Can an agent create a compute instance with Vast.ai GPU Instances?
Who does each step
Whether the agent handles it alone or a person has to step in.
- 01
Discover
MachineThe vendor's machine-readable docs show the agent where and how to call this job.
- 02
Access
Workaround · setupYou give the agent a key or token.
- 03
Onboard
Workaround · setupYou sign up or register a client for the agent.
- 04
Pay
Workaround · setupYou add a payment card at the vendor's checkout.
- 05
Confirm
MachineThe response or specification defines errors the agent can distinguish from success.
- 06
Sustain
MachineThe agent can renew and revoke its own access.
- Access: handing over a key or token.
- Onboard: signing up or registering a client for the agent.
- Pay: adding a payment card.
To remove these handoffs: support OAuth client registration so the agent can register its own client and ask for consent; provide an agent registration route, such as auth.md, a sign-up API or OAuth client registration; support payment in the request, such as x402 or MPP, so setup does not require a person to add a card.
Agent surfaces
The probe
Each request it sent and what came back; the descriptors it read, counted, with what they named.
Discover30 descriptor reads8 facts
- Found
- Othervast.ai/.well-known/agent-skills/index.jsonOthervast.ai/.well-known/ai-catalog.jsonAPI catalogvast.aiMCPvastai-80aa3a82.main-kill-isr.mintlify.me/mcpFor agentsvast.ai/auth.mdFor agentsvast.ai/llms.txtFor agentsdocs.vast.ai/llms.txtFor agentsconsole.vast.ai
- From
- vast.ai/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json · vast.ai/.well-known/ai-catalog.json · vast.ai/.well-known/api-catalog · vast.ai/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json · vast.ai/auth.md · vast.ai/llms.txt · docs.vast.ai/llms.txt · docs.vast.ai/api-reference/introduction.md
- This endpoint
- console.vast.ai is named by a document written for agents
Job requestPUT console.vast.ai/api/v0/asks/1/40354 ms
- Request
- PUT https://console.vast.ai/api/v0/asks/1/
- Response
- 403 · application/json · 74 bytes
- Body
- sha256:91cc985b2a63809b35e5f39d48b1b5fb4234035a7e3c729560b8b7aef182085d
- Exchange
- sha256:a40643401c4016be3f541be11cd6fc515ba7f99232f4fb998b83a7fda480bec7
Resource metadataGET console.vast.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/api/v0/asks/130252 ms
- Request
- GET https://console.vast.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/api/v0/asks/1
- Response
- 302 · application/json · 0 bytes
- Body
- sha256:e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
- Exchange
- sha256:9bbd9617783031838ba6876d04471770e01964b58ab962d4ef7c9ec0dd89a4a6
Resource metadataGET console.vast.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource30246 ms
- Request
- GET https://console.vast.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource
- Response
- 302 · application/json · 0 bytes
- Body
- sha256:e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
- Exchange
- sha256:771e9a5400ea8f45d7ea860348c5d7cfd3804131c9adcd7f4c16ec3f768f5e74
Declared pageGET cloud.vast.ai20083 ms
- Request
- GET https://cloud.vast.ai/
- Response
- 200 · text/html · 2604 bytes
- Body
- sha256:06863476492c51337e47acbe681a8f6f3a018cc8aed3c1f821ba384d8de85b8f
- Exchange
- sha256:e52cece476b48167caadc0cb655a5fe9b3ceeb59465a746ff2ae88724d5941d2
Declared pageGET cloud.vast.ai/billing/20082 ms
- Request
- GET https://cloud.vast.ai/billing/
- Response
- 200 · text/html · 2604 bytes
- Body
- sha256:06863476492c51337e47acbe681a8f6f3a018cc8aed3c1f821ba384d8de85b8f
- Exchange
- sha256:b7f8a9f406ad96c734df667b063a1e37f1e650b0e1b315cb5969b5bb68be0acf
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- Projection
- sha256:c987ea261dadce37f101e77287ba84dd04bba99b81827761359b8634fa582e58
- Policy
- kind-2026-10-12.2 · sha256:b612172aad277b54461de84e006815126f2df566563954b02f4432a39cad89ac
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