Manus

Manus is a workflow and AI-agent orchestration platform that lets users integrate custom APIs, define automation logic, and run LLM-powered tools inside a unified interface. Manus supports custom model backends (such as AI/ML API), prompt templates, request routing, secure secret storage, and visual debugging.

Installation / Setup

1. Prerequisites

• AI/ML API account – sign up and create an API key at:

  • Dashboard

  • API Keys

• Manus account – with access to Settings → Integrations → Add custom API.

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2. Open the Add custom API Form

In Manus, go to:

Settings → Integrations → Add custom API

This opens the configuration form.

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3. Fill Out the Configuration

A) Name

Enter:

AI/ML API

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B) Icon (optional)

Paste this URL into the icon field:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OctavianTheI/aimlapi-assets-devrel/main/aimlapi%20square%20Logo%20Icon.svg

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C) Base URL & Auth Header

• Base URL:

https://api.aimlapi.com

• Authorization header (Manus will use the secret defined below):

Authorization: Bearer ${AIMLAPI_KEY}

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D) Secrets

Create a secret to store your AI/ML API key:

• Secret name: AIMLAPI_KEY

• Value: your personal AI/ML API key from the AI/ML API dashboard.

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E) Note (Request Templates)

Paste the following template into the Note field — Manus will use it as a reference for how to call AI/ML API endpoints:

This custom API connects to https://api.aimlapi.com to access a variety of AI models.
The API key is stored in the AIMLAPI_KEY secret and must be sent as:
Authorization: Bearer ${AIMLAPI_KEY}

Base URL: https://api.aimlapi.com

## 1. Chat / Text & Code

POST /chat/completions
{ "model": "MODEL_NAME_HERE", "messages": [{"role":"user","content":"..."}] }

## 2. Text → Image

POST /images/generations
{ "model": "MODEL_NAME_HERE", "prompt": "Describe the image" }

## 3. Audio → Text (STT)

POST /audio/transcriptions
[file upload: "file"]
{ "model": "openai/whisper-1" }

## 4. Text → Speech (TTS)

POST /audio/speech
{ "model": "MODEL_NAME_HERE", "input": "Text to speak", "voice": "alloy" }

## 5. Image → Text (Vision)

POST /chat/completions
{ "model": "MODEL_NAME_HERE", "messages":[{"role":"user","content":[
{"type":"text","text":"Question"}, {"type":"image_url","image_url":{"url":"https://..."}}]}] }

## 6. Embeddings

POST /embeddings
{ "model": "MODEL_NAME_HERE", "input": "The text to embed" }

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4. Finalise the Integration

Click Add. Manus will save the integration and show a confirmation message.

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Usage Examples

Once the custom API is added, you can select AI/ML API as a backend in Manus and use prompts such as:

• Chat / Text & Code

  “Write a poem about spring.”

• Text → Image

  “Draw a lonely lighthouse on a stormy coast using openai/dall-e-3.”

• Embeddings

  “Generate embeddings for this paragraph with BAAI/bge-large-en-v1.5.”

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Tips

• You can use either https://api.aimlapi.com or https://api.aimlapi.com/v1 as the base URL.

• All requests must include:

  Authorization: Bearer ${AIMLAPI_KEY}

• AI/ML API supports a wide range of providers and models (chat, code, images, audio, vision, embeddings) with enterprise-grade rate limits and uptime.

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Helpful Links

• Dashboard

• API Keys

• Model browser

• Docs

Enjoy building with Manus + AI/ML API 🚀