API

1. Get a token

Exchange your SkillSafe API key for an app token (valid 30 days). Guest tokens are refused by the live endpoint.

curl -s -X POST https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api/authorize \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SKILLSAFE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"slug":"model-prices"}'
# -> {"ok":true,"data":{"token":"aut_...","expires_at":"..."}}

import requests
r = requests.post("https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api/authorize",
                  headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_SKILLSAFE_API_KEY"},
                  json={"slug": "model-prices"})
token = r.json()["data"]["token"]

const r = await fetch("https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api/authorize", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_SKILLSAFE_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ slug: "model-prices" })
});
const token = (await r.json()).data.token;

2. Fetch the live catalogue

GET https://model-prices.skillsafe.ai/api/models with Authorization: Bearer <token>. About 1.5 MB of JSON (much less compressed); cache it for a few minutes rather than calling it per request.

curl -s https://model-prices.skillsafe.ai/api/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APP_TOKEN" -o models.json

import requests
cat = requests.get("https://model-prices.skillsafe.ai/api/models",
                   headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + token}).json()
# cost of one request with 1,500 input and 400 output tokens, per listing
for row in cat["rows"]:
    host, model, pin, pout = row[0], row[1], row[6], row[7]
    if pin is not None and pout is not None:
        print(host, model, (1500 * pin + 400 * pout) / 1e6)

const res = await fetch("https://model-prices.skillsafe.ai/api/models", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer " + token }
});
const cat = await res.json();
const cheapest = cat.rows
  .filter((r) => r[6] != null && r[7] != null && r[20] === "")
  .map((r) => ({ host: r[0], model: r[1], usd: (1500 * r[6] + 400 * r[7]) / 1e6 }))
  .sort((a, b) => a.usd - b.usd)
  .slice(0, 10);

No token? The bundled snapshot has the same shape: GET https://model-prices.skillsafe.ai/snapshot.json.

3. The response

{
  "v": 1,
  "source": "models.dev",
  "license": "MIT",
  "fetched_at": "2026-10-31T06:16:00.000Z",
  "mods": ["text", "image", "audio", "video", "pdf"],
  "providers": { "anthropic": "Anthropic", "openai": "OpenAI", ... },
  "rows": [ [host, id, name, maker, canonical_id, family,
             input, output, cache_read, cache_write, input_over_200k, output_over_200k,
             context, max_output, input_mods, output_mods, flags,
             released, knowledge, status, kind], ... ]
}

4. Errors