[comment0r]

I tried looking into Chutes just now. Seems like there is no easy way to just pay & start using it with OpenCode or Claude Code, right? Their docs don’t seem to mention it. Do I really have to execute code with their API in order to use the models?

[irthomasthomas]

No its super easy. I think the confusion is due to the serving and hosting APIs that let you add your own GPUs to a pool and earn money. But for regular inference they have an openai responses API a basic chat app. You can signup to a $3 subscription, or deposit $5 and use your api key.

https://chutes.ai/app/chute/2ff25e81-4586-5ec8-b892-3a6f3426...

curl -X POST \ https://llm.chutes.ai/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHUTES_API_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d ' { "model": "moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5-TEE", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "Tell me a 250 word story." } ], "stream": true, "max_tokens": 1024, "temperature": 0.7 }'