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vastai-core-workflow-a skill

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This skill guides you through Vast.ai Core Workflow A, executing the primary use case with clear steps and API results.

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---
name: vastai-core-workflow-a
description: |
  Execute Vast.ai primary workflow: Core Workflow A.
  Use when implementing primary use case,
  building main features, or core integration tasks.
  Trigger with phrases like "vastai main workflow",
  "primary task with vastai".
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Grep
version: 1.0.0
license: MIT
author: Jeremy Longshore <[email protected]>
---

# Vast.ai Core Workflow A

## Overview
Primary money-path workflow for Vast.ai. This is the most common use case.

## Prerequisites
- Completed `vastai-install-auth` setup
- Understanding of Vast.ai core concepts
- Valid API credentials configured

## Instructions

### Step 1: Initialize
```typescript
// Step 1 implementation
```

### Step 2: Execute
```typescript
// Step 2 implementation
```

### Step 3: Finalize
```typescript
// Step 3 implementation
```

## Output
- Completed Core Workflow A execution
- Expected results from Vast.ai API
- Success confirmation or error details

## Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Solution |
|-------|-------|----------|
| Error 1 | Cause | Solution |
| Error 2 | Cause | Solution |

## Examples

### Complete Workflow
```typescript
// Complete workflow example
```

### Common Variations
- Variation 1: Description
- Variation 2: Description

## Resources
- [Vast.ai Documentation](https://docs.vastai.com)
- [Vast.ai API Reference](https://docs.vastai.com/api)

## Next Steps
For secondary workflow, see `vastai-core-workflow-b`.

Overview

This skill executes Vast.ai primary workflow: Core Workflow A. It automates the common end-to-end path for provisioning, running, and finalizing compute tasks on Vast.ai. Use it to implement main features, core integrations, and production-ready automation flows.

How this skill works

The skill runs three sequential stages: initialize environment and credentials, execute the primary job or deployment, and finalize by collecting outputs and releasing resources. It inspects API responses, verifies success conditions, and surfaces errors with actionable details. The implementation assumes prior authentication setup and basic knowledge of Vast.ai concepts.

When to use it

Implementing the primary use case for Vast.ai-powered features
Building main integrations between your app and Vast.ai marketplace
Automating repeated provisioning and teardown of Vast.ai instances
Running production or CI jobs that require managed GPU/CPU resources
Triggering the core “money-path” workflow in a plugin or service

Best practices

Ensure API credentials are validated before running the workflow
Keep initialization idempotent to avoid duplicate resources
Enforce timeout and retry policies around the execute step
Collect and log API responses for auditing and debugging
Clean up resources in the finalize step even on partial failures

Example use cases

Provision a GPU instance, deploy a model training job, then fetch results and release the host
Integrate marketplace provisioning into a CI pipeline to run performance benchmarks
Automate billing-aware selection of instance types for cost-sensitive tasks
Implement a plugin endpoint that triggers Vast.ai primary workflow on user request
Run scheduled batch jobs that require temporary compute and automatic teardown

FAQ

What prerequisites are required?

You must complete authentication setup, configure valid Vast.ai API credentials, and have a basic understanding of Vast.ai concepts.

How are errors handled during execution?

The skill captures API error codes and messages, returns actionable suggestions, and attempts graceful cleanup in the finalize stage.