---
title: "Generate text from prompt"
method: POST
path: "/ai/generate"
tags: ["ai"]
---

# Generate text from prompt

`POST /ai/generate`

Generate text from a single prompt (CLI, scripts, pipelines). Uses Anthropic, Open Router, or Ollama. Returns SSE (text/event-stream) when streaming.

## Request body

- object
  - `prompt` string, required
  - `stream` boolean
  - `model` string
  - `temperature` number

## Response `200`

Default Response

- union
  - object
    - `text` string, required
  - string — Streaming SSE (text/event-stream) with JSON event objects

## Other responses

- `400` — Default Response
- `401` — Default Response
- `402` — Default Response
- `500` — Default Response
- `502` — Default Response

## Changes

- **2026-03-12** `b2c23a2d8170` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-01-14** `4f6c72308c7a` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/blockmatic/apis/basilic-api/changes/ai/generate/post.md)

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