# Pollinations A multimodal AI API with SDK, CLI and authenticated MCP tools for building applications. - Findings24: - Site: - Preços: Freemium - Categorias: Ferramentas Dev IA, Plataformas de inferência de IA ## O que é Pollinations? Pollinations provides model generation and embedding services for developer-built applications. Send prompts and compatible media inputs through its API, use an OpenAI-compatible SDK, or work through the Polli CLI and hosted MCP tools. Choose a model by its supported inputs and outputs. Generation requires a Pollinations key and uses a Pollen wallet; key permissions and budgets control access. Apps can obtain user-authorised access to each user’s wallet instead of paying for every user centrally. ## O que Pollinations pode fazer? ### Text and embedding APIs Generate chat responses or embeddings from text using documented endpoints. OpenAI-compatible SDKs can connect by changing the base URL and supplying a Pollinations key. ### Multimodal generation Use compatible models for images, audio, video and 3D assets. Model capabilities determine which media inputs and request options are accepted. ### Terminal workflows Use Polli to generate text or media, pass stdin as context, save outputs to files and request machine-readable JSON. Authenticate before generation. ### Agent tools over MCP Connect a Streamable HTTP client to authenticated hosted tools for model discovery, generation and permitted account queries. Tools respect the calling key’s model access and budget. ### User-funded app access Register an App Key and obtain a scoped user key through authorisation. Users control their balance, spending budget and revocation; app owners can optionally enable earnings. ## Casos de uso ### Build a generation feature Send an application’s prompts or compatible media to a selected model and use the returned text, vectors or media output. ### Repeat a terminal task Pass a document as stdin context, ask for a summary and save the response, or generate a media file with an appropriate model. ### Give an agent model tools Connect the authenticated Pollinations MCP server so an agent can discover compatible models and request outputs within the configured key permissions. ### Let app users control spend Use the wallet-authorisation flow to let users approve their own Pollen spending and revoke access later. ## Perguntas frequentes ### Do generation requests need a key? Yes. Generation requires a Pollinations API key; public model listing does not. Keep personal developer secret keys on the server. New browser/mobile apps should use user-wallet authorisation rather than legacy raw publishable generation keys. ### Can any model accept my uploaded image? No. Select a model whose input capabilities include images. Some text-only models ignore an image attachment. Polli’s image-input options use public HTTP(S) URLs, so local files must be uploaded before that workflow can use them. ### How is usage controlled? Requests use Pollen according to the selected model or tool’s rate. Configure model access and a key budget. Usage records show costs; a budgeted key’s reported balance is its remaining budget, while broader account access requires the relevant permission. ### Are MCP-generated media links private? They are unlisted links, and anyone with the URL can access the media. Polli uploads also return publicly accessible URLs. Account-key permissions do not turn those media URLs into private files. ### How do app earnings work? Earnings are optional per App Key. When enabled, users pay a 25% markup over the base request rate, credited to the developer’s balance. User approval, budgets and revocation still apply. ## Informações rápidas - **Product type**: Multimodal model API platform - **Primary users**: Application developers and agents - **Interfaces**: REST/SDK, Polli CLI and hosted MCP - **Authentication**: Key required for generation - **Usage model**: Pollen wallet and model/tool-specific rates