# Proteus v0.2

> Popular anime-focused image model (12M+ runs) — high-quality anime and illustration styles with img2img and inpainting support.

- **Provider**: replicate
- **Model ID**: datacte/proteus-v0.2
- **Category**: anime_style
- **Credits**: 35 per request
- **Pricing Type**: input_based

## API Endpoint

Base URL: https://api.core.today/v1

### Create Prediction
POST /predictions

### Get Status
GET /predictions/{job_id}

### Cancel
DELETE /predictions/{job_id}

## Authentication

Header: `X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY`

## Input Parameters

- `negative_prompt` (string, optional): Negative Input prompt (Default: `worst quality, low quality`)
- `mask` (string, optional): Input mask for inpaint mode. Black areas will be preserved, white areas will be inpainted.
- `prompt_strength` (number, optional): Prompt strength when using img2img / inpaint. 1.0 corresponds to full destruction of information in image (Default: `0.8`; Range: min: 0, max: 1)
- `apply_watermark` (boolean, optional): Applies a watermark to enable determining if an image is generated in downstream applications. If you have other provisions for generating or deploying images safely, you can use this to disable watermarking. (Default: `True`)
- `image` (string, optional): Input image for img2img or inpaint mode
- `width` (integer, optional): Width of output image (Default: `1024`)
- `seed` (integer, optional): Random seed. Leave blank to randomize the seed
- `prompt` (string, optional): Input prompt (Default: `black fluffy gorgeous dangerous cat animal creature, large orange eyes, big fluffy ears, piercing gaze, full moon, dark ambiance, best quality, extremely detailed`)
- `height` (integer, optional): Height of output image (Default: `1024`)
- `guidance_scale` (number, optional): Scale for classifier-free guidance. Recommended 7-8 (Default: `7.5`; Range: min: 1, max: 50)
- `num_inference_steps` (integer, optional): Number of denoising steps. 20 to 35 steps for more detail, 20 steps for faster results. (Default: `20`; Range: min: 1, max: 100)
- `num_outputs` (integer, optional): Number of images to output. (Default: `1`; Range: min: 1, max: 4)
- `scheduler` (string, optional): scheduler (Default: `KarrasDPM`; Options: `DDIM`, `DPMSolverMultistep`, `HeunDiscrete`, `KarrasDPM`, `K_EULER_ANCESTRAL`, `K_EULER`, `PNDM`)
- `disable_safety_checker` (boolean, optional): Disable safety checker for generated images. This feature is only available through the API. See https://replicate.com/docs/how-does-replicate-work#safety (Default: `False`)

## Example Request

```json
{
  "model": "datacte/proteus-v0.2",
  "input": {
    "scheduler": "KarrasDPM",
    "num_outputs": 1,
    "apply_watermark": true,
    "guidance_scale": 7.5,
    "width": 1024,
    "prompt_strength": 0.8,
    "prompt": "cinematic film still of Kodak Motion Picture Film: (Sharp Detailed Image) An Oscar winning movie for Best Cinematography a woman in a kimono standing on a subway train in Japan Kodak Motion Picture Film Style, shallow depth of field, vignette, highly detailed, high budget, bokeh, cinemascope, moody, epic, gorgeous, film grain, grainy",
    "height": 1024,
    "num_inference_steps": 20
  }
}
```

## Response Format

```json
{
  "job_id": "abc123",
  "status": "pending",
  "provider": "replicate",
  "model": "black-forest-labs/flux-schnell",
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "result": null,
  "error": null
}
```

Status values: `pending`, `processing`, `completed`, `failed`, `cancelled`

## Usage Flow

1. POST /predictions with model and input → receive job_id
2. Poll GET /predictions/{job_id} until status is `completed` or `failed`
3. Result contains output URL(s) or data

## Output Type

url

## Tags

anime, illustration, text-to-image, proteus, img2img

## Documentation

https://replicate.com/datacte/proteus-v0.2