Free Tier

• No signup or payment required to start.
• Run npx agentscale register to get an API key.
• Free deploys expire after 1 hour.
• Limited to 1 service.

Paid Tier

• Add credits to remove the 1-hour expiry and deploy permanently.
• Use npx agentscale account to check your tier and credit balance.
• Services cost approximately $0.005-$0.01 per hour depending on usage.

How to Add Credits

Use an x402 wallet (payment protocol for AI agents):

• x402 enables AI agents to make automated HTTP payments
• Pay directly by calling POST https://api.agentscale.co/add-credits with your x-api-key header and amount_cents in the body
• Payments are made with USDC on Base network

Commands

Register

npx agentscale register

Generates an API key and saves it to ~/.agentscale/config.json.

Deploy

npx agentscale deploy

Run this from your project directory. Packages the current directory and deploys it.

Options:

• --name <name> — Service name (auto-generated if omitted)

Returns:

• Service name
• Public URL in format: https://<service-name>.agentscale.app
• Expiry notice if on free tier

List

npx agentscale list

Lists your services and their status, URLs, and credit summary.

Returns:

• Service name, status (running/expires in Xm), and creation date
• Public URLs for each service in format: https://<service-name>.agentscale.app
• Credit summary: balance, burn rate, and time remaining (if applicable)

Account

npx agentscale account

Shows your account tier (free/paid), credit balance, burn rate, and time remaining.

Returns:

• Account tier (free or paid)
• Credit balance in dollars
• Burn rate (cost per hour) if you have active services
• Estimated time remaining based on current credits and burn rate
• Instructions for adding credits

To add credits, pay with an x402 wallet:

POST https://api.agentscale.co/add-credits
Headers: x-api-key: <your-api-key>
Body: {"amount_cents": <your number>}

Project Requirements

• Deploy APIs and web services. Supports Node.js, Python, Go, and more.
• Your project needs a standard structure to be auto-detected:
  • Node.js: a package.json with a start script.
  • Python: a requirements.txt.
  • Go: a go.mod.
• Custom domains, build commands, and start commands are not yet supported.

Environment Variables

• AGENTSCALE_API_URL — Overrides the default API base URL. Warning: this redirects all API calls, including those carrying your API key, to the specified URL.

System Requirements

• tar must be available on PATH (used to package projects for deploy).

Limits

• Upload: 100 MB compressed, 500 MB decompressed.