Atlas Cloud provides chat, image, video, and media generation APIs behind one API key. The chat API is OpenAI-compatible; image and video jobs are asynchronous and return a prediction ID that must be polled.
Official docs:
https://www.atlascloud.ai/docs/en/models/get-start
When to Use
Use this skill when you need to:
- Run OpenAI-compatible chat completions through Atlas Cloud
- Generate images from text prompts
- Generate videos from text prompts or uploaded images
- Upload media for image-to-video, image editing, or other model workflows
- Poll asynchronous generation jobs until they complete
Prerequisites
Connect the Atlas Cloud connector at app.vm0.ai/connectors.
Troubleshooting: If requests fail, run
zero doctor check-connector --env-name ATLASCLAUDE_TOKENorzero doctor check-connector --url https://api.atlascloud.ai/v1/chat/completions --method POST
How to Use
Atlas Cloud uses Authorization: Bearer $ATLASCLAUDE_TOKEN.
1. Chat Completion
Write to /tmp/atlascloud_chat.json:
{
"model": "deepseek-v3",
"messages": [
{ "role": "system", "content": "You are a concise assistant." },
{ "role": "user", "content": "Explain async image generation in one paragraph." }
]
}
Then run:
curl -s -X POST "https://api.atlascloud.ai/v1/chat/completions" --header "Authorization: Bearer $ATLASCLAUDE_TOKEN" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/atlascloud_chat.json | jq -r '.choices[0].message.content'
2. Streaming Chat Completion
Write to /tmp/atlascloud_stream.json:
{
"model": "deepseek-v3",
"stream": true,
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Count from 1 to 5." }]
}
Then run:
curl -sN -X POST "https://api.atlascloud.ai/v1/chat/completions" --header "Authorization: Bearer $ATLASCLAUDE_TOKEN" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/atlascloud_stream.json
3. Generate an Image
Write to /tmp/atlascloud_image.json:
{
"model": "seedream-3.0",
"prompt": "A serene Japanese garden with cherry blossoms, watercolor style"
}
Then run:
curl -s -X POST "https://api.atlascloud.ai/api/v1/model/generateImage" --header "Authorization: Bearer $ATLASCLAUDE_TOKEN" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/atlascloud_image.json | jq '{id: .data.id, status: .data.status}'
Save .data.id as the prediction ID.
4. Generate a Video
Write to /tmp/atlascloud_video.json:
{
"model": "kling-v2.0",
"prompt": "A rocket launching into space with dramatic lighting and smoke effects"
}
Then run:
curl -s -X POST "https://api.atlascloud.ai/api/v1/model/generateVideo" --header "Authorization: Bearer $ATLASCLAUDE_TOKEN" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/atlascloud_video.json | jq '{id: .data.id, status: .data.status}'
5. Poll a Prediction
Replace <prediction-id> with the ID returned by an image or video request:
curl -s "https://api.atlascloud.ai/api/v1/model/prediction/<prediction-id>" --header "Authorization: Bearer $ATLASCLAUDE_TOKEN" | jq '{status: .data.status, outputs: .data.outputs, error: .data.error}'
Poll every 2-5 seconds until status is completed or failed.
6. Upload Media
Use uploaded media URLs for image-to-video or image-editing models:
curl -s -X POST "https://api.atlascloud.ai/api/v1/model/uploadMedia" --header "Authorization: Bearer $ATLASCLAUDE_TOKEN" -F "file=@/tmp/source.png" | jq -r '.url'
Then pass the returned URL to the model-specific request, usually as image_url.
Guidelines
- Use the correct base URL: chat completions use
https://api.atlascloud.ai/v1; image, video, upload, and polling APIs usehttps://api.atlascloud.ai/api/v1. - Treat image and video jobs as async: always save
.data.idand poll before using outputs. - Check model pages before adding parameters: model-specific names and parameters vary; use the Atlas Cloud model library when a request needs sizing, duration, aspect ratio, seed, LoRA, or image input options.
- Use short polling intervals for images and longer intervals for video: 2 seconds is reasonable for images; 5 seconds is better for videos.
- Handle failures explicitly: if
statusisfailed, read.data.errorand adjust model name, parameters, input media URL, prompt, or account balance.