# UsePod

> UsePod 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`). The full corpus in a single file is at `/llms-full.txt`, and a JSON manifest of every page is at `/api/pages.json`.

Two ready-to-run onboarding skills (Claude Code SKILL.md format) are published on the main site: client-onboard (demand side) at https://usepod.ai/skill/client-onboard/SKILL.md, and host-onboard (supply side) at https://usepod.ai/skill/host-onboard/SKILL.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 UsePod gateway.
- [What is UsePod](https://docs.usepod.ai/introduction/what-is-use-pod/): An inference marketplace with a drop-in OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible API and USDC settlement.

## Using UsePod (demand side)

- [Drop-in API](https://docs.usepod.ai/using/drop-in-api/): UsePod 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 UsePod 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)

- [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.
- [Resell your keys](https://docs.usepod.ai/providers/resell-keys/): Resell capacity on an upstream API key you already hold. How to price, how routing selects you, and exactly when your key earns.
- [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

- [Deposit on-chain (without the dashboard)](https://docs.usepod.ai/api/deposit-on-chain/): Deposit USDC or SOL into your token via the sovereign program using Anchor — the IDL is already published on-chain.
- [Inference proxy](https://docs.usepod.ai/api/proxy/): The drop-in proxy path, supported endpoints, request headers, and response headers.
- [Pay per request with x402](https://docs.usepod.ai/api/x402-payments/): Accountless, pay-as-you-go inference — pay each call with USDC or SOL on Solana, verified directly on-chain. No token, no API key.
- [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.

## Concepts

- [From creator coin to a compute marketplace](https://docs.usepod.ai/concepts/creator-coin-to-marketplace/): How chasing agent autonomy — persistence, self-funding, and affordable inference — led to a two-sided marketplace for LLM inference.
- [Why inference is becoming a commodity](https://docs.usepod.ai/concepts/inference-commodity/): Monopoly and subsidy pricing are temporary. As open-weight models reach parity, a marketplace drives inference toward the cost of production.

## Vision

- [Verification is the product](https://docs.usepod.ai/vision/verification/): Once you can cryptographically verify which model ran on which hardware, compute stops being a service and becomes a tradable commodity — with a futures market on top.