Venice API Overview

High-level map of the Venice AI API - base URL, which auth mode each endpoint accepts (API key, x402 wallet, or none), endpoint categories (including decisions, voice changer, and retired routes), response headers (rate limit, balance, deprecation, x402), pricing model, error shape, and versioning. Load this first when starting any Venice integration.

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add veniceai/skills --skill venice-api-overview

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/veniceai/skills.git /tmp/skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/skills/skills/venice-api-overview ~/.claude/skills/venice-api-overview

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# Venice API Overview

Venice AI is an OpenAI-compatible inference platform for text, image, audio, video, embeddings, and typed decisions. One API - two ways to pay: a traditional **API key** (Venice account), or a **wallet** (x402, USDC on Base or Solana, no account required).

## Use when

- You're writing code against `api.venice.ai` for the first time.
- You need to decide between API-key and x402/wallet authentication.
- You want a quick map of which endpoint to call for which task.
- You need to understand the common response headers (`x-ratelimit-*`, `PAYMENT-REQUIRED`, deprecation headers, etc.).

## Base URL

All endpoints live under:

```
https://api.venice.ai/api/v1
```

The OpenAPI spec is served at `https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/swagger.yaml` (`info.version` is a `YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS` timestamp; read it from the live spec).

## Authentication

| Scheme | Header | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| `BearerAuth` | `Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY` | Server-side apps, account management, usage analytics, DIEM / bundled credits |
| `siwx` (x402) | `SIGN-IN-WITH-X: <base64 SIWX JSON>` (legacy `X-Sign-In-With-X` also accepted) | No account, pay-as-you-go with USDC on Base or Solana, serverless / agents |

Not every endpoint accepts both:

| Endpoints | Accepts |
|---|---|

Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name: venice-api-overview
Repository: veniceai/skills
Path: skills/venice-api-overview/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Repo updated: 30 October 2026
Listed in: VoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills

FAQ

What does the Venice API Overview skill do?

How do I install the Venice API Overview skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add veniceai/skills --skill venice-api-overview. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

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It lives in veniceai/skills, which has 160 GitHub stars and 27 forks, and is included in 1 curated skill list.

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