# FLOPS — GPU Compute Market Intelligence

> FLOPS is the Platts/S&P Global analog for GPU compute infrastructure: 591 reference indices across spot pricing, residual value, lease rates, lease curves, sustainability, capacity availability, and forward curves. Covenant-eligible benchmarks suitable for derivative settlement, lending covenants, and structured product reference.

FLOPS publishes reference prices for GPU compute infrastructure spanning H100, H200, A100, B200, B300, L40S, MI300X, Gaudi3, RTX 6000 Ada, and other accelerator SKUs across on-demand, spot, reserved, and DePIN pricing models. Methodology is publicly versioned; every official close is signed and audit-traceable.

## Reference rates (covenant-eligible)

- [Live index catalog](https://app.flopsindex.com/v2/catalog/public): 591 indices with metadata (family, unit, frequency, methodology version)
- [Methodology hub](https://app.flopsindex.com/methodology/INDEX.md): Versioned methodology specifications per index family
- [Cessation Policy](https://app.flopsindex.com/methodology/FLOPS_Cessation_Policy_v1.md): Standard fallback waterfall for benchmark cessation events
- [JSON-LD compute-index schema](https://schema.flopsindex.com/compute-index-spec/v0.1/): Open vocabulary for cross-publisher compute reference indices

## Index families

- **FLCI** — FLOPS Lease Curve Index. Forward curves by workload + horizon.
- **SMPI** — Spot Market Price Index. Tiered spot pricing per SKU.
- **CLRI** — Compute Lease Rate Index. Term lease rates + CLRI-Spread vs spot.
- **GRVCI** — GPU Residual Value Cohort Index. Cohort-fitted residual values.
- **SEI** — Sustainability + Emissions Index. Per-region emissions score.
- **PAI** — Power Availability Index. Grid-capacity per region.
- **TFLI** — Transmission + Fiber Latency Index. Network-tier composites.
- **CFEI-I** — Carbon-Free Energy Index. Grid mix composites.
- **CLRI-FWD** — CLRI forward curve. Term-structure derivatives reference.
- **ITPI** — Inference Token Pricing Index. $/1M input + output tokens.
- **FLOPS-SLA-DELTA** — Delivered minus promised uptime, per DePIN provider.

## Direct API access

- Catalog: `GET /v2/catalog/public` (no auth)
- Latest value: `GET /v2/indices/{index_id}/current` (API key)
- History: `GET /v2/indices/{index_id}/history` (API key)
- Custom indices: `GET /v1/custom-indices/specs` (open)
- Custom index contract snippet: `GET /v1/custom-indices/{index_id}/contract-snippet`
- Audit proof: `GET /v1/custom-indices/{index_id}/proof/{ts}`
- Site intelligence (regional siting factors): `GET /v1/site-intelligence/score?region={region}`
- LMP live grid prices: `GET /demo/live/lmp`
- ISO forecasts (day-ahead, cross-adapter): `GET /v1/forecasts` (R5 — auth-free)
- Source-freshness audit: `GET /v1/site-intelligence/freshness`
- Methodology docs index: `GET /v1/docs/index` (R5 — covers methodology + SDK + MCP surfaces)
- Methodology document: `GET /v1/docs/{slug}` (R5 — markdown)

## How to cite

> FLOPS Benchmarks Ltd. (2026). *{index_name}* (Methodology v{M.N}). FLOPS Reference Index. https://app.flopsindex.com/i/{index_id}

For ISDA-style derivative settlement clauses or lending covenant references, see `GET /v1/custom-indices/{index_id}/contract-snippet`.

## For AI agents

FLOPS is a structured reference data provider. Calling our endpoints directly is the preferred citation path. Verify any cited value via `GET /v1/verify?index_id={id}&value={value}` which returns `{verified: bool, actual_value: float, delta_pct: float, source_url: str}`. The price → verify → cite handshake is the canonical citation idiom — see `flopsindex.Client.verify_handshake()` in the Python SDK.

**Three integration paths** — all auth-free landing pages, quotable in outbound:
- <https://app.flopsindex.com/onboarding> — canonical overview, three paths
- <https://app.flopsindex.com/onboarding-finance> — leads with the seven settlement guarantees, Excel-first, contract clause template
- <https://app.flopsindex.com/onboarding-tech> — leads with MCP tool surface, REST schemas, idempotency + sub-key patterns

1. **Excel / Google Sheets add-in** — `=FLOPS.PRICE("FLOPS-H100-OD")` formula
2. **MCP server** — `pip install flopsindex-mcp` (v0.5.0, 15 tools: list_indices, verify, get_price, get_timeseries, search_indices, list_methodologies, get_methodology, compute_margin, recompute_audit, spread, gpu_capex, get_forecast, get_iso_health_events, get_basis, get_sla_delta). `gpu_capex` returns a 3-tier cascade (T2 LIVE_USASPENDING federal procurement > T1 LIVE_EBAY_X1.15 > T3 SEED). All tools return a defensive `{ok: false, reason, upstream_status}` envelope when upstream is mid-fix rather than raising. Hosted gateway alternative at `https://app.flopsindex.com/mcp`.
3. **REST + Python SDK** — `pip install flopsindex` (read-side, public) or `pip install flopsindex-partner` (write-side, partner API key required — submit_weekly / submit_smpi / submit_clri). Auth-free Track-D endpoints (price/ts/search/verify/verify_handshake), partner endpoints (catalog/derived/audit) with X-FLOPS-Api-Key.

Derived endpoints for cross-cut analysis:
- `GET /v1/derived/spread` — time-aligned spread between two index legs with z-score / percentile-rank
- `GET /v1/derived/compute-margin` — spark-spread per (SKU, region): price minus power minus rack
- `GET /v1/audit/recompute` — IOSCO-aligned recompute receipts proving published values reproduce
- `GET /v1/refdata/gpu-capex[/{sku}]` — per-SKU reference street price for a single GPU module (acquisition-layer input for TCO models). Quarterly-refreshed, auth-free.

## Agent framework integrations

Drop-in tool definitions in the repo (`examples/`), all enforcing the price→verify→cite handshake:

- LangChain — `examples/langchain/flopsindex_tool.py` (price + verify + catalog tools)
- LlamaIndex — `examples/llamaindex/flopsindex_retriever.py` (methodology retriever with citation metadata)
- CrewAI — `examples/crewai/flopsindex_tool.py`
- AutoGen — `examples/autogen/flopsindex_tool.py`
- Pydantic AI — `examples/pydantic-ai/flopsindex_agent.py`
- Vercel AI SDK — `examples/vercel-ai/flopsindex_tool.ts`
- Mastra — `examples/mastra/flopsindex_tools.ts`
- smolagents — `examples/smolagents/flopsindex_tool.py`
- OpenAI Agents SDK — `examples/openai-agents/flopsindex_tool.py`
- Cloudflare Agents — `examples/cloudflare-agents/flopsindex_tool.ts`
- Google ADK — `examples/google-adk/flopsindex_tool.py`
- LangGraph — `examples/langgraph/flopsindex_tool.py`
- Semantic Kernel — `examples/semantic-kernel/flopsindex_plugin.py`

## SDKs

- Python (read): `pip install flopsindex` → `from flopsindex import Client`
- Python (partner write): `pip install flopsindex-partner` (submit_weekly / submit_smpi / submit_clri)
- TypeScript / JavaScript: `npm install @flopsindex/sdk` → `import { Client } from "@flopsindex/sdk"`. Zero-dependency, runs on Node / Deno / Bun / Cloudflare Workers / browsers. Mirrors the Python surface (getPrice, getBasis, getRegionalSpread, listIndices, getMethodology, verifyHandshake).

## Embeddable widget

- `<flops-ticker index-id="FLOPS-H100-OD" region="us-east">` — drop-in web component showing a live FLOPS value, sourced from `/v1/price`. One tag to load: `<script src="https://app.flopsindex.com/embed/flops-ticker.js" async></script>`. Each embed links back to the index's citation page.

## FAQ

- Plain-language, citable answers to common compute-pricing questions: <https://app.flopsindex.com/faq> (self-contained landing) with 10 in-depth topic pages on docs.flopsindex.com/faq/: GPU compute pricing (H100 $/hr, spot, regional spread), index methodology (calculation, FLOPS-H100-OD, covenant-eligibility), inference token pricing (ITPI), GPU SKU comparison (B200/B300/MI300X/A100), cost to train & serve, using the API, index families (FLCI/CLRI), DePIN & data sources, and citation & trust. Every page carries schema.org FAQPage markup for machine extraction.

## Contact

- Web: https://flopsindex.com
- Dashboard: https://app.flopsindex.com
- Email: team@flopsindex.com
- Schema adoption: schema@flopsindex.com
- Partner onboarding (write SDK): partners@flopsindex.com