fcloud

Python SDK and CLI for the fcloud GPU compute platform: provision GPU or CPU hosts, run commands and scripts on them, keep a persistent workspace between runs, move files in and out, and drive long-running or batch jobs — from a terminal, from Python, or from an AI coding agent.

Requires Python 3.10+.

Install

pip install fcloud-sdk

Setup

Create an account on https://fcloud-home.vercel.app. Enter a credit card, and copy your API key.

fcloud setup            # prompts for the key; optionally installs the agent skill
fcloud health           # verify connectivity

fcloud setup also installs (by default) the fcloud skill file for supported coding agents (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex) so an agent can drive fcloud for you. Use --agents none to skip that.

Quick start

# Run a one-off command on a GPU
fcloud exec --sku gpu_1x_l4 nvidia-smi -L

# Upload a script and run it
fcloud run train.py --sku gpu_1x_l4

# Upload a project directory, run one script in it, pass arguments through
fcloud run . --script train.py --sku gpu_1x_l4 -- --epochs 50

# See what hardware is available
fcloud skus

fcloud run <dir> uploads the whole directory. Keep secrets, virtualenvs and large data out of the tree you point it at.

How the pieces fit

• session — a persistent /workspace filesystem, not a held GPU. It costs nothing until used; exec/run/shell/upload bring it online with its files intact, and fcloud stop halts spend but keeps the files. Address an existing one with --on <SID>.
• volume — a named folder you mount into a session with --volume; this is how data moves between sessions. Writes commit back as a new version when the session detaches or closes.
• process — work running inside a session. exec/run wait in the foreground; spawn returns a process id you then wait/logs/kill.
• job — a run-to-completion session with no saved filesystem; its durable outputs are its volumes and its logs.
• sweep — fcloud map fans one command out over many argument bindings as a durable batch you inspect with fcloud sweep.

CLI

fcloud help prints the full grouped list; fcloud help <command> prints details.

Find hardware
  fcloud skus                                          List SKUs and prices
  fcloud health                                        Check API connectivity

Run code
  fcloud exec [--sku SKU] [--on SID] <cmd...>          Run a command on a host
  fcloud run <file|dir> [--sku SKU] [--on SID]         Upload and run a script
  fcloud shell [--sku SKU] [--on SID] [--volume NAME]  Interactive shell
  fcloud ssh <SID>                                     SSH into a session
  fcloud tunnel <SID> [--port PORT]                    SSH ProxyCommand tunnel

Background processes (inside a session)
  fcloud spawn --on SID <cmd...>                       Start a background process
  fcloud wait <SID> <PID> [--timeout DUR]              Wait for it; exit with its code
  fcloud logs <SID> [PID] [--follow]                   Show process output
  fcloud kill <SID> <PID>                              Kill it

Sessions (the persistent filesystem)
  fcloud create [--sku SKU] [--min-disk-gb N]          Create a session ($0 until used)
  fcloud sessions [SID] [--all] [--limit N]            List sessions
  fcloud history <SID> [--limit N]                     Session event history
  fcloud stop <SID>                                    Stop now (files kept)

Files
  fcloud upload [--on SID] <local> [remote]            Upload files
  fcloud download [--on SID] <remote> [local]          Download a file
  fcloud ls <SID> [path]                               List a session's files
  fcloud mount <SID> <mountpoint>                      Mount session files read-only (needs rclone)

Volumes (data that outlives a session)
  fcloud volume <create|list|files|download|cat|import|delete> ...

Batch
  fcloud job <run|ls|logs|wait|kill> ...               Run-to-completion jobs
  fcloud map [--sku SKU] -- <cmd {}> ::: v1,v2...      Fan a command out over bindings
  fcloud sweeps / fcloud sweep <status|logs|retry|cancel|wait> <name>

Setup
  fcloud setup [--token KEY] [--agents all|cursor|claude|codex|none]
  fcloud set_token <api-key>
  fcloud --version

All commands accept --json for machine-readable output.

fcloud exec returns bounded stdout by default. If --json reports stdout_truncated: true, fetch the full log instead of rerunning:

fcloud logs <session-id> <process-id> --output all
fcloud logs <session-id> <process-id> --stream stderr --output all

Python SDK

import fcloud

client = fcloud.Client()

image = fcloud.Image.debian_slim().pip_install(["torch", "numpy"])
project = client.project("my-run", image=image)

with project.session(sku="gpu_1x_l4") as s:
    s.upload("./data", "data/")
    result = s.run(["python3", "/workspace/data/train.py"])
    print(result.stdout)
    if result.stdout_truncated:
        print(s.logs(result.process_id, output_range="all").output)
    weights = s.download("model.pt")

Errors raise fcloud.FcloudError (or a subclass such as PaymentOverdueError).

Configuration

API key, in order of precedence:

1. api_key= passed to Client()
2. FCLOUD_API_KEY exported in the shell
3. Saved token in ~/.fcloud/token (from fcloud setup / fcloud set_token)
4. FCLOUD_API_KEY in the nearest .env file (searched upward from the cwd)

API URL, in order of precedence:

1. url= passed to Client()
2. FCLOUD_URL exported in the shell
3. Saved URL in ~/.fcloud/url
4. FCLOUD_URL in the nearest .env — only honoured when that same .env is also supplying the API key, so a checked-out repo can't redirect a saved token elsewhere
5. https://fcloud-dispatcher.fly.dev

Other environment switches:

A fcloud.json at the project root can set defaults (image build steps, default volumes). Note that fcloud will run the build steps it finds there, so treat a cloned repo's fcloud.json the way you would its Dockerfile.

Agent skill

fcloud setup installs SKILL.md by default (--agents none to skip) for supported coding agents. It is the long-form, agent-oriented guide: workflow patterns, monitoring loops, and anti-patterns.

Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest
ruff check src tests

License

Apache License 2.0 — see LICENSE.