runpodctl

runpodctl is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from runpod/runpod-plugins-official. It costs 90 tokens per session (6,684 once invoked), scanned C, original, Apache-2.0.

A command-line tool for managing Runpod cloud resources from a terminal or automated script. It works with GPU and CPU machines, serverless endpoints, storage, models, deployments, remote access, and file transfers.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to update and verify the tool, create or manage resources, deploy models, connect over SSH, and send or receive files.
Why use it?
It lets developers operate Runpod workloads without relying on a graphical interface and warns about errors caused by outdated versions.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Part of the runpod plugin — 8 skills, 1 command, 1 MCP server shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/runpod/runpod-plugins-official/runpodctl
Any agent
npx skills add runpod/runpod-plugins-official --skill runpodctl
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/runpod/runpod-plugins-official

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install runpod, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 8 skills, 1 command, 1 MCP server.

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Per session 90 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 6,684 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 2 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00090 $0.06684
Opus 5 $0.00045 $0.03342
Sonnet 5 $0.00018 $0.01337
Haiku 4.5 $0.00009 $0.00668

Measured 3d ago against content hash 2ad8850950ff, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

runpodctl scanned grade C with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Downloads and executes remote codehighSupply chain

curl | sh runs whatever the server returns today, which is not necessarily what it returned when this was reviewed.

`curl -sSL https://cli.runpod.net | bash` (Linux/macOS, and Windows via WSL) or `brew install runpod/runpodctl/runpodctl`. Manual binaries and the Windows and conda steps live in the [runpodctl README](https://github.com

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

`curl -sSL https://cli.runpod.net | bash` (Linux/macOS, and Windows via WSL) or `brew install runpod/runpodctl/runpodctl`. Manual binaries and the Windows and conda steps live in the [runpodctl README](https://github.com
plugins/runpod/skills/runpodctl/SKILL.md · 372 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 372 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Runpodctl

Manage GPU pods, serverless endpoints, templates, volumes, and models.

Install

curl -sSL https://cli.runpod.net | bash (Linux/macOS, and Windows via WSL) or brew install runpod/runpodctl/runpodctl. Manual binaries and the Windows and conda steps live in the runpodctl README, beside the install.sh they describe. The command surface comes from the binary — runpodctl <resource> <action> --help — or the generated pages under runpodctl/docs/.

Old runpodctl builds silently lack newer flags/behaviors (e.g. --model-reference doesn't exist before v2.4.0) and produce confusing downstream errors — and the Homebrew tap can lag well behind. So, before any work:

  • Update to the latest build — check runpodctl version, then run runpodctl update (or reinstall from the latest release).
  • Pin to one recent version for the whole task.
  • Never switch between an old and a new binary mid-task (that flip-flop is a known failure).
  • Verify oncerunpodctl version shows the current build before you continue.

Quick start

runpodctl update                    # FIRST: get on the latest build — old versions cause confusing errors
runpodctl version                   # confirm the current version before doing any work
export RUNPOD_API_KEY=your_key      # Non-interactive auth (agents) — runpodctl reads this
runpodctl doctor                    # Interactive first-time setup (API key + SSH) — for humans
runpodctl --help                    # See current top-level commands
runpodctl pod create --help         # Inspect exact current flags before creating
runpodctl gpu list                  # See available GPU types
runpodctl datacenter list           # GPU availability per data center (use to co-locate GPU + volume)
runpodctl hub search vllm           # Find a hub repo
runpodctl serverless create --hub-id <id> --name "my-vllm"  # Deploy from hub
runpodctl template search pytorch   # Find a template
runpodctl pod create --template-id runpod-torch-v21 --gpu-id "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090"  # Create from template
runpodctl pod list                  # List your pods

Read the full file on GitHub · 372 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 372 lines · 90 tokens per session scan C 2ad8850950ff

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runpodctl is a skill published in the GitHub repository runpod/runpod-plugins-official (44 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 90 tokens to every session and 6,684 once invoked, about $0.0005 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (downloads and executes remote code, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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