# Modal Functions and Remote Invocation

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/modal-labs/modal-labs-functions-api/  
**Provider:** Modal — https://apis.io/providers/modal-labs/  
**Documentation:** https://modal.com/docs/guide/apps

Modal Functions and Remote Invocation is one of 8 APIs that [Modal](https://apis.io/providers/modal-labs/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Functions, Remote Execution, Serverless, and SDK. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

Decorate Python functions with @app.function to run them remotely on Modal's cloud. Invoke deployed functions synchronously (.remote), asynchronously (.spawn), in parallel (.map), or look them up from another app via Function.from_name. This surface is SDK/gRPC-only - there is no first-party REST endpoint; invocation happens through the Modal client libraries.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://modal.com/docs/guide/apps
- **APIReference** — https://modal.com/docs/reference/modal.Function
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/modal-labs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Modal APIs (7)

- [Modal Volumes](https://apis.io/apis/modal-labs/modal-labs-volumes-api/)
- [Modal Dicts and Queues](https://apis.io/apis/modal-labs/modal-labs-dicts-queues-api/)
- [Modal Secrets](https://apis.io/apis/modal-labs/modal-labs-secrets-api/)
- [Modal Cron and Scheduled Functions](https://apis.io/apis/modal-labs/modal-labs-scheduled-api/)
- [Modal Images and GPU](https://apis.io/apis/modal-labs/modal-labs-images-gpu-api/)
- [Modal CLI](https://apis.io/apis/modal-labs/modal-labs-cli/)
- [Modal Modal Web Endpoints (Representative) API](https://apis.io/apis/modal-labs/modal-labs-modal-web-endpoints-representative-api/)

## Tags

Functions, Remote Execution, Serverless, SDK

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