# Use Pod

> Use Pod is the inference marketplace: a drop-in OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible API backed by a two-sided market of independent GPU operators, settled in USDC. Every page below is available as raw Markdown by appending `.md` to its URL (e.g. `/using/quickstart.md`).

## Introduction

- [How it works](https://docs.usepod.ai/introduction/how-it-works/): From an inbound request to a settled, billed response — the path through the Use Pod gateway.
- [What is Use Pod](https://docs.usepod.ai/introduction/what-is-use-pod/): An inference marketplace with a drop-in OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible API and USDC settlement.

## Using Use Pod (demand side)

- [Drop-in API](https://docs.usepod.ai/using/drop-in-api/): Use Pod is a base-URL swap for any OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible client.
- [Funding your balance](https://docs.usepod.ai/using/funding/): Top up a token by card or by sending USDC on Solana.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.usepod.ai/using/quickstart/): Get a token, fund it, and point your client at Use Pod in under a minute.
- [Spend controls](https://docs.usepod.ai/using/spend-controls/): Cap the price you'll pay per million tokens with per-request headers.

## Running a provider (supply side)

- [BYOK relays](https://docs.usepod.ai/providers/byok/): Resell capacity on an upstream key you already hold, at prices you set.
- [Earnings & cashout](https://docs.usepod.ai/providers/earnings-and-cashout/): How provider earnings accrue and how to withdraw USDC to a Solana wallet.
- [Provider quickstart](https://docs.usepod.ai/providers/quickstart/): Install the agent, enroll, post a bond, and start earning USDC for served inference.
- [The provider agent](https://docs.usepod.ai/providers/agent/): How the standalone agent connects, advertises capabilities, and serves jobs from your local backend.

## Marketplace

- [Pricing](https://docs.usepod.ai/marketplace/pricing/): Per-million-token pricing, the cap-at-centralized rule, and the fee split.
- [Routing & matching](https://docs.usepod.ai/marketplace/routing/): How the coordinator selects a provider for each request, with centralized fallback.
- [Trust & reputation](https://docs.usepod.ai/marketplace/trust/): Bonds, reputation scoring, and benchmark canaries that keep the marketplace honest.

## API reference

- [Inference proxy](https://docs.usepod.ai/api/proxy/): The drop-in proxy path, supported endpoints, request headers, and response headers.
- [Register a token](https://docs.usepod.ai/api/register/): Create a token and deposit address with POST /v1/register.

## Resources

- [For agents](https://docs.usepod.ai/resources/for-agents/): Machine-readable access to these docs — raw Markdown per page, llms.txt, and the drop-in API.

## Index

- [Use Pod](https://docs.usepod.ai/index/): The inference marketplace — drop-in OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible API, USDC billing, and a two-sided market of independent GPU operators.