castai-hello-world

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Query CAST AI cluster savings report and node inventory. Use when verifying CAST AI connectivity, viewing cluster cost savings, or listing managed nodes after onboarding. Trigger with phrases like "cast ai hello world", "cast ai savings", "cast ai cluster status", "test cast ai connection".

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CAST AI Hello World

Overview

First API calls against the CAST AI REST API: list connected clusters, retrieve the savings report, and inspect node inventory. All examples use curl with the X-API-Key header -- no SDK required.

Prerequisites

Completed castai-install-auth setup
CASTAI_API_KEY environment variable set
At least one cluster connected to CAST AI

Instructions

Step 1: List Connected Clusters

curl -s -H "X-API-Key: ${CASTAI_API_KEY}" \
  https://api.cast.ai/v1/kubernetes/external-clusters \
  | jq '.items[] | {id, name, status, providerType}'

Expected output:

{
  "id": "abc123-def456",
  "name": "production-eks",
  "status": "ready",
  "providerType": "eks"
}

Step 2: Get Cluster Savings Report

export CASTAI_CLUSTER_ID="your-cluster-id"

# Current month savings
curl -s -H "X-API-Key: ${CASTAI_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.cast.ai/v1/kubernetes/clusters/${CASTAI_CLUSTER_ID}/savings" \
  | jq '{
    monthlySavings: .monthlySavings,
    savingsPercentage: .savingsPercentage,
    currentCost: .currentMonthlyCost,
    optimizedCost: .optimizedMonthlyCost
  }'

Step 3: List Cluster Nodes

curl -s -H "X-API-Key: ${CASTAI_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.cast.ai/v1/kubernetes/external-clusters/${CASTAI_CLUSTER_ID}/nodes" \
  | jq '.items[] | {
    name: .name,
    instanceType: .instanceType,
    lifecycle: .lifecycle,
    cpu: .allocatableCpu,
    memory: .allocatableMemory,
    zone: .zone
  }'

Step 4: Check Autoscaler Policies

curl -s -H "X-API-Key: ${CASTAI_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.cast.ai/v1/kubernetes/clusters/${CASTAI_CLUSTER_ID}/policies" \
  | jq '{
    enabled: .enabled,
    unschedulablePods: .unschedulablePods.enabled,
    nodeDownscaler: .nodeDownscaler.enabled,
    spotInstances: .spotInstances.enabled
  }'

Output

List of connected clusters with IDs and status
Monthly savings report with before/after cost
Node inventory with instance types and lifecycle (spot vs on-demand)
Autoscaler policy status

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
`401 Unauthorized`	Bad API key	Regenerate at console.cast.ai
`404 Not Found`	Wrong cluster ID	List clusters first to get correct ID
Empty `items` array	No clusters connected	Run `castai-install-auth` to onboard
`agentStatus: offline`	Agent not running	Check `kubectl get pods -n castai-agent`

Resources

Next Steps

Proceed to castai-local-dev-loop to set up a development workflow.