>",
"external_ref": "<string>",
"model": "<string>",
"system_prompt": "<string>",
"region": "<string>",
"term_hours": 24,
"capabilities": {
"endpoint": True,
"wallet": True,
"platform_tools": True,
"connectors": True,
"channels": True,
"scheduler": True,
"backups": True
},
"ai": {
"mode": "managed",
"api_key": "<string>",
"base_url": "<string>",
"api": "<string>"
}
}
headers = {
"Idempotency-Key": "<idempotency-key>",
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Idempotency-Key': '<idempotency-key>',
'X-API-Key': '<api-key>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
tier: 'starter',
name: '<string>',
external_ref: '<string>',
model: '<string>',
system_prompt: '<string>',
region: '<string>',
term_hours: 24,
capabilities: {
endpoint: true,
wallet: true,
platform_tools: true,
connectors: true,
channels: true,
scheduler: true,
backups: true
},
ai: {mode: 'managed', api_key: '<string>', base_url: '<string>', api: '<string>'}
})
};
fetch('https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'tier' => 'starter',
'name' => '<string>',
'external_ref' => '<string>',
'model' => '<string>',
'system_prompt' => '<string>',
'region' => '<string>',
'term_hours' => 24,
'capabilities' => [
'endpoint' => true,
'wallet' => true,
'platform_tools' => true,
'connectors' => true,
'channels' => true,
'scheduler' => true,
'backups' => true
],
'ai' => [
'mode' => 'managed',
'api_key' => '<string>',
'base_url' => '<string>',
'api' => '<string>'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"Idempotency-Key: <idempotency-key>",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"tier\": \"starter\",\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_ref\": \"<string>\",\n \"model\": \"<string>\",\n \"system_prompt\": \"<string>\",\n \"region\": \"<string>\",\n \"term_hours\": 24,\n \"capabilities\": {\n \"endpoint\": true,\n \"wallet\": true,\n \"platform_tools\": true,\n \"connectors\": true,\n \"channels\": true,\n \"scheduler\": true,\n \"backups\": true\n },\n \"ai\": {\n \"mode\": \"managed\",\n \"api_key\": \"<string>\",\n \"base_url\": \"<string>\",\n \"api\": \"<string>\"\n }\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Idempotency-Key", "<idempotency-key>")
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods")
.header("Idempotency-Key", "<idempotency-key>")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"tier\": \"starter\",\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_ref\": \"<string>\",\n \"model\": \"<string>\",\n \"system_prompt\": \"<string>\",\n \"region\": \"<string>\",\n \"term_hours\": 24,\n \"capabilities\": {\n \"endpoint\": true,\n \"wallet\": true,\n \"platform_tools\": true,\n \"connectors\": true,\n \"channels\": true,\n \"scheduler\": true,\n \"backups\": true\n },\n \"ai\": {\n \"mode\": \"managed\",\n \"api_key\": \"<string>\",\n \"base_url\": \"<string>\",\n \"api\": \"<string>\"\n }\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Idempotency-Key"] = '<idempotency-key>'
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"tier\": \"starter\",\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_ref\": \"<string>\",\n \"model\": \"<string>\",\n \"system_prompt\": \"<string>\",\n \"region\": \"<string>\",\n \"term_hours\": 24,\n \"capabilities\": {\n \"endpoint\": true,\n \"wallet\": true,\n \"platform_tools\": true,\n \"connectors\": true,\n \"channels\": true,\n \"scheduler\": true,\n \"backups\": true\n },\n \"ai\": {\n \"mode\": \"managed\",\n \"api_key\": \"<string>\",\n \"base_url\": \"<string>\",\n \"api\": \"<string>\"\n }\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"pod": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "<string>",
"slug": "<string>",
"external_ref": "<string>",
"status": "provisioning",
"tier": "starter",
"model": "<string>",
"ai": {
"mode": "managed"
},
"capabilities": {
"endpoint": true,
"wallet": true,
"platform_tools": true,
"connectors": true,
"channels": true,
"scheduler": true,
"backups": true
},
"endpoint": {
"base_url": "https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/{id}/v1"
},
"billing": {
"expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"auto_renew": true,
"is_trial": true
},
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"pod": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "<string>",
"slug": "<string>",
"external_ref": "<string>",
"status": "provisioning",
"tier": "starter",
"model": "<string>",
"ai": {
"mode": "managed"
},
"capabilities": {
"endpoint": true,
"wallet": true,
"platform_tools": true,
"connectors": true,
"channels": true,
"scheduler": true,
"backups": true
},
"endpoint": {
"base_url": "https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/{id}/v1"
},
"billing": {
"expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"auto_renew": true,
"is_trial": true
},
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}Agent Pods API
Create a pod (API key)
Base URL https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1. Auth is X-API-Key only. This is the PROGRAMMATIC surface and is NOT the same as the dashboard pod routes (POST /pods, PATCH /pods/{id}/settings, …), which take a wallet signature or a browser session and are free to change. Every response carries x-request-id.
Idempotency-Key is REQUIRED and the request is refused without it. This call provisions a machine and charges for it. Replaying the same key returns the ORIGINAL response byte for byte with Idempotent-Replay: true and a 200 instead of a 201, rather than making a second pod. The same key with a DIFFERENT body is a 409 carrying details.code = idempotency_mismatch, because that is a bug in your code and swallowing it would hide it.
Use an id you already have - an order number, a job id. A generated UUID protects a retry inside one process; only a stable id protects a retry after that process dies.
Returns 201 with status: provisioning. The machine takes a few minutes to boot; poll GET /pods/v1/pods/{id} until status is online.
Rate limit: 60 creates per HOUR, a separate and tighter bucket than ordinary writes, because this is the call that costs money. The idempotency key stops an accidental double-create; it does nothing about a deliberate loop, which is what this bucket is for.
Rate limit: 60 creates per hour, a separate and tighter bucket than the 60/min write limit. This is the call that provisions a machine and charges for it, so a runaway loop costs money rather than a wasted query. The Idempotency-Key prevents an accidental double-create; it does nothing about a deliberate loop.
POST
/
pods
/
v1
/
pods
Create a pod
curl --request POST \
--url https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Idempotency-Key: <idempotency-key>' \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"tier": "starter",
"name": "<string>",
"external_ref": "<string>",
"model": "<string>",
"system_prompt": "<string>",
"region": "<string>",
"term_hours": 24,
"capabilities": {
"endpoint": true,
"wallet": true,
"platform_tools": true,
"connectors": true,
"channels": true,
"scheduler": true,
"backups": true
},
"ai": {
"mode": "managed",
"api_key": "<string>",
"base_url": "<string>",
"api": "<string>"
}
}
'import requests
url = "https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods"
payload = {
"tier": "starter",
"name": "<string>",
"external_ref": "<string>",
"model": "<string>",
"system_prompt": "<string>",
"region": "<string>",
"term_hours": 24,
"capabilities": {
"endpoint": True,
"wallet": True,
"platform_tools": True,
"connectors": True,
"channels": True,
"scheduler": True,
"backups": True
},
"ai": {
"mode": "managed",
"api_key": "<string>",
"base_url": "<string>",
"api": "<string>"
}
}
headers = {
"Idempotency-Key": "<idempotency-key>",
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Idempotency-Key': '<idempotency-key>',
'X-API-Key': '<api-key>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
tier: 'starter',
name: '<string>',
external_ref: '<string>',
model: '<string>',
system_prompt: '<string>',
region: '<string>',
term_hours: 24,
capabilities: {
endpoint: true,
wallet: true,
platform_tools: true,
connectors: true,
channels: true,
scheduler: true,
backups: true
},
ai: {mode: 'managed', api_key: '<string>', base_url: '<string>', api: '<string>'}
})
};
fetch('https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'tier' => 'starter',
'name' => '<string>',
'external_ref' => '<string>',
'model' => '<string>',
'system_prompt' => '<string>',
'region' => '<string>',
'term_hours' => 24,
'capabilities' => [
'endpoint' => true,
'wallet' => true,
'platform_tools' => true,
'connectors' => true,
'channels' => true,
'scheduler' => true,
'backups' => true
],
'ai' => [
'mode' => 'managed',
'api_key' => '<string>',
'base_url' => '<string>',
'api' => '<string>'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"Idempotency-Key: <idempotency-key>",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"tier\": \"starter\",\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_ref\": \"<string>\",\n \"model\": \"<string>\",\n \"system_prompt\": \"<string>\",\n \"region\": \"<string>\",\n \"term_hours\": 24,\n \"capabilities\": {\n \"endpoint\": true,\n \"wallet\": true,\n \"platform_tools\": true,\n \"connectors\": true,\n \"channels\": true,\n \"scheduler\": true,\n \"backups\": true\n },\n \"ai\": {\n \"mode\": \"managed\",\n \"api_key\": \"<string>\",\n \"base_url\": \"<string>\",\n \"api\": \"<string>\"\n }\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Idempotency-Key", "<idempotency-key>")
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods")
.header("Idempotency-Key", "<idempotency-key>")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"tier\": \"starter\",\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_ref\": \"<string>\",\n \"model\": \"<string>\",\n \"system_prompt\": \"<string>\",\n \"region\": \"<string>\",\n \"term_hours\": 24,\n \"capabilities\": {\n \"endpoint\": true,\n \"wallet\": true,\n \"platform_tools\": true,\n \"connectors\": true,\n \"channels\": true,\n \"scheduler\": true,\n \"backups\": true\n },\n \"ai\": {\n \"mode\": \"managed\",\n \"api_key\": \"<string>\",\n \"base_url\": \"<string>\",\n \"api\": \"<string>\"\n }\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/v1/pods")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Idempotency-Key"] = '<idempotency-key>'
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"tier\": \"starter\",\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_ref\": \"<string>\",\n \"model\": \"<string>\",\n \"system_prompt\": \"<string>\",\n \"region\": \"<string>\",\n \"term_hours\": 24,\n \"capabilities\": {\n \"endpoint\": true,\n \"wallet\": true,\n \"platform_tools\": true,\n \"connectors\": true,\n \"channels\": true,\n \"scheduler\": true,\n \"backups\": true\n },\n \"ai\": {\n \"mode\": \"managed\",\n \"api_key\": \"<string>\",\n \"base_url\": \"<string>\",\n \"api\": \"<string>\"\n }\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"pod": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "<string>",
"slug": "<string>",
"external_ref": "<string>",
"status": "provisioning",
"tier": "starter",
"model": "<string>",
"ai": {
"mode": "managed"
},
"capabilities": {
"endpoint": true,
"wallet": true,
"platform_tools": true,
"connectors": true,
"channels": true,
"scheduler": true,
"backups": true
},
"endpoint": {
"base_url": "https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/{id}/v1"
},
"billing": {
"expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"auto_renew": true,
"is_trial": true
},
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"pod": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "<string>",
"slug": "<string>",
"external_ref": "<string>",
"status": "provisioning",
"tier": "starter",
"model": "<string>",
"ai": {
"mode": "managed"
},
"capabilities": {
"endpoint": true,
"wallet": true,
"platform_tools": true,
"connectors": true,
"channels": true,
"scheduler": true,
"backups": true
},
"endpoint": {
"base_url": "https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/{id}/v1"
},
"billing": {
"expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"auto_renew": true,
"is_trial": true
},
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}Authorizations
A compute API key (x402c_...). Mint one in the dashboard under Settings -> API Keys. This is the ONLY auth /pods/v1/* accepts - wallet signatures are bound to method+path+body and do not survive the internal hop, so signature callers must use the dashboard routes instead. Two extra scopes gate the dangerous powers: pods:wallet:write (pod wallet money, backup passphrase) and pods:control:write (connectors, full-power control socket).
Headers
REQUIRED. A stable id of your own. Replaying it returns the original response instead of creating a second pod.
Optional correlation id, echoed back on the response.
Body
application/json
Only these fields are read. Anything else is ignored - internal pricing and provisioning fields are deliberately not forwardable from a public caller.
Capability/price tier. Defaults to starter.
Example:
"starter"
Your display name for the pod.
Maximum string length:
120YOUR id. Comes back on every read and filters GET /pods, so you can find the pod again from your own database without storing ours.
Maximum string length:
128Model slug. Managed pods clamp this to the tier's allowed list.
Initial system prompt for the agent.
Optional datacentre pin. Omit it and we choose - picking a datacentre is our job, not yours.
Prepaid runtime in hours. Minimum 24.
Required range:
x >= 24What this pod was provisioned with. Omitting capabilities on create gives every capability.
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managed = we run and meter the LLM. byok = the pod calls your own OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
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Response
Idempotent replay: this exact Idempotency-Key already created a pod, so the ORIGINAL response body is returned unchanged. 200, not 201 - the pod was created by the earlier call.
The public projection of a pod on /pods/v1. An allowlist: it never carries the engine, its version, the provider, the region, the machine plan, the IP, or any credential, so the pod's implementation can change without breaking your integration.
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