vastai SKILL.md skillB
vastai from vast-ai/vast-cli is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add vast-ai/vast-cli/vastai@git:20261022.19e9d0cPins git:20261022.19e9d0c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- vast-ai/vast-cli
- Path
vastai/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261022.19e9d0c, committed Oct 22, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 28, 2026
- Size
- 19,066 bytes
- Repository stars
- 230
- License
- MIT
Vast.ai CLI to manage GPU instances, volumes, serverless endpoints, and billing.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# vastai
Manage GPU instances, templates, volumes, serverless endpoints, SSH keys, and billing on Vast.ai.
> Command is `vastai` (lowercase). Always use `--raw` for machine-readable JSON output.
## Install
```bash
# Linux/macOS (recommended, no Python required)
curl -fsSL https://vast.ai/install.sh | bash
# or via PyPI (Windows, or if you'd rather use pip)
pip install vastai
```
## Quick start
```bash
vastai set api-key <YOUR_API_KEY> # Authenticate (one-time); Create API Key in account at https://console.vast.ai/manage-keys/
vastai show user # Verify auth + check balance
vastai create ssh-key ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub # Register SSH key (do BEFORE create)
vastai search offers 'gpu_name=RTX_4090 num_gpus=1 verified=true direct_port_count>=1 rentable=true' -o 'dlperf_usd-'
# Note the offer ID from the output
vastai create instance <OFFER_ID> --image pytorch/pytorch:@vastai-automatic-tag --disk 20 --ssh --direct
# Automatically grab appropriate image tag; Response: {"success": true, "new_contract": <INSTANCE_ID>}
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add vast-ai/vast-cli/vastai@sha256:6cfc48189c7940c9The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261022.19e9d0c, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Apr 28, 2026 and Oct 22, 2026, about one every 30 days. Its first recorded version is graded A and its latest B.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261022.19e9d0c latest | 2026-10-22 | 19e9d0c | 19,066 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261020.28bde48 | 2026-10-20 | 28bde48 | 19,025 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260810.9b0872e | 2026-08-10 | 9b0872e | 18,996 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260727.6a5462c | 2026-07-27 | 6a5462c | 18,871 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260724.0f10a37 | 2026-07-24 | 0f10a37 | 18,254 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260519.1a051a7 | 2026-05-19 | 1a051a7 | 18,232 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260428.38677f0 | 2026-04-28 | 38677f0 | 17,596 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No curl or wget piped into a shell (matched: curl -fsSL https://vast.ai/install.sh | bash)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (19066 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
vast-ai/vast-cli · 230 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5bdhnhptfttxioxu GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vast-ai/vast-cli/vastai GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6cfc48189c7940c948e72fcd6286d6cc77aa35ae3ca0947edecf2571c9c9fe9a
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