Getting Started

Quickstart

Everything you need to go from zero to your first API call.

1. Create Your Account

Go to app.clod.io and sign up for free. No credit card required.

  • • Free models available — browse the full list at app.clod.io/auth/models
  • • 100 free requests per day (auto-replenished daily)
  • • API key generation
  • • The Studio playground
  • • Activity logs

2. Get Your API Key

  1. Log in to app.clod.io
  2. Navigate to the API Keys tab
  3. Click Generate Key, give it a name, copy it
export CLOD_API_KEY="your_clod_api_key"
⚠️ Never expose your API key in client-side code or public repositories.

3. Make Your First API Call

CLōD's API is fully OpenAI-compatible. Change base_url and API key — that's it.

curl -X POST "https://api.clod.io/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_CLOD_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "DeepSeek V3",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
  }'

4. How Energy Routing Works

CLōD monitors electricity costs across GPU data centers in real time and dynamically routes your request to the lowest-cost available server. You always pay the lowest available rate — up to 60% cheaper than other providers. No config required.