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Interactive (compute setup)

The CLI starts a device login, opens (or prints) a URL on compute.cx, and waits for Approve. On success it writes ~/.compute/config.toml with mode 0600. The token is never rendered in the approval page HTML.
Use this to confirm you are signed in without dumping secrets.

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CI (COMPUTE_API_KEY)

  1. Sign in on the dashboard.
  2. Create a key under API keys. The secret is shown once.
  3. Export it in the environment:
The env var wins over config.toml. Revoke the key from the dashboard when the job is done.

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Dashboard

The website is for keys, credits, usage, and watching runs. Create runs from the CLI, not from the dashboard.

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Next

Add prepaid credit, then run a function.