Edgevana Compute Agent
Hourly GPU instances for AI agents, over MCP and A2A. Agents search offers, launch, monitor and destroy instances, and every launch shows a preview: nothing is charged until you approve it.
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{ "mcpServers": { "edgevana": { "url": "https://mcp.edgevana.com/mcp", "headers": { "X-API-Key": "<your-edgv_...-key>" } } } }
MCP for IDEs and agent apps, A2A for agents that read an Agent Card. Both use the same Edgevana API.
Model Context Protocol
X-API-Key · Streamable HTTP
A standard way for AI apps to use outside tools: like USB for agents. Add the server URL and your API key, and the tools appear.
Agent-to-Agent Protocol
X-API-Key · A2A v0.3
Agents discover Edgevana from its Agent Card and send it task messages. Send your API key with each request.
Five steps, about as many minutes. Pick one to see what goes where.
nodes.edgevana.com → Profile → API Keys
# Your key starts with edgv_ export EDGEVANA_API_KEY=edgv_…
Seven tools for discovery and pricing, six for instances. MCP clients call them directly; A2A agents send task messages for the same actions.
Deposit. Hourly GPU takes a non-refundable deposit when an instance is created. The amount depends on the hourly price, and the launch preview shows it (deposit.due_today). Credit on the account counts towards it, and it comes back as credit against usage. Bare-metal and CPU servers can be searched and priced, not launched.
These are the MCP names. A2A supports the same actions except request_reserved_instance; there, compare_to_cloud is compare_cloud and get_platform_info is platform_info.
Nothing is created or charged until you approve the preview and the agent confirms.
search_serversPick an offer with launch_status "available" and note its offer_id and one of its hourly_sites.
launch_instancelaunch_instance without confirm returns the hourly price and an approval object, with the deposit due today when it can be quoted. Nothing is created.
launch_instance · confirm: trueIf the preview offered a replacement, show substituted.note first. Once you approve: the same call (with substituted.offer_id and substituted.site if present) plus confirm: true, the approval unchanged and a unique idempotency_key. Nothing launches above the approved price or deposit; if the offer was taken, an equivalent one at the same site may launch within them.
get_instanceget_instance reports connection.status, and the mapped ports once ready.
terminate_instanceterminate_instance previews first, then runs with confirm: true. Hourly GPU instances go immediately.
Pick your app, copy its config and replace the placeholder with your key.
Run in your terminal, then claude mcp list to confirm.
claude mcp add --transport http edgevana https://mcp.edgevana.com/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_EDGV_KEY"
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