---
title: "Submit a compute intent for the AgentChain network"
method: POST
path: "/v1/intent"
tags: ["intent"]
---

# Submit a compute intent for the AgentChain network

`POST /v1/intent`

## Request body

- object
  - `payload` object, required — The compute task data
  - `bounty` string, required — USDC bounty amount as decimal string (6 decimals)
  - `requiredCollateral` string — Shadow Vault v3: required collateral in USDC (optional, 0 = default)
  - `modelCid` string — EPIC 9.3 Fat Intent: Ollama model tag (e.g. "gemma3:12b"). Optional — worker falls back to OLLAMA_MODEL env var.

## Response `201`

Intent queued for settlement

## Other responses

- `400` — Missing required fields
- `413` — Payload exceeds 2MB limit

## Changes

- **2026-04-10** `280a966f6587` — 1 info
  - added the new optional request property `modelCid`
- **2026-03-25** `81bbf4b191a0` — 1 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `bearer` was added to the API
- **2026-03-14** `bcb7c5bf7ca6` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/humbleaf/apis/agentchain-prior-api/changes/v1/intent/post.md)

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