# venice-models

This skill documents the Venice API endpoints for picking a model: what each one supports, what it costs, and where it is blocked.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 160
- Author: veniceai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/veniceai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/venice-models/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
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## What it does

Three read-only routes make up the skill: `/models` returns the catalog with a `model_spec` block, `/models/traits` maps trait names such as `default` and `default_reasoning` to model IDs, and `/models/compatibility_mapping` resolves legacy or third-party IDs to current Venice ones. All are `GET`.

No API key is needed. Send one in the `Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY` header and the response narrows to your account — a `modelPrivacy` setting trims the list, beta accounts also see beta models, partners see negotiated rates. A bad key is not refused; you just get the public view. The `?type=` filter accepts `text`, `image`, `video`, `music`, `tts`, `asr`, `embedding`, `upscale`, `inpaint`, `decision`, `all` and `code`. Leave it out and you get `text`; `all` and `code` return `400` on `/models/compatibility_mapping`.

Inside `model_spec` sits what you need for programmatic selection: `capabilities` flags like `supportsFunctionCalling` and `supportsVision`, `constraints` on prompt length and resolution, per-type pricing, plus `deprecation` with a removal date and `regionRestrictions` listing countries that draw a `403`. Watch for `offline: true` — those calls come back `503`, so skip that model.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add veniceai/skills --skill venice-models -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/venice-models/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/venice-models/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add veniceai/skills --skill venice-models -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/venice-models/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add veniceai/skills --skill venice-models -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/venice-models/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install veniceai/skills venice-models
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/venice-models/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add veniceai/skills --skill venice-models -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/veniceai/skills --path skills/venice-models
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/venice-models/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add veniceai/skills --skill venice-models -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/veniceai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/venice-models/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick a model by capability flags instead of guessing
- estimate request cost from current token and image rates
- check a request against prompt length and resolution limits
- resolve a legacy ID like `gpt-4o` to the current Venice model
- see when a model is scheduled to leave the catalog

## Example prompts
- List the Venice text models that support function calling
- Resolve the `highest_quality` trait to a concrete Venice model ID
- Estimate what a million input tokens costs on the default model

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: venice-models
description: Discover Venice models, their capabilities, constraints, and pricing. Covers GET /models (with the ?type filter - text, image, video, music, tts, asr, embedding, upscale, inpaint, decision, all, code), /models/traits, /models/compatibility_mapping, every ModelResponse field (capabilities, constraints, per-type pricing with promotional rates, uncensored, deprecation, voice-changer and voice-cloning specs), and how to use this to pick the right model programmatically.
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# Venice Models

Three read-only endpoints for model discovery - all `GET`, all public:

| Endpoint | Returns |
|---|---|
| `/models` | Model catalog with `model_spec` (capabilities, constraints, pricing). |
| `/models/traits` | Trait → model ID map (e.g. `default`, `default_reasoning`, `highest_quality`). |
| `/models/compatibility_mapping` | Legacy / third-party model ID → Venice model ID aliases. |

**Auth is optional.** These routes need no API key, so a plain `curl` works. If you send `Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY` the result is tailored to that caller: a key's `modelPrivacy` setting filters the list, beta-flagged accounts also see beta models, and partner accounts see their negotiated rates. An invalid key is not rejected - you just get the public view.

**`?type=` values** (default `text` when omitted):

| Value | `/models` | `/models/traits` | `/models/compatibility_mapping` |
|---|---|---|---|
| `text`, `image`, `video`, `music`, `tts`, `asr`, `embedding`, `upscale`, `inpaint`, `decision` | yes | yes | yes |
| `all` (every type) | yes | yes | `400` |
| `code` (text models with `capabilities.optimizedForCode: true`) | yes | yes | `400` |

Anything else returns `400 { "error": "Invalid request parameters", "details": …, "issues": … }`.

`music` includes long-form audio (songs, sound effects, ElevenLabs narration models) and any voice-changer models. `decision` lists the typed-judgment models used by `POST /decisions` (today: `jev-latest`, flagged `betaModel: true`) - see [`venice-decisions`](../venice-decisions/SKILL.md).

## Use when

- You need to pick a model at runtime based on capabilities (vision, reasoning, function calling, E2EE, X search, multi-image, …).
- You need to validate a request against a model's `constraints` (prompt length, aspect ratio, resolution, steps, durations).
- You need the current **price per million tokens / per image / per second / per million characters** to build a cost estimate.
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