# Infrence

Infrence is a deep research API for AI agents and developer tools. It runs cited research jobs with server-enforced credit budgets, optional typed JSON output, async polling, SSE status streams, and webhooks.

## API
- Base URL: `https://infrence.ai`
- Authentication: `Authorization: Bearer <INFRENCE_API_KEY>` for `/v1/*` endpoints.
- Cost control: every research job has a server-enforced credit budget. `max_credits` is required for `mode=max` and accepted as a cap signal for fixed-price modes.
- OpenAPI: https://infrence.ai/api/openapi.json
- Swagger UI: https://infrence.ai/api/docs

## Agent-Relevant Endpoints
- `GET` `/v1/credits` - Get public API credit balance
- `GET` `/v1/research` - List research jobs
- `POST` `/v1/research` - Run a deep research job
- `GET` `/v1/research/{id}` - Get a research job result
- `DELETE` `/v1/research/{id}` - Cancel a research job

## Pricing
- 1 credit = $0.01 list price.
- `research.lite`: 50 credits (Quick research task — up to 5 sources.)
- `research.standard`: 200 credits (Main research unit — up to 20 sources, 2 waves.)
- `research.pro`: 600 credits (Multi-pass cited report with critic.)
- `research.max`: metered, capped by `max_credits` (Metered, capped at your max_credits.)
- Plans: Free: 500 credits/month, Developer: 4000 credits/month, Startup: 25000 credits/month, Growth: 100000 credits/month, Enterprise: contact sales.

## Quickstart
```bash
curl -sS https://infrence.ai/v1/research \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $INFRENCE_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"question":"What changed in the Rust async ecosystem this quarter?","mode":"standard","max_credits":200}'
```

## Links
- [Home](https://infrence.ai/) - Product overview and primary signup entry point.
- [Docs](https://infrence.ai/docs) - Public API documentation, examples, modes, budgets, schemas, async jobs, and errors.
- [Pricing](https://infrence.ai/pricing) - Plans, included credits, overage rates, and research-mode pricing.
- [FAQ](https://infrence.ai/faq) - Common product and billing questions.
- [Sign up](https://infrence.ai/signup) - Create an account and API key.
- [Login](https://infrence.ai/login) - Sign in to the dashboard.
- [Support](https://infrence.ai/support) - Contact support.
- [Full LLM context](https://infrence.ai/llms-full.txt)