# API Overview

Cortecs provides an **OpenAI-compatible API** that makes it simple to run serverless inference across multiple providers with no infrastructure setup.

The API supports **three** main capabilities:

#### 🔁  Chat Completions : `POST /v1/chat/completions`

Send chat requests using any available model. Supports standard OpenAI parameters like `messages`, `temperature`, and `max_tokens`. 

Use the `preference` parameter to optimize routing for `speed`, `cost`, or `balanced`.

#### 🧩 Embeddings : `POST /v1/embeddings`

Generate text embeddings using supported models. The API is compatible with OpenAI’s embedding request format and can be routed across multiple providers using the same preference-based selection.

#### 📦 Model Listing :  `GET /v1/models`

Retrieve the full list of available models, including their supported features, costs, context sizes, and providers.


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