Quickstart

Get from zero to GPU in 5 minutes.

1. Setup

1) Install uv — optional but recommended

Installation guide: docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation

• macOS/Linux:

  curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

• Windows (PowerShell):

  powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

2) Install Flow

• Global CLI (uv):

  uv tool install flow-compute

• Global CLI (pipx):

  pipx install flow-compute

Authenticate

Mithril is generally available for work purposes. Individual users will be waitlisted for now.

flow setup

Add billing details

To provision compute, add a payment method in the Mithril Console.

2. Create an instance

# Create a GPU instance
flow instance create --instance-type a100

# Monitor your instances
flow instance list

# Access first instance in list
flow ssh 1

# Check details of a specific instance
flow instance info <instance-name>

3. Development (research preview)

Interactive Environment

# Launch persistent development environment
flow --mode research
flow dev

# See other commands
flow help

The flow dev command gives you a persistent GPU environment that stays running between sessions - great for iterative development.

4. Instance Types

Type	GPUs	Memory	Use Case
a100	1x A100	80GB	Single GPU training, inference
4xa100	4x A100	320GB	Multi-GPU workloads
8xh100	8x H100	640GB	Large-scale distributed training

Check current pricing:

flow pricing