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      "summary": "fal hosts third-party and open-weights video models, including Seedance, Kling, Veo, MiniMax and Wan, behind one queue API, one key and a hosted MCP server.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video.min.md",
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        "http",
        "streamable-http"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://queue.fal.run",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@fal-ai/client"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "fal-client"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the fal dashboard, sent as `Authorization: Key $FAL_KEY`, with an API or ADMIN scope. The MCP relay uses OAuth with browser sign-in and no key. No partner or sales approval is needed for the Model APIs.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Prepaid credit, priced per model, with no free tier or sandbox. Most video models bill per second of output by resolution or audio, and Seedance bills per 1,000 tokens. 5xx failures and queue time aren't billed. Purchased credits expire after 365 days (https://fal.ai/pricing, https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/model-apis/pricing.md).",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing page or the terms (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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        "githubStars": 187,
        "npmWeekly": 1929970,
        "pypiWeekly": 738438,
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      },
      "docsUrl": "https://fal.ai/docs",
      "llmsTxt": "https://fal.ai/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://fal.ai/api/openapi/queue/openapi.json?endpoint_id=fal-ai/kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video",
      "capabilities": [
        "video.generate",
        "video.image-to-video",
        "video.edit",
        "video.audio"
      ],
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        "hosted",
        "model-platform",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "card-required",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "status-page"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-21",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 68.9,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 192,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 842,
        "categoryRank": 1,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 81,
          "maintenance": 81,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 77,
          "schema": 89,
          "security": 63,
          "transparency": 60
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "One key and one queue API reach 137 active text-to-video endpoints, each with a published price, an OpenAPI document and an llms.txt. Billing units, duration formats and audio pricing differ per model, there is no free tier, and a person must sign up in a browser and buy credit.",
        "bestFor": "An agent or team that wants to compare or switch between Seedance, Kling, Veo, MiniMax, Wan and open-weights video models with one key and one queue contract.",
        "strengths": [
          "159 text-to-video endpoints in the catalogue API on 8 October 2026, 137 active, plus image-to-video and video-to-video categories of more than 100 each",
          "Each model has a per-endpoint OpenAPI document and an llms.txt with schema, defaults, examples and price",
          "Queue with status, cancel, webhooks, server-side retries up to 10 times and backup domains `falrun.com` and `queue.falrun.com`",
          "5xx failures and queue time aren't billed, and typed errors carry `error_type` and an `X-Fal-Error-Type` header",
          "API Services terms say client content isn't used for training, and `X-Fal-Store-IO: 0` stops payload storage"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Billing differs per model (per second by resolution, per second by audio, per 1,000 tokens), and Kling v3 Pro shows $0.14 on the pricing page against $0.112 or $0.168 on its model page",
          "No standing free tier, no machine payment protocol, and sign-up and credit purchase need a person in a browser",
          "22 text-to-video endpoints, Sora 2 and Veo 3 among them, are marked deprecated in the catalogue with no removal date or changelog entry",
          "No idempotency key, so a repeated submit starts a second billable job",
          "No security.txt, and the trust centre with the SOC 2 material and subprocessor list renders only in a browser",
          "The terms of service bar scripts that integrate with the services without written authorisation, and bar robots and data gathering"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Submit to `queue.fal.run`, keep the `request_id`, then poll `status_url` or set `fal_webhook`. Never resubmit to check progress, because each submit is a new billable job",
          "Read `https://fal.ai/models/\u003cendpoint-id\u003e/llms.txt` before a call. `duration` is the string `\"5\"` on Kling, `\"8s\"` on Veo 3.1 and an integer on Wan 3.0",
          "Set `generate_audio` on purpose. It defaults to true and raises the Kling v3 Pro price from $0.112 to $0.168 a second and Veo 3.1 from $0.20 to $0.40",
          "Check `metadata.status` in `https://api.fal.ai/v1/models` before pinning an endpoint. Deprecated endpoints carry no removal date",
          "Use an API-scope key, never an ADMIN key. A new account runs 2 requests at once, so long video jobs queue behind each other",
          "The MCP relay has no server-side approval gate. Call `get_pricing` and get the owner's approval before `submit_job`"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 68.9
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 81,
          "maintenance": 81,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 77,
          "schema": 89,
          "security": 63,
          "transparency": 53
        },
        "provenanceScore": 66
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install fal-client   # or: npm install --save @fal-ai/client",
        "http": "curl -X POST https://queue.fal.run/fal-ai/kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video -H \"Authorization: Key $FAL_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"prompt\":\"ocean waves at sunset, slow dolly in\",\"duration\":\"5\",\"generate_audio\":false}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http --scope user fal https://mcp.fal.ai/mcp-relay"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/video.generate",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/fal-video"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "fal-image",
        "fal-music"
      ],
      "area": "content",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Kling v3 Pro with audio",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.168,
          "note": "$0.112 without audio, $0.196 with voice control"
        },
        {
          "item": "Kling v3 Standard with audio",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.126,
          "note": "$0.084 without audio"
        },
        {
          "item": "Veo 3.1 with audio, 720p or 1080p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.4,
          "note": "$0.20 without audio, $0.60 at 4K with audio"
        },
        {
          "item": "Veo 3.1 Fast with audio, 720p or 1080p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.15,
          "note": "$0.10 without audio"
        },
        {
          "item": "Seedance 2.5 720p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.473,
          "note": "approximate, billed at $0.0214 per 1,000 tokens. About $0.2205 at 480p and $1.164 at 1080p"
        },
        {
          "item": "Wan 3.0 720p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.1,
          "note": "$0.05 at 480p, $0.20 at 1080p"
        },
        {
          "item": "MiniMax H3 Max 768p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.08,
          "note": "$0.048 on promotion until 15 October 2026. $0.05 at 480p and $0.16 at 1080p after"
        },
        {
          "item": "LTX 2.5 Fast 720p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.09,
          "note": "audio included, $0.30 at 4K"
        },
        {
          "item": "Grok Imagine Video 1.5 720p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.14,
          "note": "$0.08 at 480p, $0.25 at 1080p"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.",
        "domain": "fal.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2020-11-13",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": false,
        "terms": "https://fal.ai/legal/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://fal.ai/legal/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.fal.ai",
        "changelog": "https://fal.ai/docs/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The API runs on fal.run and queue.fal.run, a separate domain from fal.ai, with backup domains falrun.com and queue.falrun.com. The catalogue and platform APIs are on api.fal.ai and the MCP relay on mcp.fal.ai.",
          "Legal entity and the address 2261 Market St, Suite 10467, San Francisco, CA 94114 from the terms of service, last updated 8 September 2026.",
          "The terms of service incorporate the API Services Supplemental Terms (https://fal.ai/legal/api-services) and the Data Processing Addendum of 31 July 2026 (https://fal.ai/legal/data-processing-addendum).",
          "The privacy policy, last updated 22 July 2026, says fal is a service provider for enterprise customers under contract.",
          "https://fal.ai/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026.",
          "RDAP for fal.ai gives a registration date of 2020-11-13."
        ],
        "score": 66
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video.json",
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          "lastMs": 103,
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    "answer": "fal video models scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Runway API's 60.8 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.",
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      "name": "Runway API",
      "vendor": "Runway",
      "vendorUrl": "https://runway.com",
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      "category": "video-generation",
      "summary": "Runway Dev, the HTTP API for Runway's own video models (Gen-4.5, Gen-4 Turbo, Aleph 2.0, Act-Two) plus resold third-party models (Veo 3.1, Seedance, WAN 3.0, Hailuo, Grok Imagine).",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runway",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runway.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runway.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/runway.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/runwayml/sdk-node",
      "license": "Apache-2.0 (SDKs)",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.dev.runwayml.com/v1",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@runwayml/sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "runwayml"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Bearer key per project from the developer portal (dev.runway.com), sent in the Authorization header, plus a required X-Runway-Version date header (2024-11-06). The Runway Dev MCP server at dev.runwayml.com/mcp uses OAuth only.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Prepaid credits at $0.01 each, $10 minimum first purchase. Gen-4.5 12 credits a second ($0.12), Gen-4 Turbo 5 ($0.05), Aleph 2.0 28 (56 credit minimum), Act-Two 5, Veo 3.1 40 with audio or 20 without, Veo 3.1 Fast 15 or 10, Seedance 2.0 36 to 150 by resolution, WAN 3.0 5 to 20. ProRes output adds 5 credits a second and HDR adds 20 (https://docs.dev.runwayml.com/guides/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.01 / credit",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in docs, llms-full.txt or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
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        "githubStars": 20,
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      "docsUrl": "https://docs.dev.runwayml.com",
      "rateLimitsUrl": "https://docs.dev.runwayml.com/usage/tiers/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.dev.runwayml.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.dev.runwayml.com/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "video.generate",
        "video.image-to-video",
        "video.edit",
        "video.audio",
        "video.extend"
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      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "card-required",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "async-jobs",
        "mcp",
        "python",
        "typescript"
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          "maintenance": 62,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 93,
          "security": 51,
          "transparency": 53
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -3,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-07-30, Gen-3 Alpha Turbo (`gen3a_turbo`) and Gen-4 Aleph (`gen4_aleph`) were removed and calls with those IDs began to fail. The changelog announced it the same day and shows no earlier notice. Runway may have emailed customers, so we deduct at the low end (https://docs.dev.runwayml.com/api-details/api_changelog/)"
        ],
        "verdict": "OpenAPI 3.1, llms.txt and Markdown copies of every docs page. Gen-3 Alpha Turbo and Gen-4 Aleph were removed on 2026-07-30 with no prior notice in the changelog.",
        "bestFor": "Agents that want one key for Runway's own editing models (Aleph 2.0, Act-Two) and a menu of third-party models with one billing system.",
        "strengths": [
          "OpenAPI 3.1, llms.txt and Markdown copies of every docs page",
          "One API for Runway's models and many third-party ones at published per-second prices",
          "Over-limit tasks queue as THROTTLED instead of returning errors",
          "Official Node and Python SDKs with a wait-for-output helper",
          "Dated changelog with 23 entries between July and September 2026"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Gen-3 Alpha Turbo and Gen-4 Aleph were removed on 2026-07-30 with no prior notice in the changelog",
          "Prepaid credits only, $10 minimum, no free generation credits",
          "No idempotency key and no Retry-After guidance found",
          "Request fields differ per model, so bodies aren't portable between models",
          "No security.txt, and no training statement for customer data found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send `X-Runway-Version: 2024-11-06` on every request or it fails",
          "Use the SDK's wait-for-output helper or poll GET /v1/tasks/{id} until SUCCEEDED or FAILED",
          "Don't retry a SAFETY.* failure unchanged. It's moderation, not an outage",
          "Take model IDs from the models page, not memory. Two were removed without notice on 2026-07-30",
          "Copy outputs to your own storage. URLs expire within 24 to 48 hours"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 4,
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          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 93,
          "security": 51,
          "transparency": 28
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        "provenanceScore": 77
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install runwayml   # or: npm i @runwayml/sdk",
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.dev.runwayml.com/v1/image_to_video \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $RUNWAYML_API_SECRET\" -H \"X-Runway-Version: 2024-11-06\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"model\":\"gen4.5\",\"promptImage\":\"https://example.com/frame.jpg\",\"promptText\":\"timelapse, clouds moving\",\"ratio\":\"1280:720\",\"duration\":5}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http --scope user runway-dev-mcp https://dev.runwayml.com/mcp"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/video.generate",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/runway"
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      "area": "content",
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          "item": "Gen-4.5",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.12,
          "note": "12 credits a second, 720p"
        },
        {
          "item": "Gen-4 Turbo",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.05,
          "note": "5 credits a second"
        },
        {
          "item": "Aleph 2.0",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.28,
          "note": "video-to-video editing, 56 credit minimum"
        },
        {
          "item": "Veo 3.1 with audio",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.4,
          "note": "20 credits a second without audio"
        },
        {
          "item": "Veo 3.1 Fast with audio",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.15,
          "note": "10 credits a second without audio"
        },
        {
          "item": "Seedance 2.0 1080p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.4
        },
        {
          "item": "WAN 3.0 1080p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.2,
          "note": "0.05 at 480p, 0.10 at 720p"
        },
        {
          "item": "Credit",
          "unit": "credit",
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        "domain": "runwayml.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2018-03-13",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://runway.com/terms-of-use",
        "privacy": "https://runway.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.runwayml.com",
        "changelog": "https://docs.dev.runwayml.com/api-details/api_changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "runwayml.com now redirects to runway.com (registered 1995-01-11). The API and docs stay on runwayml.com subdomains",
          "No security.txt on runwayml.com or runway.com"
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        "score": 77
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runway.json",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runway.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/runway.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### fal video models (B)\n\nGood for: An agent or team that wants to compare or switch between Seedance, Kling, Veo, MiniMax, Wan and open-weights video models with one key and one queue contract.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 81 against 75\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 51\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 81 against 62\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 53\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Runway API loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Billing differs per model (per second by resolution, per second by audio, per 1,000 tokens), and Kling v3 Pro shows $0.14 on the pricing page against $0.112 or $0.168 on its model page\n\n### Runway API (C)\n\nGood for: Agents that want one key for Runway's own editing models (Aleph 2.0, Act-Two) and a menu of third-party models with one billing system.\n\nWatch for: Gen-3 Alpha Turbo and Gen-4 Aleph were removed on 2026-07-30 with no prior notice in the changelog\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | fal video models | Runway API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 77 | 75 | fal video models +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 93 | Runway API +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 75 | fal video models +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 51 | fal video models +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 20 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 62 | fal video models +19 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 53 | fal video models +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.9 · B** | **60.8 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | fal video models | Runway API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | Model API |\n| Vendor | fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.) | Runway |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://queue.fal.run` | `https://api.dev.runwayml.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-21 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-08 | 2026-09-15 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-22 | 2026-05-11 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 187 stars, 1.9M npm/wk, 738k PyPI/wk | 20 stars, 56k npm/wk, 67k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**fal video models.** One key and one queue API reach 137 active text-to-video endpoints, each with a published price, an OpenAPI document and an llms.txt. Billing units, duration formats and audio pricing differ per model, there is no free tier, and a person must sign up in a browser and buy credit.\n\n**Runway API.** OpenAPI 3.1, llms.txt and Markdown copies of every docs page. Gen-3 Alpha Turbo and Gen-4 Aleph were removed on 2026-07-30 with no prior notice in the changelog.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### fal video models\n\n1. Submit to `queue.fal.run`, keep the `request_id`, then poll `status_url` or set `fal_webhook`. Never resubmit to check progress, because each submit is a new billable job\n2. Read `https://fal.ai/models/\u003cendpoint-id\u003e/llms.txt` before a call. `duration` is the string `\"5\"` on Kling, `\"8s\"` on Veo 3.1 and an integer on Wan 3.0\n3. Set `generate_audio` on purpose. It defaults to true and raises the Kling v3 Pro price from $0.112 to $0.168 a second and Veo 3.1 from $0.20 to $0.40\n4. Check `metadata.status` in `https://api.fal.ai/v1/models` before pinning an endpoint. Deprecated endpoints carry no removal date\n5. Use an API-scope key, never an ADMIN key. A new account runs 2 requests at once, so long video jobs queue behind each other\n6. The MCP relay has no server-side approval gate. Call `get_pricing` and get the owner's approval before `submit_job`\n\n### Runway API\n\n1. Send `X-Runway-Version: 2024-11-06` on every request or it fails\n2. Use the SDK's wait-for-output helper or poll GET /v1/tasks/{id} until SUCCEEDED or FAILED\n3. Don't retry a SAFETY.* failure unchanged. It's moderation, not an outage\n4. Take model IDs from the models page, not memory. Two were removed without notice on 2026-07-30\n5. Copy outputs to your own storage. 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