Agentscale

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.
• When you need to add credits, use the agentspend pay command or the AgentSpend skill.

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 — Service name (auto-generated if omitted)

List

npx agentscale list

Lists your services and their status.

Account

npx agentscale account

Shows your account tier (free/paid) and credit balance.

To add credits, use the agentspend pay command:

agentspend pay https://api.agentscale.co/add-credits \
  --header "x-api-key:<your-api-key>" \
  --body '{"amount_cents": 500}'

Or pay directly with an x402 wallet by calling POST /add-credits with your x-api-key header and amount_cents in the body.

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.