Coasty

Coasty Machines API

Provision and control managed VMs.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 19

POST /v1/machines Provision a new VM #
GET /v1/machines List machines #
GET /v1/machines/health Machines API health check #
GET /v1/machines/pricing Get the live machine runtime rate card #
GET /v1/billing/active What is billing me right now #
GET /v1/machines/{machine_id} Get machine details #
DELETE /v1/machines/{machine_id} Terminate a machine #
PATCH /v1/machines/{machine_id} Set, extend, or clear a machine auto-destroy lease #
POST /v1/machines/{machine_id}/start Start a stopped machine #
POST /v1/machines/{machine_id}/stop Stop a running machine #
POST /v1/machines/{machine_id}/restart Restart a running machine #
POST /v1/machines/{machine_id}/snapshot Snapshot a machine #
GET /v1/machines/{machine_id}/screenshot Capture a screenshot of the machine #
GET /v1/machines/{machine_id}/connection Get SSH key + VNC password (HIGH-RISK) #
POST /v1/machines/{machine_id}/actions Execute a single action on the machine #
POST /v1/machines/{machine_id}/actions/batch Execute up to 50 sequential actions #
POST /v1/machines/{machine_id}/browser/{op} Browser convenience sub-API #
POST /v1/machines/{machine_id}/terminal Execute a shell command #
POST /v1/machines/{machine_id}/files/{op} File operations sub-API #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://coasty.ai/docs
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APIReference
https://coasty.ai/api-docs
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GettingStarted
https://coasty.ai/guide?tab=api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/coasty/refs/heads/main/openapi/coasty-machines-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

coasty-machines-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Coasty Public Machines API
  version: 1.0.0
  summary: Computer Use Agents, scheduled automation, and managed VMs.
  description: '# Coasty Public API


    Coasty is a Computer Use Agent (CUA) platform: predict actions from screenshots,

    provision managed VMs, and run scheduled automation against them.'
  contact:
    name: Coasty Developer Support
    url: https://coasty.ai/support
    email: founders@coasty.ai
  license:
    name: MIT
    identifier: MIT
  termsOfService: https://coasty.ai/terms
servers:
- url: https://coasty.ai
  description: Production
- url: https://coasty.ai
  description: Sandbox — use sk-coasty-test-* keys against the same host. No billing, mock VMs.
security:
- apiKey: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:


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