API Documentation

Create a custom tool

POST/api/custom-tools

Create a custom tool in Draft status.

This creates the tool record only. Upload its source and build a version in separate requests.

Python SDK equivalentclient.custom_tools.create(name, display_name=...)
Parameters
cpubodyinteger

Number of CPU cores allocated to each run. Defaults to 1.

descriptionbodystring

Short explanation of the tool. Defaults to an empty string.

displayNamebodystring

Human-readable name shown in the UI. Defaults to an empty string.

gpuTypebody"None" | "T4" | "L4" | "L40S" | "A10" | "A100"

GPU allocated to each run: "None", T4, L4, L40S, A10, or A100. Defaults to "None".

memorybody"8Gi" | "12Gi" | "24Gi" | "32Gi" | "48Gi" | "64Gi" | "90Gi" | "96Gi" | "180Gi"

Memory allocated to each run. Defaults to "8Gi".

namebodystringrequired

A unique lowercase name containing letters, numbers, and hyphens.

Optional fields
Blank by default — enter a value to add the field to the request example.
cpu
description
displayName
gpuType
memory
HTTP Response Status Codes
Status codeDescription
201The created Tool.
401API key missing or invalid.
422The request was malformed or failed validation; see `errors` for the offending fields.
1import requests
2
3api_key = "***************"
4url = "https://app.tamarind.bio/api/custom-tools"
5headers = {"x-api-key": api_key}
6
7payload = {
8    "name": "string"
9}
10resp = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
11print(resp.status_code, resp.json())
Response
1{
2  "autoPublish": false,
3  "canBuild": false,
4  "canEdit": false,
5  "cpu": 0,
6  "createdAt": "string",
7  "defaultVersion": "string",
8  "description": "string",
9  "displayName": "string",
10  "estTime": "string",
11  "functions": [
12    "string"
13  ],
14  "gpuType": "None",
15  "hasSource": false,
16  "homeDiskGi": 0,
17  "maxRuntimeSeconds": 0,
18  "memory": "8Gi",
19  "name": "string",
20  "paperUrl": "string",
21  "published": false,
22  "status": "Draft",
23  "tags": [
24    "string"
25  ],
26  "updatedAt": "string"
27}