---
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

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/humbleaf/apis/agentchain-prior-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/humbleaf/apis/agentchain-prior-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/humbleaf/agentchain-prior-api/revisions/33dd194c5572/schema)