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Lithi Compute documentation

Guides for using Lithi Compute with your AI agent: choose suitable work, run a first test, get results and check billing.

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Lithi Compute is a work harness that lets your existing AI agent use Lithi's compute network for clearly defined tasks.

Local AI models run on participating Macs that people already own. Your agent keeps your goal, project context, local edits, native builds and tests, and final decisions. It prepares the permitted input and checks the returned results before continuing your work.

You set the outcome, limits and policy. Lithi plans where the work runs; you don't choose provider Macs or how the work is split.

Your agent defines the task
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The Kit prepares permitted input
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Transfer and execution are approved
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Participating Macs process the work
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Your agent checks the returned result

Start

Is Compute right for my task?
Decide what belongs on Lithi, then check usage and cost fit.
Choose work
How does the handoff work?
Follow a task from your agent to participating Macs and back.
How Compute works
How do I run a first test?
Set up access and send one small task you can check.
Start with Compute
Which guide fits my agent?
Choose your host, assess a task and connect your approved account.
Choose a client
When will my work run?
Choose as soon as possible, a deadline, a reserved window or flexible off-peak timing.
Booking & priority

Work

How do I describe the work?
Define the outcome, then build a request with evidence, instructions and the expected output.
Workflows
How do I prepare my inputs?
Freeze the source and keep each item identifiable.
Prepare inputs
How are results checked?
Choose verification that fits the risk of the task, then read its coverage and limits.
Verification

Run & Results

How do I submit work?
Send one job or a batch. If a response is unclear, check the existing job before retrying.
Jobs
How do I get my result?
Read accepted output, receipts and delivery. If delivery failed, recover the result instead of running the work again.
Results

Clients & Security

Which AI tools can I connect?
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, MCP, REST and language SDKs. Your agent needs a supported client and approved access.
Clients
How is my work kept secure?
Set the data profile, credentials and region limits before you send work.
Security and data

Billing & Reporting

How is Compute priced?
See how tokens are counted for text, code, documents and media, with a worked example.
Pricing and units
Where are my invoices and payments?
Accepted usage, invoices, payment, purchase orders and finance sync.
Billing
What does my monthly report show?
Accepted work, Mac participation, energy and community records, with their limits.
Impact report

Need exact API paths, schemas and limits? Use the Reference. For the architecture, read the Compute paper. For Lithi's privacy and data commitments, see the Trust Center. For a problem you can see, use Compute Help.

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