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Quickstart, CLI

Install the looot CLI, sign in, top up, search the catalog and run your first job from a terminal.

Install

npm install -g looot
looot --version

Needs Node.js 20 or newer. See Install for looot doctor and output formats.

Sign in

looot login

Opens a link and a code in your browser. Approve it on looot.ai and the CLI saves your token. See Sign in.

Check your balance and top up

looot balance

A new workspace starts at $0. looot balance prints the minimum top-up and a link to pay; pay at looot.ai/usage?top_up=1. See Before your first run.

Search the catalog

looot search "scrape a page to markdown"

Returns endpoint ids, providers and prices for the job. No account needed for search and inspect; see Browse without an account.

Inspect an endpoint

looot inspect <endpoint-id>

Use an endpoint id from your search results. Signed in, inspect returns the exact input schema, the price formula and the estimated maximum cost of one run.

Run it

looot run job:web.scrape.markdown --input '{"url":"https://example.com"}' --wait

job:web.scrape.markdown runs the job: looot picks a provider for you. --wait blocks until the run finishes and prints it inline.

Read the run

looot runs get <run-id>
looot runs evidence <run-id>

runs get shows the status, result and cost. runs evidence shows every attempt made for the run: status, latency, receipt id and cost.

Next

Run your first paid job walks the same flow in more detail, including run statuses and idempotency keys.

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