luxin-cli 0.2.3 → 0.2.4

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@@ -58,15 +58,15 @@ Claim states:
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  First-run guide loop:
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- 1. Run luxin create --guide --prompt PROMPT. This is the canonical fresh-agent entrypoint and the only required first command. It performs read-only hosted reachability, executable model availability, auth/quota, and payment rail checks and returns data.stage, data.next_command, data.guide_warning, data.next_command_effect, data.auth_ready, data.no_spend_evaluation, data.guide_recovery, data.no_spend_next_command, data.no_spend_next_command_effect, data.self_fund_next_command, data.self_fund_handoff, data.self_fund_preparation, data.auth_handoff, data.escape_hatches, data.checks.quota.top_up, and data.mutation. Guide mode must report provider_call: false, hosted_create: false, hosted_signup: false, payment_object: false, credit_debit: false, and media_write: false.
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- 2. Read data.guide_warning, then follow data.next_command when its next_command_safety is safe for the current spend policy. Prefer data.guide_recovery for no-doc recovery: data.guide_recovery.no_spend_command_field and data.guide_recovery.no_spend_command name the safest no-spend command, data.guide_recovery.live_create_command_field and data.guide_recovery.live_payment_command_field name fields that would spend, and data.guide_recovery.double_spend_guard tells you when to check error.recovery, jobs, activity, or payment status before any live retry. Do not run doctor, models list, signup, whoami, quota, dry-run, or payment commands as a setup checklist before the guide asks for them.
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+ 1. Run luxin create --guide --prompt PROMPT. This is the canonical fresh-agent entrypoint and the only required first command. It performs read-only hosted reachability, executable model availability, auth/quota, and payment rail checks and returns data.stage, data.next_command, data.guide_warning, data.next_command_effect, data.no_spend_next_command, data.no_spend_next_command_effect, data.recommended_no_spend_command, data.output_mode, and data.mutation. The guide shapes the rest on state: while it is blocked it also returns data.auth_ready, data.no_spend_evaluation, data.guide_recovery, data.self_fund_next_command, data.self_fund_handoff, data.self_fund_preparation, data.auth_handoff, data.escape_hatches, and the full data.checks.quota.top_up. At an unblocked ready_to_create those are omitted because nothing is blocked on funding or auth. data.output_mode.mode is ready_compact or full, data.output_mode.omitted_fields names every omitted key, data.output_mode.compacted_fields names present-but-emptied sub-objects, and data.output_mode.full_output_command is a copy-runnable rerun with --explain that returns every field in every stage. Add --explain whenever you need the complete payload. Guide mode must report provider_call: false, hosted_create: false, hosted_signup: false, payment_object: false, credit_debit: false, and media_write: false.
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+ 2. Read data.guide_warning, then follow data.next_command when its next_command_safety is safe for the current spend policy. Prefer data.guide_recovery for no-doc recovery; it is returned whenever the guide is blocked, and at an unblocked ready_to_create you get it by running data.output_mode.full_output_command: data.guide_recovery.no_spend_command_field and data.guide_recovery.no_spend_command name the safest no-spend command, data.guide_recovery.live_create_command_field and data.guide_recovery.live_payment_command_field name fields that would spend, and data.guide_recovery.double_spend_guard tells you when to check error.recovery, jobs, activity, or payment status before any live retry. Do not run doctor, models list, signup, whoami, quota, dry-run, or payment commands as a setup checklist before the guide asks for them.
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  3. If data.stage is prompt_required, rerun data.next_command with the real prompt.
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  4. If data.stage is auth_required, data.auth_ready.ready is false and data.guide_warning.next_command_safety is hosted_signup_no_spend_setup. Run data.next_command, then rerun the guide once. Hosted signup saves the restricted token to the public CLI config by default with 0600 permissions. If the configured config path is blocked, data.next_command sets LUXIN_CONFIG_PATH="$PWD/.luxin/config.json" and still runs a saved-config signup; do not switch to raw-token handoff unless recovery explicitly requires it. If the runtime intentionally uses --no-save --show-token, store the returned token in the agent runtime secret store, then rerun with IMAGE_SKILL_TOKEN or --token-stdin; data.auth_handoff.rerun_guide.with_env and data.auth_handoff.rerun_guide.with_stdin are copy-safe templates for that mode. Signup is anonymous by default: no contact inbox is required to get a restricted token. The optional --agent-contact flag takes an email-shaped durable contact inbox for the restricted agent identity, not a requirement to find an individual human; attach one later with luxin claim request --contact INBOX --json when funding or durability makes it worth having. Hosted signup returns the raw restricted token only when --show-token is set, and only once. When providing a contact, use an agent-owned inbox when available; otherwise use an operator, team, or sponsor inbox that can receive future claim, billing, or abuse notices. Never invent an inbox or borrow an unrelated human email just to fill the flag — omit it instead. example.invalid addresses are only appropriate inside documented harness or proof runs. --human-email remains accepted as a compatibility alias, but the guide must not teach it. Anonymous signups mint a fresh agent identity on every call; reuse the saved config instead of re-running signup. --save is accepted as a compatibility no-op for the default save behavior; use --no-save only when the runtime has a separate secret store and does not want local config.
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- 5. At any guide stage, read data.checks.quota.top_up. When available is true, it includes recommended, recommendation_reason, preferred_payment_method, quote_command, quote_command_copy_runnable, quote_command_effect, and quote/buy/status command templates for the browserless x402 top-up path; recommended and urgency say whether to act now. On quota/payment recovery errors, read error.recovery.top_up: when delegated live-money quoting is allowed, error.recovery.suggested_command points at the direct quote to open the top-up path; use error.recovery.top_up.first_command for no-spend payment-method inspection when delegated spend authority is absent or unclear. If data.stage is quota_required, data.guide_warning.next_command_safety is live_money_payment_action and data.guide_warning.payment_top_up_path summarizes the live-money path. Run data.self_fund_next_command to start the top-up. It aliases data.next_command and is the first payment command, usually an x402 or Stripe quote. First read data.checks.payments.preferred_method_summary.top_up_path: browserless_agent_self_fund means a wallet-equipped agent can complete the preferred live-money rail without a browser; human_payment_handoff means the agent can create the payment attempt but a human/browser step must complete before credits are granted. If the guide authenticated from env or stdin, prefer data.self_fund_handoff.auth.next_command.with_env or data.self_fund_handoff.auth.next_command.with_stdin so auth follows the payment command. Then follow data.self_fund_handoff.payment_commands.buy and status, and rerun data.self_fund_handoff.after_next once credits are granted. If data.stage is ready_to_create, inspect data.self_fund_preparation before consuming the remaining free allowance; it mirrors top-up urgency, urgency_score, and urgency_reasons. When available and recommended are true, data.self_fund_preparation.quote_command is the pre-wall browserless x402 quote and, when copy-runnable, data.self_fund_next_command aliases it with a pre_wall label such as pre_wall_browserless_agent_payable_quote. The quote command creates an authenticated live-money quote/payment object, but data.self_fund_preparation.quote_command_effect must show no provider call, no hosted create, no credit debit, no media write, and no wallet settlement until a later buy/payment step. One Luxin credit is $0.01. Credit quotes grant prepaid value units; create/edit operations debit model-priced credits reported as cost.credit_pricing. Starter preview currently gives 50 lifetime credits plus a 50-job daily compatibility cap. Funded usage has no daily job cap; prepaid credits and credit reservations are its spend boundary.
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+ 5. At any blocked guide stage, and at any stage under --explain, read data.checks.quota.top_up. When available is true, it includes recommended, recommendation_reason, preferred_payment_method, quote_command, quote_command_copy_runnable, quote_command_effect, and quote/buy/status command templates for the browserless x402 top-up path; recommended and urgency say whether to act now. On quota/payment recovery errors, read error.recovery.top_up: when delegated live-money quoting is allowed, error.recovery.suggested_command points at the direct quote to open the top-up path; use error.recovery.top_up.first_command for no-spend payment-method inspection when delegated spend authority is absent or unclear. If data.stage is quota_required, data.guide_warning.next_command_safety is live_money_payment_action and data.guide_warning.payment_top_up_path summarizes the live-money path. Run data.self_fund_next_command to start the top-up. It aliases data.next_command and is the first payment command, usually an x402 or Stripe quote. First read data.checks.payments.preferred_method_summary.top_up_path: browserless_agent_self_fund means a wallet-equipped agent can complete the preferred live-money rail without a browser; human_payment_handoff means the agent can create the payment attempt but a human/browser step must complete before credits are granted. If the guide authenticated from env or stdin, prefer data.self_fund_handoff.auth.next_command.with_env or data.self_fund_handoff.auth.next_command.with_stdin so auth follows the payment command. Then follow data.self_fund_handoff.payment_commands.buy and status, and rerun data.self_fund_handoff.after_next once credits are granted. If data.stage is ready_to_create and a pre-wall top-up is recommended, data.self_fund_preparation stays in the compact response; inspect it before consuming the remaining free allowance; it mirrors top-up urgency, urgency_score, and urgency_reasons. When available and recommended are true, data.self_fund_preparation.quote_command is the pre-wall browserless x402 quote and, when copy-runnable, data.self_fund_next_command aliases it with a pre_wall label such as pre_wall_browserless_agent_payable_quote. The quote command creates an authenticated live-money quote/payment object, but data.self_fund_preparation.quote_command_effect must show no provider call, no hosted create, no credit debit, no media write, and no wallet settlement until a later buy/payment step. One Luxin credit is $0.01. Credit quotes grant prepaid value units; create/edit operations debit model-priced credits reported as cost.credit_pricing. Starter preview currently gives 50 lifetime credits plus a 50-job daily compatibility cap. Funded usage has no daily job cap; prepaid credits and credit reservations are its spend boundary.
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  5a. When data.stage is quota_required, data.self_fund_handoff mirrors top-up urgency, urgency_score, and urgency_reasons, and exposes first_safe_command plus first_safe_command_effect. Run first_safe_command, usually luxin credits methods --json, for no-spend rail inspection before quote/buy when delegated spend authority is absent or unclear.
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- 6. If data.stage is ready_to_create, data.next_command is the first bounded live create. data.guide_warning.next_command_safety must be live_media_create_credit_debit, data.guide_warning.no_spend_safe must be false, data.guide_warning.spend_required must be true, and data.guide_warning.recommended_command_field must be recommended_no_spend_command. data.auth_ready.ready and data.auth_ready.next_command_auth_ready must be true; data.auth_ready.next_command_requires_auth must be true, and the command can reuse saved config, IMAGE_SKILL_TOKEN, or --token-stdin context without exposing a raw token. data.next_command_effect.label must be live_media_create_credit_debit and its provider_call, hosted_create, credit_debit, and media_write flags are true. data.no_spend_evaluation.stop_here must be true, data.no_spend_evaluation.next_command_is_live_create must be true, and data.no_spend_evaluation.recommended_command_field must be recommended_no_spend_command. Run data.next_command only when media spend is allowed. In no-spend evaluations, or when you only need to prove readiness without media/provider work, stop before data.next_command and run data.recommended_no_spend_command instead. data.recommended_no_spend_command must equal data.no_spend_next_command. data.no_spend_next_command_effect.label must be dry_run_planned_job_no_provider_call_no_credit_debit_no_media_write: no_spend, hosted_create_dry_run, planned_job, and plan_receipt are true; activity_event is job.planned; provider_call, credit_debit, and media_write are false. This dry-run may create a recoverable planned job/activity receipt but no provider execution, debit, downloadable asset, or media write. If the guide authenticated from env or stdin, prefer data.auth_handoff.next_command.with_env or data.auth_handoff.next_command.with_stdin so auth follows the live create. In guide cost output, cost.estimated_usd_per_image and cost.estimated_debit_usd_per_image are the Luxin debit dollars for one output; cost.estimated_provider_usd_per_image is only the upstream provider estimate. Use the guide's returned max_estimated_usd_per_image because it is sized to the credit debit the agent funds. Add --output-count N only after models show confirms the selected create model supports more than one output; credit_pricing.credits_required is the total debit across outputs, while max_estimated_usd_per_image remains a per-image Luxin debit guard.
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+ 6. If data.stage is ready_to_create, data.next_command is the first bounded live create. data.guide_warning.next_command_safety must be live_media_create_credit_debit, data.guide_warning.no_spend_safe must be false, data.guide_warning.spend_required must be true, and data.guide_warning.recommended_command_field names whichever no-spend field this response carries, and that field is always present: read data[data.guide_warning.recommended_command_field] instead of hardcoding a name. This stage returns the compact payload, where it is no_spend_next_command because the recommended_no_spend_command alias trio is omitted; blocked and --explain responses keep the alias and name it instead. data.output_mode.mode is ready_compact. The returned command can reuse saved config, IMAGE_SKILL_TOKEN, or --token-stdin context without exposing a raw token. data.next_command_effect.label must be live_media_create_credit_debit and its provider_call, hosted_create, credit_debit, and media_write flags are true. Rerunning with --explain also returns data.recommended_no_spend_command and its label/effect, data.auth_ready.ready true, data.auth_ready.next_command_auth_ready true, data.auth_ready.next_command_requires_auth true, data.no_spend_evaluation.stop_here true, data.no_spend_evaluation.next_command_is_live_create true, data.no_spend_evaluation.recommended_command_field recommended_no_spend_command, data.guide_recovery, data.auth_handoff, and data.escape_hatches. Run data.next_command only when media spend is allowed. In no-spend evaluations, or when you only need to prove readiness without media/provider work, stop before data.next_command and run the field data.guide_warning.recommended_command_field names instead. When the alias is present it equals data.no_spend_next_command. data.no_spend_next_command_effect.label must be dry_run_planned_job_no_provider_call_no_credit_debit_no_media_write: no_spend, hosted_create_dry_run, planned_job, and plan_receipt are true; activity_event is job.planned; provider_call, credit_debit, and media_write are false. This dry-run may create a recoverable planned job/activity receipt but no provider execution, debit, downloadable asset, or media write. If the guide authenticated from env or stdin, rerun with --explain and prefer data.auth_handoff.next_command.with_env or data.auth_handoff.next_command.with_stdin so auth follows the live create. In guide cost output, cost.estimated_usd_per_image and cost.estimated_debit_usd_per_image are the Luxin debit dollars for one output. Use the guide's returned max_estimated_usd_per_image because it is sized to the credit debit the agent funds. Add --output-count N only after models show confirms the selected create model supports more than one output; credit_pricing.credits_required is the total debit across outputs, while max_estimated_usd_per_image remains a per-image Luxin debit guard.
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  7. After create, prefer data.next_actions when present: inspect_job and inspect_asset are copy-runnable no-spend recovery commands, iterate_edit is the reusable-asset edit template, and self_fund is the promoted top-up quote handoff when quota.top_up.available is true. self_fund.recommended plus urgency, urgency_score, and urgency_reasons say whether to act now, and self_fund exposes first_safe_command plus first_safe_command_effect for no-spend rail inspection before quote/buy. When self_fund.recommended is true and the quote is copy-runnable, data.self_fund_next_command aliases data.next_actions.self_fund.quote_command and data.self_fund_next_command_effect proves the quote creates no provider call, hosted create, credit debit, media write, or wallet settlement. self_fund.quote_command is copy-runnable and omits --idempotency-key so the public CLI generates and returns one for retry safety; follow the quote response into buy/status. Otherwise use luxin jobs show JOB_ID to recover status, cost, safety, timestamps, and final assets; luxin assets get ASSET_URL_OR_ID --output ./result.png to fetch the generated asset without repeating provider work; and luxin activity list --subject JOB_ID to find ledger events, trace, usage, asset links, and any data.next_actions.self_fund handoff to cite or follow. Hosted asset-id assets show/get may also return data.next_actions.self_fund after generated work, so inspect that field before ending the session.
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- 7a. Human handoff. When a create or edit produced a real asset, data.next_actions.share_with_human offers the no-spend, copy-runnable command luxin claim code --json with share_field data.dashboard_url. Run it and give your human the returned data.dashboard_url: they get a read-only view of your jobs, assets, quota, and activity plus the ability to open a credit checkout for you. The link itself is the credential: your human signs in with nothing — no email, no password, no provider billing setup. Hand over data.dashboard_url only — never your token, and never the raw data.code, which is the whole credential; the code rides in the URL fragment (#code=...), which browsers never send to a server, so share the link intact instead of rebuilding it as a query string. The code is single-use and expires (data.ttl_seconds, currently 15 minutes) while the human session it opens lasts days, so one code is normally enough; reuse an unexpired dashboard_url rather than re-minting, since minting is capped at 30 codes per agent per hour (DASHBOARD_CODE_RATE_LIMITED past that). Redeeming a new link ends whatever dashboard session was already open for you, so one human holds the view at a time; do not hand out a second link expecting both to keep working. luxin claim code needs the dashboard.claim grant that luxin signup --agent tokens carry, and it spends nothing: no provider call, no credit debit, no payment object, no media write. Dry runs never carry the handoff because there is nothing finished to show.
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+ 7a. Human handoff. When a create or edit produced a real asset, data.next_actions.share_with_human offers the no-spend, copy-runnable command luxin claim code --json with share_field data.dashboard_url. Run it and give your human the returned data.dashboard_url: they get a read-only view of your jobs, assets, quota, and activity plus the ability to open a credit checkout for you. The link itself is the credential: your human signs in with nothing — no email, no password, no provider billing setup. Hand over data.dashboard_url only — never your token, and never the raw data.code, which is the whole credential; the code rides in the URL fragment (#code=...), which browsers never send to a server, so share the link intact instead of rebuilding it as a query string. The code is single-use and expires (data.ttl_seconds, currently 60 minutes) while the human session it opens lasts days, so one code is normally enough; reuse an unexpired dashboard_url rather than re-minting, since minting is capped at 30 codes per agent per hour (DASHBOARD_CODE_RATE_LIMITED past that). Redeeming a new link ends whatever dashboard session was already open for you, so one human holds the view at a time; do not hand out a second link expecting both to keep working. luxin claim code needs the dashboard.claim grant that luxin signup --agent tokens carry, and it spends nothing: no provider call, no credit debit, no payment object, no media write. Dry runs never carry the handoff because there is nothing finished to show.
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  8. Leave luxin feedback create if the first-run flow is confusing, blocked, missing an affordance, or easier through a direct provider than through Luxin. Feedback auth uses saved config from default signup, IMAGE_SKILL_TOKEN, or --token-stdin; if signup or guide already saved config, run feedback create normally and do not copy a raw token. Never paste tokens into feedback title, body, evidence, issues, or logs. Use luxin activity show FEEDBACK_ID only when you need to confirm the feedback entered the hosted ledger.
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  Manual escape hatches are not prerequisites. Use luxin doctor, luxin models list, luxin models show MODEL_ID, luxin whoami, luxin usage quota, luxin credits methods, luxin credits packs list, luxin credits quote, luxin credits buy, luxin credits status, luxin create --dry-run, and luxin edit --dry-run only when data.next_command or data.escape_hatches asks for them, or when the task genuinely needs deeper capability, quota, payment, or planning detail.
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  - GET https://api.luxin.sh/v1/credit-purchases/status returns durable payment state for Authorization: Bearer TOKEN. Query with exactly one of quote_id, payment_attempt_id, checkout_session_id, or receipt_id. Response includes state, quote, payment_attempt, receipt, credit_event, provider_event, limits, and next.
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  - GET https://api.luxin.sh/v1/models returns the compact public model menu. Query params: available=true returns currently usable executable rows, executable=true returns runtime-wired rows regardless current availability, catalog_only=true returns source-backed catalog-only rows, operation=image.generate|image.edit narrows by operation, provider=fal|xai|openai narrows by provider, and details=true returns the full list with capability schemas. Default list output excludes catalog-only rows and omits parameter schemas so fresh agents see actionable choices first. Each compact row includes show_command; use GET https://api.luxin.sh/v1/models/MODEL_ID or luxin models show MODEL_ID --json before spending or passing model_parameters. The response summary includes total, returned, available, executable, cataloged_not_wired, provider split, execution_availability, first_actionable_model_ids, recommended filter commands, and catalog-inclusion flags. For runnable choices require both status: available and execution.model_execution_status: executable; provider-level availability alone is not enough. If a reachable provider has no runnable model for the requested operation, summary.execution_availability says so directly and includes the fastest --available --operation recovery command.
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- - POST https://api.luxin.sh/v1/create creates or dry-runs bounded free-preview images when Authorization: Bearer TOKEN has quota and the relevant preview grant. Request JSON: prompt, optional model, optional intent, optional aspect_ratio, optional output_count, optional references[] for reference-capable create models, optional model_parameters, optional dry_run, optional max_estimated_usd_per_image, optional accept_unknown_cost. output_count defaults to 1 and must not exceed the selected model's max_outputs_per_request. If model is omitted, hosted defaults are quality-first and the response includes request.selection with the selected capability, defaulted provider-native controls, expected output class, and pricing. Agents should read cost.credit_pricing.credits_required instead of assuming one credit per operation; for output_count greater than 1 this is the total debit across outputs. max_estimated_usd_per_image is a per-image Luxin debit budget guard, not merely an upstream provider-cost guard. On dry_run responses, cost.credit_pricing.credits_required is the planned live execution debit, while quota.consumed_credits is the actual debit and remains 0. Authenticated hosted dry-runs also create a recoverable planned job: jobs show returns status planned with plan_receipt, and activity emits job.planned. Planned receipts do not create downloadable media assets, usage debits, or provider execution. references[] items use asset_id, role, index, optional reference_index for element_reference, and optional reference_task for reference_image; do not put URLs in references[].
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+ - POST https://api.luxin.sh/v1/create creates or dry-runs bounded free-preview images when Authorization: Bearer TOKEN has quota and the relevant preview grant. Request JSON: prompt, optional model, optional intent, optional aspect_ratio, optional output_count, optional references[] for reference-capable create models, optional model_parameters, optional dry_run, optional max_estimated_usd_per_image, optional accept_unknown_cost. output_count defaults to 1 and must not exceed the selected model's max_outputs_per_request. If model is omitted, hosted defaults are intent-first: intent draft/cheap/budget/test selects the lowest-credit available model, intent final/hero/product/campaign/deliverable selects the quality-first model, and no intent (or explore) selects a cost-efficient general-purpose model for iteration, except that a stated reproducibility or aspect-ratio requirement always outranks price. The response includes request.selection with the selected capability, defaulted provider-native controls, expected output class, and pricing. Agents should read cost.credit_pricing.credits_required instead of assuming one credit per operation; for output_count greater than 1 this is the total debit across outputs. max_estimated_usd_per_image is a per-image Luxin debit budget guard, not merely an upstream provider-cost guard. On dry_run responses, cost.credit_pricing.credits_required is the planned live execution debit, while quota.consumed_credits is the actual debit and remains 0. Authenticated hosted dry-runs also create a recoverable planned job: jobs show returns status planned with plan_receipt, and activity emits job.planned. Planned receipts do not create downloadable media assets, usage debits, or provider execution. references[] items use asset_id, role, index, optional reference_index for element_reference, and optional reference_task for reference_image; do not put URLs in references[].
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  - POST https://api.luxin.sh/v1/edit edits or dry-runs an Luxin-owned input asset when Authorization: Bearer TOKEN has quota and the relevant preview grant. Request JSON: input_asset_id, prompt, optional mask_asset_id for mask-capable models, optional references[] for reference-capable models, optional model, optional intent, optional aspect_ratio, optional output constraints, optional model_parameters, optional dry_run, optional max_estimated_usd_per_image, optional max_usd, optional accept_unknown_cost. On dry_run responses, ownership, prompt policy, masks, references, model_parameters, and budget guards are validated, quota.consumed_credits remains 0, a recoverable job.planned receipt is stored, and there is no provider call, media write, or credit debit. references[] items use asset_id, role, index, optional reference_index for element_reference, and optional reference_task for reference_image; do not put URLs in references[]. Current public references[] support covers Kling Image O1, Kling Image O3 image-to-image/text-to-image, Kling Image v3 image-to-image/text-to-image, Fal DreamO create, and xAI Grok Imagine image edit/quality edit. Kling references allow max 40 entries, max 10 contiguous element indexes from 0, one frontal per referenced element, and up to 3 reference images per element. DreamO references allow up to two contiguous reference_image indexes from 0, each with optional reference_task ip, id, or style. xAI edit references allow up to two contiguous reference_image indexes from 0 and do not accept reference_task; the primary input asset is the first source image. Reference assets must be owned PNG/JPEG/WebP, 10MB max, minimum 300px width/height, and aspect ratio 0.40-2.50. The public CLI uploads local paths or external URLs first for --input, --mask, --element-frontal, --element-reference, and --reference-image; do not send source bytes, external URLs, image_url, image_urls, mask_url, raw provider elements, frontal_image_url, reference_image_urls, first_image_url, second_image_url, images, or *_reference_task to /v1/edit or /v1/create. For Kling elements, --element-frontal IMAGE[@ELEMENT_INDEX] sends role element_frontal and --element-reference IMAGE[@ELEMENT_INDEX[:REFERENCE_INDEX]] sends role element_reference under top-level references[]. For DreamO create, --reference-image IMAGE[@INDEX[:TASK]] sends role reference_image with optional reference_task. For xAI edit, --reference-image IMAGE[@INDEX] supplies the second or third ordered source image.
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- homepage: https://luxin.sh
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- docs: https://luxin.sh/llms.txt
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- metadata:
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- status: preview-contract
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- cli: luxin
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- canonical_skill_url: https://luxin.sh/skill.md
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- openclaw:
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- # Luxin
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- Status: live preview hosted-product contract. Created by agents, for agents to create.
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- Luxin is a hosted creative-media runtime: image, video, audio, and 3D generation and editing through one thin CLI and HTTP API. Agents do not bring provider keys, log in, run an MCP server, or wire per-provider billing. Hosted signup mints and saves a restricted Luxin token (not a user-supplied provider credential). Every successful call returns a durable owned media URL plus a structured JSON envelope (job id, asset ids, trace id, cost receipt, capability id).
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- ## 30-second start
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- ```bash
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- Hosted signup saves a restricted token to the public CLI config by default. The token is created by Luxin and is not a user-supplied provider credential. The raw token is only returned once and only with `--show-token`; pass `--no-save --show-token` when the runtime has its own secret store. Signup is anonymous by default: no contact inbox is required.
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