ProteusMediumHigh

Proteus v0.2

Popular anime-focused image model (12M+ runs) — high-quality anime and illustration styles with img2img and inpainting support. The go-to for anime avatars and webtoon-style art.

35 credits

per image (num_outputs billed per image)

Anime and illustration specialization

img2img and inpainting with mask

Up to 4 outputs per run (billed per image)

Fine guidance following at low CFG

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Quick Start

curl -X POST "https://api.core.today/v1/predictions" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: cdt_your_api_key" \
  -d '{
  "model": "datacte/proteus-v0.2",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "anime girl with silver hair, cherry blossom background, soft lighting, best quality, highly detailed",
    "width": 1024,
    "height": 1024
  }
}'

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`prompt`	string	No	black fluffy gorgeous dangerous cat animal creature, large orange eyes, big fluffy ears, piercing gaze, full moon, dark ambiance, best quality, extremely detailed	Image description (anime tags work well)
`negative_prompt`	string	No	worst quality, low quality	What to avoid
`image`	string	No	-	Input image for img2img
`mask`	string	No	-	Inpainting mask
`width`	integer	No	1024	Output width
`height`	integer	No	1024	Output height
`num_outputs`	integer	No	1	Number of images (1-4). Billed per image
`scheduler`	string	No	KarrasDPM	scheduler DDIMDPMSolverMultistepHeunDiscreteKarrasDPMK_EULER_ANCESTRALK_EULERPNDM
`num_inference_steps`	integer	No	20	Number of denoising steps. 20 to 35 steps for more detail, 20 steps for faster results.
`guidance_scale`	number	No	7.5	CFG scale (1-50)
`prompt_strength`	number	No	0.8	Prompt strength when using img2img / inpaint. 1.0 corresponds to full destruction of information in image
`seed`	integer	No	-	Random seed
`apply_watermark`	boolean	No	true	Applies a watermark to enable determining if an image is generated in downstream applications. If you have other provisions for generating or deploying images safely, you can use this to disable watermarking.
`disable_safety_checker`	boolean	No	false	Disable safety checker for generated images. This feature is only available through the API. See https://replicate.com/docs/how-does-replicate-work#safety

How to Provide File Input

There are 3 ways to provide files for the imagemask parameters:

Recommended

Direct Upload (Multipart)

Attach files directly to POST /v1/predictions/upload. No separate upload step needed.

curl -X POST "https://api.core.today/v1/predictions/upload" \
  -H "X-API-Key: cdt_your_api_key" \
  -F "model=datacte/proteus-v0.2" \
  -F 'input={"prompt":"your prompt here"}' \
  -F "file:image=@your_file.png"

Image URL

Pass a publicly accessible URL directly. You can also use file_url from the Storage API.

{
  "model": "datacte/proteus-v0.2",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "your prompt here",
    "image": "https://example.com/image.jpg"
  }
}

See the File Upload docs for more upload methods including Presigned URLs.

Common Parameters

Common parameters used when calling POST /v1/predictions.

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`model`	string	Yes	-	Model identifier
`input`	object	Yes	-	Object containing the model-specific parameters from the table above
`output_folder`	string	No	-	Folder path for output files (max 256 chars, '..' not allowed)
`webhook_url`	string	No	-	Webhook URL to call on completion
`is_public`	boolean	No	false	If true, output files are also available via permanent public URLs

Examples

Anime Character

Generate an anime-style character portrait

curl -X POST "https://api.core.today/v1/predictions" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: cdt_your_api_key" \
  -d '{
  "model": "datacte/proteus-v0.2",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "anime girl with silver hair, cherry blossom background, soft lighting, best quality, highly detailed",
    "width": 1024,
    "height": 1024
  }
}'