> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://runcrate.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get instance



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /instances/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Runcrate API
  version: 1.0.0
  summary: OpenAI-compatible inference API + GPU infrastructure API.
  description: >-
    Runcrate exposes two API surfaces. The inference API at
    `https://api.runcrate.ai/v1` is OpenAI-compatible — it accepts the standard
    OpenAI SDK with the base URL changed. The infrastructure API at
    `https://runcrate.ai/api/v1` manages GPU instances, persistent volumes,
    environments, SSH keys, templates, and billing. Both share a single
    `rc_live_*` API key.


    Pricing is per-token, per-image, per-second, or per-minute on the inference
    API (varies by model; see https://www.runcrate.ai/api/models/catalog for
    live rates) and per-second on GPU rentals (see
    https://www.runcrate.ai/pricing for hourly rates per GPU class).


    All infrastructure API responses are wrapped in `{ "data": ... }`. List
    responses also include a `meta` object with pagination cursors. Error
    responses use `{ "error": { "code": "...", "message": "..." } }`.
  termsOfService: https://www.runcrate.ai/terms
  contact:
    name: Runcrate
    url: https://www.runcrate.ai/contact
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.runcrate.ai/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api.runcrate.ai/v1
    description: Inference API (OpenAI-compatible)
  - url: https://runcrate.ai/api/v1
    description: >-
      Infrastructure API (instances, storage, environments, ssh-keys, templates,
      billing)
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Chat
    description: OpenAI-compatible chat completions.
  - name: Images
    description: Text-to-image generation.
  - name: Videos
    description: Async text-to-video and image-to-video generation.
  - name: Audio
    description: Text-to-speech and speech-to-text.
  - name: Embeddings
    description: Vector embeddings for RAG and search.
  - name: Models
    description: Model catalog discovery.
  - name: Instances
    description: GPU instance lifecycle.
  - name: Storage
    description: Persistent volume management.
  - name: Environments
    description: Resource isolation containers within a workspace.
  - name: SSH Keys
    description: SSH key management for instance access.
  - name: Templates
    description: Pre-built instance images and configurations.
  - name: Billing
    description: Credit balance, transactions, usage metrics.
paths:
  /instances/{id}:
    servers:
      - url: https://runcrate.ai/api/v1
    get:
      tags:
        - Instances
      summary: Get instance
      operationId: getInstance
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Instance.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - data
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Instance'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    Instance:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - name
        - status
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - running
            - starting
            - deploying
            - error
            - terminated
          description: >-
            Public lifecycle status. `starting` covers initial provisioning
            queue; `deploying` is the active boot phase; `running` means
            SSH-reachable; `error` is unrecoverable failure; `terminated` is
            post-delete.
        gpu_type:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: GPU model id (e.g. `h100-sxm`).
        gpu_count:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
        cpu_cores:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
        memory:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
          description: GB
        storage:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
          description: GB
        region:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        ip:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Public IP / SSH host once status=running.
        os_image:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        cost_per_hour:
          type: number
          nullable: true
        deployed_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
            - message
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Machine-readable error code (e.g. `validation_error`,
                `unauthorized`, `not_found`, `insufficient_credits`,
                `rate_limited`, `internal_error`).
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable error message.
            details:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
              description: Optional structured error context.
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Use a Runcrate API key with the `rc_live_*` prefix as the bearer token.
        Create one at https://www.runcrate.ai/dashboard/api-keys.

````