vastailisted

# Vast.ai CLI Skill This skill helps you use the `vastai` CLI to manage GPU cloud resources on the Vast.ai marketplace. Vast.ai is an open marketplace for GPU compute — you can search for available machines, rent them, deploy Docker containers, transfer data, and manage billing, all from the command line. ## Prerequisites - **Install**: `pip install vastai` (or `uv pip install vastai`) - **Authenticate**: Get your API key from https://cloud.vast.ai/cli/ then run: ```bash vastai set api-key YOUR_API_KEY ``` The key is stored at `~/.vast_api_key`. Never share API keys. ## Core Workflow The typical workflow is: **Search** -> **Create** -> **Use** -> **Destroy**. ### 1. Search for GPU Offers ```bash vastai search offers '<query>' -o '<sort_field>' ``` The query uses a simple `field operator value` syntax. Multiple conditions are space-separated (implicit AND). **Operators**: `>`, `>=`, `<`, `<=`, `=`, `!=` **Common examples:** ```bash # Find RTX 4090 machines with 99%+ reliability vastai search offers 'gpu_name=RTX_4090 reliability>0.99 num_gpus=1' # Find multi-GPU A100 setups, sorted by price vastai search offers 'gpu_name=A100_SXM4 num_gpus>=4 reliability>0.98' -o 'dph' # Find any GPU with 24GB+ VRAM under $0.50/hr vastai search offers 'gpu_ram>=24 dph<0.5 reliability>0.95' -o 'dph' # Datacenter-only machines with fast internet vastai search offers 'datacenter=true inet_down>500 inet_up>500' ``` **Key search fields** (see `references/search-fields.md` for