Implements the Replicate API backend (FLUX schnell / FLUX dev) per ImaGen issue #3: - internal/backend/replicate.go — Backend adapter. Supports model refs as "owner/name" (uses /v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions) and "owner/name:hash" (uses /v1/predictions with explicit version). Polls /v1/predictions/{id} every 500ms with model-aware timeout (60s schnell, 120s dev). Resilience: 401 names api_token_env, 429 with exp backoff up to 3 retries (honours Retry-After), 5xx retries once, image download retries once on transient failure. - internal/backend/replicate_pricing.go — hardcoded per-image USD rates for known FLUX models, snapshotted from replicate.com/pricing with a refresh TODO. - internal/backend/replicate_test.go — mocked-HTTP unit tests covering happy path (model + version-pinned), 401, 429 retry policy, failed prediction, poll timeout, image-download retry, ctx cancel, BackendOpts passthrough, default_steps, aspect-ratio reduction, sha256 prompt hash. - internal/usage/usage.go — Supabase REST sink + read-side query for mai.imagen_usage. Adapter writes are best-effort: failures warn but the image still lands. - cmd/imagen/usage.go — `imagen usage [--since DATE] [--raw]` reads the table and prints a tab-aligned grouped or raw table with totals. - cmd/imagen/backends.go — instances of type=replicate now report "ok" or "not configured (set REPLICATE_API_TOKEN)" depending on env. - internal/config/config.go — sample adds flux-schnell-replicate + flux-dev-replicate; default_backend stays flux-schnell-local. - Supabase migration mai.imagen_usage (id, created_at, backend, model, seed, prompt_hash, latency_ms, cost_usd_estimate, caller) + indexes on (created_at DESC) and (caller). The raw prompt is never stored. Caller identity resolves from MAI_FROM_ID, then the tmux pane's @mai-name option, mirroring the maimcp identity logic. Prompt hash is sha256 of the user-facing prompt; raw prompt never reaches the table.
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Using imagen
Subcommands
imagen generate <prompt> [flags] generate one image
imagen backends list configured + registered backends
imagen config init print a sample imagen.yaml on stdout
imagen config validate parse + validate the active config
imagen config path print the resolved config path
imagen serve [--addr :8080] (stub) start the HTTP server
imagen version print version
generate flags
| Flag | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|
--backend |
default_backend from config |
Instance name from imagen.yaml |
--size |
1024x1024 |
WxH |
--seed |
0 (= backend default) |
|
--steps |
0 (= backend default) |
|
--style |
empty | One of imagen config init's style names |
--negative |
empty | Negative prompt (ignored by some adapters) |
--output |
empty (= use naming template) | Explicit path |
--no-sidecar |
false |
Skip the JSON sidecar even if config enables it |
--preview |
(auto) | Force open a tmux preview window via tmux-img |
--no-preview |
(auto) | Suppress the preview window (use for batch / CI callers) |
--config |
~/.config/imagen.yaml |
Override config path |
Preview window
After a successful generate, imagen optionally opens a sibling tmux window
named img:<slug> running tmux-img --hold <path>. The new window is
spawned in the background (tmux new-window -d) so the generating pane
keeps focus and its terminal output.
Resolution order is config → $IMAGEN_PREVIEW → flag (later wins):
output.previewinimagen.yaml:auto(default) |on|offIMAGEN_PREVIEW=auto|on|offoverrides config--preview/--no-previewoverride env
auto previews iff stdout is a TTY and $TMUX is set. on previews
unconditionally and errors outside a tmux session. off never previews.
Preview failures are non-fatal — the image already wrote.
Examples
# Quick smoke test — mock backend ships in-tree
imagen generate "test" --backend mock --output /tmp/x.png
# Real generation, FLUX-schnell on mRock via ComfyUI
imagen generate "a wide editorial blog header about RAG systems" \
--backend flux-schnell-local \
--style blog-header \
--size 1536x768
# Explicit seed for reproducibility
imagen generate "a cat in a fishbowl" --backend mock --seed 42 --output /tmp/cat.png
Config
A complete sample is in imagen config init. Adapters get only their own
sub-block — see ../CLAUDE.md for the contract.
Naming template
output.naming placeholders:
| Placeholder | Replaced with |
|---|---|
{date} |
2026-05-08 |
{time} |
143015 (no separators) |
{slug} |
lowercased ASCII prompt, ≤ 40 chars |
{seed} |
seed actually used |
{backend} |
backend instance name |
{ext} |
file extension matching Result.MimeType |
Unknown placeholders are left literal.
Credentials
API-backed adapters read tokens from env vars referenced by the config
(api_token_env, api_key_env). Never put a token in imagen.yaml.
export REPLICATE_API_TOKEN=...
imagen generate "a cat" --backend flux-dev-replicate
Cost-tracking (Replicate)
Successful generations through the Replicate adapter write one row to
mai.imagen_usage on Supabase: backend, model, latency, per-image cost
estimate, prompt sha256 hash (never the prompt itself), and the caller
identity (resolved from MAI_FROM_ID or the tmux pane's @mai-name).
The writer is best-effort. If SUPABASE_URL / SUPABASE_SERVICE_KEY are
unset, or the database write fails, the image still lands and the CLI
prints a warning to stderr.
Inspect spend:
imagen usage # all rows, grouped by week + backend + model + caller
imagen usage --since 2026-05-01 # only rows on/after a UTC date
imagen usage --since 2026-05-01 --raw
Per-model rates live in internal/backend/replicate_pricing.go — they
are snapshotted from https://replicate.com/pricing and refreshed on a
quarterly cadence.