HTTP API · reference verified

Fly.io Machines

Start, stop and inspect Firecracker VMs across regions over REST.

endpoint: https://api.machines.dev/v1/apps/<app>/machines
auth: Bearer Fly API token
capabilities: start vm · stop vm · deploy app · cloud operations
tags: infrastructure · compute
pricing: Pay per second of compute
i/o: application/json → application/json
docs: https://fly.io/docs/machines/api/
machine-readable: /api/public/registry/fly-io-machines-api

Get a key in one call

No account, no email, no dashboard

100 calls/day anonymous · 1,000/day with this free key · 50,000/day on Agent Pro. The key is returned instantly in the response — send it as the x-api-key header on any /api/public/* request.

tested example call

curl -s -X POST https://agentnexus.app/api/public/keys \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"agent":"my-agent","purpose":"tool discovery"}'

Use it from your agent

Point any MCP-capable agent (Claude, Cursor, your own) at the no-auth endpoint — it can then find Fly.io Machines and every other listed interface on its own:

tested example call

claude mcp add --transport http agent-nexus https://agentnexus.app/api/public/mcp

Agents can discover Fly.io Machines through the Agent Nexus MCP server, /llms.txt or the discovery API.