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Quickstart

Add UsePod as the base URL of any OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible client. No SDK changes, no auth changes.

  1. Get a token and deposit address.

    Terminal window
    curl -X POST https://api.usepod.ai/v1/register

    The response includes your <token> and a USDC deposit address.

  2. Fund your balance.

    Top up by card at usepod.ai/fund or send USDC to the deposit address. See Funding your balance.

  3. Point your client at UsePod.

    Terminal window
    # Anthropic-compatible (e.g. Claude Code)
    ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.usepod.ai/proxy/<token> claude
    

    # OpenAI-compatible (e.g. Cursor or the OpenAI SDK)
    OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.usepod.ai/proxy/<token>/v1 cursor

  4. Send requests as usual.

    Your existing code is unchanged. Each request is debited from your balance, and responses carry an X-Balance-Remaining header.

Walk through it in the dashboard

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Prefer a UI to the API? The dashboard does the same three steps — register, fund, connect — and hands you copy-paste client config.

Your dashboard. After you register, the dashboard shows your API token, a ready-to-paste config for Claude Code / Codex / OpenAI / Cursor, your balance, and recent activity. Save the bookmark URL it gives you to return later.

The UsePod dashboard showing the API token, agent-connect snippets, balance chart, and activity feed.

Add funds. Open Fund and choose how to pay — card (Stripe), USDC on Solana, or SOL swapped via Jupiter. Your dollar amount becomes a USDC balance that each request draws down.

The Fund page: pay by card, USDC on Solana, or SOL; preset amounts and a fee breakdown.

Browse models and prices. The Marketplace lists every model with its best per-million input/output price, how many providers are online, and the centralized fallback price.

The Marketplace leaderboard: per-model best input/output prices, provider counts, and centralized fallback.

Next steps

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