muapi-cli
Command-line interface for muapi.ai to generate and process generative media (images, videos, audio), manage account/credits and API keys, upload files, and optionally run an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for agent integration.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Uses an API key and supports MUAPI_API_KEY override; secret handling appears intended to be via keyring/config (dependency includes keyring), and API key display is masked. However, fine-grained scopes are not documented, and the README does not detail TLS requirements, secure storage guarantees, or protection against verbose logging of secrets beyond the masked 'whoami' behavior.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You want a terminal-first, agent-friendly wrapper with JSON output for automation, plus MCP tool exposure for agent workflows.
Avoid When
You require explicit documented retry/idempotency semantics, detailed rate-limit headers, or guarantees about stable tool contracts across releases.
Use Cases
- • Agentic generation of images, videos, and audio from prompts
- • Async media generation with request_id/polling and output downloads
- • On-the-fly enhancement operations (upscale, background removal, face swap, style conversions, outpainting)
- • File upload workflows for image/video editing pipelines
- • API key lifecycle management from automation/CI scripts
- • Integrating muapi.ai capabilities into MCP-compatible agents (Claude Desktop/Cursor) via stdio MCP server
Not For
- • High-assurance or compliance-critical systems without additional security review
- • Use cases requiring granular programmatic control beyond CLI surface area (no documented REST/GraphQL/SDK here)
- • Workflows that need robust idempotency guarantees across retries (not documented)
Interface
Authentication
Auth in the CLI is via an API key stored locally (keyring hinted in dependencies) and/or overridden by MUAPI_API_KEY. No OAuth flows or fine-grained scopes are documented in the provided README.
Pricing
README mentions credits/balance and Stripe checkout for topup, but does not document free tiers, specific pricing tiers, or workload cost estimates.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Generated jobs are asynchronous; agents must poll using predict wait/result when --no-wait is used.
- ⚠ Rate limiting is indicated by an exit code, but the README does not specify backoff strategy or whether retry-after is available in headers.
- ⚠ Some commands have human-centric options (colored output) and agent-centric ones (--output-json, --jq); agents must consistently request JSON mode for reliable parsing.
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-30.