Quickstart

npm install -g @melius-ai/cli
mel auth login --api-key mel_...

# Create a project and a canvas
PROJECT=$(mel project create --title "My first project" --fields id --text)
CANVAS=$(mel canvas create "$PROJECT" --title "My first canvas" --fields id --text)

# Add an image node
NODE=$(mel node create "$CANVAS" --type image \
  --prompt "a golden retriever puppy in a field" \
  --aspect-ratio 1:1 --fields id --text)

# Run it and block until it's done
RUN=$(mel run start "$NODE" --canvas-id "$CANVAS" --fields id --text)
mel run wait "$RUN"

# Get the URL of the generated image
mel run download "$RUN"

mel node bulk-create "$CANVAS" --json - <<'EOF'
{
  "nodes": [
    { "id": "brief", "type": "text",  "prompt": "Describe a premium product photo" },
    { "id": "hero",  "type": "image", "prompt": "Professional product shot", "aspectRatio": "1:1" }
  ],
  "edges": [ { "src": "brief", "dst": "hero", "type": "text" } ]
}
EOF

# Run every node on the canvas in dependency order, and wait
mel bulk-run start "$CANVAS" --wait

VIDEO=$(mel node create "$CANVAS" --type video \
  --prompt "a slow timelapse of clouds over a city skyline" \
  --duration 5 --aspect-ratio 16:9 --fields id --text)

RUN=$(mel run start "$VIDEO" --canvas-id "$CANVAS" --fields id --text)
mel run wait "$RUN"
mel run download "$RUN"

mel canvas content "$CANVAS" --node-id "$NODE" --include-all-versions