# Create estimate URL: https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/studio/post-studio-estimate > Prices a run without starting it: the estimate POST /v1/studio/runs would reserve, step by step. `POST /v1/studio/estimate` > [Studio →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/studio) · [All API references →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi) · [Get started →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/guides) | | | | ------------- | ----------------------------------------- | | **Address** | `https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/studio/estimate` | | **Method** | `POST` | | **Operation** | `post_studio_estimate` | | **Auth** | `Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY` | Prices a run without starting it: the estimate POST /v1/studio/runs would reserve, step by step. Nothing is reserved and nothing runs. ## Request 17 fields, body `application/json` (required). | Field | In | Type | Required | Description | | ---------------------- | ------ | -------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Idempotency-Key` | header | string | — | | | `brand` | body | string | — | Brand is a brand id; its tokens are brand.\* in the graph. | | `flow` | body | string | — | Flow is a flow id. | | `graph` | body | studio.Graph | — | | | `graph.steps` | body | studio.Spec\[] | — | Steps are the graph's steps, 1 to 64 of them. | | `graph.steps[].each` | body | string | — | Each fans the step out: a {{path}} naming an array, run once per item (at most 64), its outputs the items' outputs in order. | | `graph.steps[].id` | body | string | — | ID names the step within its graph: a lowercase letter, then up to 31 lowercase letters, digits or underscores. | | `graph.steps[].op` | body | string | — | Op is what the step does: chat, image.generate, image.edit, voice.speak, music.generate, video.generate, model.generate, studio.render, render.html, render.document, render.slides, render.composition or video.edit. | | `graph.steps[].title` | body | string | — | Title is what a person sees for the step. | | `graph.steps[].with` | body | object | — | With are the op's parameters. | | `graph.steps[].with.*` | body | any | — | | | `input` | body | object | — | Input are the values the inputs schema asks for. | | `input.*` | body | any | — | | | `parent` | body | string | — | Parent makes this run the next version of that run. | | `shared` | body | boolean | — | | | `template` | body | string | — | Template is a template id. | | `title` | body | string | — | | ## Response | Status | Body | Meaning | | --------- | --------------- | ------- | | `200` | studio.Estimate | ok | | `default` | problem-details | refused | `200` body — 5 fields. | Field | In | Type | Always | Description | | --------------- | ---- | ------------------- | ------ | ----------- | | `cents` | body | integer (int64) | — | | | `steps` | body | studio.StepPrice\[] | — | | | `steps[].cents` | body | integer (int64) | — | | | `steps[].id` | body | string | — | | | `steps[].op` | body | string | — | | Failure carries the platform error shape — see [Errors](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/errors). ## Examples **CLI** ```bash hanzo studio estimate ``` **SDK** **.ts** ```ts import { Configuration, StudioApi } from 'hanzoai'; const api = new StudioApi(new Configuration({ accessToken: process.env.HANZO_API_KEY })); const { data } = await api.postStudioEstimate({ brand: "", flow: "" }); ``` **.py** ```python from hanzoai.cloud import ApiClient, Configuration from hanzoai.cloud.api import StudioApi client = ApiClient(Configuration(access_token=os.environ["HANZO_API_KEY"])) result = StudioApi(client).post_studio_estimate(brand="", flow="") ``` **.go** ```go cfg := hanzoai.NewConfiguration() cfg.AddDefaultHeader("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("HANZO_API_KEY")) client := hanzoai.NewAPIClient(cfg) resp, _, err := client.StudioAPI.PostStudioEstimate(context.Background()).Execute() if err != nil { return err } ``` **.rs** ```rust use hanzo_client::apis::{configuration::Configuration, studio_api}; let mut cfg = Configuration::new(); cfg.bearer_access_token = std::env::var("HANZO_API_KEY").ok(); let result = studio_api::post_studio_estimate(&cfg, Default::default()).await?; ``` **.java** ```java import ai.hanzo.cloud.ApiClient; import ai.hanzo.cloud.api.StudioApi; ApiClient client = new ApiClient(); client.setBearerToken(System.getenv("HANZO_API_KEY")); var result = new StudioApi(client).postStudioEstimate(); ``` **HTTP** ```bash curl -X POST https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/studio/estimate \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "brand": "", "flow": "" }' ``` **MCP** MCP reaches **studio** through the `studio` tool, which names its 32 operations with its own verbs — this one among them, under a name only MCP declares. `describe` explains any of them: ```bash curl -X POST https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/mcp \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "describe", "arguments": { "op": "list_studio_brands" } } }' ``` --- [Studio API](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/studio) · [All Hanzo APIs](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi) · [Interactive reference](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/reference)