Is there a free plan?

Yes. The free tier includes ten hours of agent runtime with no credit card required, so you can build and deploy a working agent before paying anything.

Which AI models are supported?

Pinata Agents supports Claude (Anthropic), GPT (OpenAI), and any model exposed through OpenRouter. You can switch models per agent at any time.

Can I bring my own API key?

Yes. Add your Anthropic, OpenAI, or OpenRouter key as an encrypted secret and your agent will use it for inference. Keys never leave your workspace and stay encrypted at rest.

Is self-hosting an option?

Yes — the agent runtimes are OpenClaw and Hermes, both open-source and self-hostable. Pinata Agents is the managed platform for running OpenClaw and Hermes — you skip Kubernetes setup, container builds, and TLS, and only pay for the time your agent is actually running.

How is this different from Replit Agent or Cursor?

Replit Agent and Cursor are coding assistants. Pinata Agents are persistent containerized agents that keep state across sessions, expose live web apps via routes, connect to messaging channels, and run scheduled tasks — closer to a managed Claude Code or Devin than an IDE plugin.

Can my agent run a real web app?

Yes. Any port your agent's container exposes can be mapped to a public URL via Routes. Up to 10 routes per agent, public or token-protected, served through Pinata's global edge with TLS and DDoS protection.

How do skills and the marketplace work?

Skills are pluggable capabilities — trading, DeFi monitoring, scraping, social posting — installed in one click from ClawHub. Each skill is a content-addressed package, so versions are pinned and reproducible.

Is everything versioned?

Yes. Every workspace change is captured as a content-addressed snapshot with a unique hash. You can browse history, diff between snapshots, and roll back to any prior state with one click.

SKALE Agent — Deploy this AI agent in one click on Pinata

SKALE Agent

A powerful AI agent for building and managing applications on the SKALE Base with cross-chain bridging, automonomos contract deployment, SKALE specific features like RNG, and autonomous agent-to-agent payments.

Overview

This agent provides a comprehensive toolkit for developers building on SKALE, including smart contract deployment, cross-chain USDC transfers, privacy-preserving transactions, AI-powered content generation, and autonomous payment protocols.

Core Features

Multi-Transaction Mode (MTM) — High-performance batch operations (~700 TPS)
Cross-Chain Bridging — Bridge USDC between any EVM chain and SKALE
Privacy-Preserving Transactions — MEV-resistant encrypted transactions via BITE Protocol
Autonomous Agent Payments — HTTP 402 payment protocol for agent-to-agent economies
AI Content Generation — Image and video generation with automatic x402 payments
Secure Wallet Management — Offline-first multi-chain wallet (EVM, Solana, Bitcoin, Cosmos, etc.)

Skills

SKALE-Deploy

Deploy smart contracts and build dApps on SKALE Network. Supports Foundry/Hardhat, ERC-8004 AI agent registration, and native on-chain RNG.

Requirements: Foundry or Hardhat, OWS wallet recommended

SKALE-Bridge

Bridge USDC bidirectionally between any EVM-compatible chain (Base, Polygon, Ethereum, Optimism, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Monad) and SKALE Base Chain.

Requirements: TRAILS_API_KEY — Get it at https://dashboard.trails.build/

SKALE-Bite

Build privacy-preserving applications with BITE Protocol. Adds threshold encryption to SKALE while maintaining EVM compatibility. Supports encrypted mempool transactions and Conditional Transactions (CTX).

SKALE-x402

Implement the x402 protocol for autonomous agent-to-agent payments on SKALE. Extends HTTP with native payment capabilities using 402 status codes and gasless micropayments via ERC-3009.

SKALE-Partners

Gateway to SKALE ecosystem partners. Currently featuring Xona AI for AI-powered image and video generation with automatic x402 payments.

Xona

AI-powered content generation with automatic payments. 8 image models ($0.03-$0.20) and video generation ($0.50) with payments handled automatically through x402 protocol.

OWS

Secure, offline-first multi-chain wallet management. Supports 10+ chains including EVM, Solana, Bitcoin, Cosmos, Tron, and TON. Keys encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM.

Pinata-platform

Platform self-service operations for managing skills, agents, secrets, tasks, channels, and templates. Complete CLI for Pinata agents.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+
Foundry or Hardhat (for contract deployment)
OWS wallet (recommended for all operations)

Installation

npm install

Configuration

For SKALE-Bridge functionality, set your Trails API key:

export TRAILS_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

Get your API key at https://dashboard.trails.build/

Network Information

Production: SKALE Base (Chain ID: 1187947933)
Testnet: SKALE Base Sepolia (Chain ID: 324705682)

SKALE Agent

Required Setup

Optional