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Chutes

Chutes is a permissionless, serverless AI compute platform that lets developers deploy and run any model as an autoscaling "chute" on decentralized GPU capacity (Bittensor Subnet 64). It exposes a single OpenAI-compatible inference endpoint at llm.chutes.ai/v1 for hundreds of open-source LLMs, plus a management REST API at api.chutes.ai for building images and deploying, listing, and operating chutes.

Chutes publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Chat API, Chutes API, Images API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include AI, LLM, Inference, Serverless, and GPU.

The Chutes catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Chutes’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 8 more developer resources.

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46.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 36/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessPaidSelf serve
4 APIs
AILLMInferenceServerlessGPUBittensor

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 46.2/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 5.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 36/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Chutes Chat API

OpenAI-compatible chat completions.

Chutes Chutes API

Deploy, list, retrieve, update, and delete chutes.

Chutes Images API

Build, list, retrieve, and delete container images.

Chutes Models API

List models available on the Chutes network.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Chutes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Chutes Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Chutes Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Chutes Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Chutes Chat Completions Streaming (HTTP + SSE)

AsyncAPI 2.6 description of Chutes' **chat completion streaming** surface. Chutes does not publish a public WebSocket API. The only asynchronous / event-style transport document...

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Chutes API Rules

5 rules · 1 errors 4 warnings

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Chutes Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Chutes Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Chutes Agentic Access

17 operations · 8 acting

17 operations · 8 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: chutes
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chutes/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Chutes
kind: company
description: Chutes is a permissionless, serverless AI compute platform that lets developers deploy and run any model as an
  autoscaling "chute" on decentralized GPU capacity (Bittensor Subnet 64). It exposes a single OpenAI-compatible inference
  endpoint at llm.chutes.ai/v1 for hundreds of open-source LLMs, plus a management REST API at api.chutes.ai for building
  images and deploying, listing, and operating chutes.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/chutes.png
tags:
- AI
- LLM
- Inference
- Serverless
- GPU
- Bittensor
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: chutes:chutes-chat-api
  name: Chutes Chat API
  description: OpenAI-compatible chat completions.
  humanURL: https://chutes.ai/docs/examples/llm-chat
  baseURL: https://llm.chutes.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Chat
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/chutes-chat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/examples/llm-chat
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/api-reference/overview
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/chutes-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Postman
    url: collections/chutes.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/core-concepts/cords
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/getting-started/running-a-chute
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/api-reference/chutes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/core-concepts/templates
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/api-reference/images
- aid: chutes:chutes-chutes-api
  name: Chutes Chutes API
  description: Deploy, list, retrieve, update, and delete chutes.
  humanURL: https://chutes.ai/docs/examples/llm-chat
  baseURL: https://llm.chutes.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Chutes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/chutes-chutes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/examples/llm-chat
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/api-reference/overview
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/chutes-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Postman
    url: collections/chutes.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/core-concepts/cords
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/getting-started/running-a-chute
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/api-reference/chutes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/core-concepts/templates
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/api-reference/images
- aid: chutes:chutes-images-api
  name: Chutes Images API
  description: Build, list, retrieve, and delete container images.
  humanURL: https://chutes.ai/docs/examples/llm-chat
  baseURL: https://llm.chutes.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/chutes-images-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/examples/llm-chat
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/api-reference/overview
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/chutes-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Postman
    url: collections/chutes.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/core-concepts/cords
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/getting-started/running-a-chute
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/api-reference/chutes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/core-concepts/templates
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/api-reference/images
- aid: chutes:chutes-models-api
  name: Chutes Models API
  description: List models available on the Chutes network.
  humanURL: https://chutes.ai/docs/examples/llm-chat
  baseURL: https://llm.chutes.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Models
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/chutes-models-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/examples/llm-chat
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/api-reference/overview
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/chutes-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Postman
    url: collections/chutes.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/core-concepts/cords
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/getting-started/running-a-chute
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/api-reference/chutes
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/core-concepts/templates
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://chutes.ai/docs/api-reference/images
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/chutes-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/chutes-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/chutes-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/rayonlabs
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chutesai
- type: Website
  url: https://chutes.ai/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://chutes.ai/docs
- type: Plans
  url: plans/chutes-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/chutes-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/chutes-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com