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title: "link.compute@1 · OpenVibe.Services"
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# link.compute@1 · OpenVibe.Services

HTML: [link.compute@1 · OpenVibe.Services](https://openvibe.services/docs/contracts/link.compute)

# LinkCompute `link.compute@1`

Generated at 2026-11-13 06:25:48 UTC from [`openvibe-contracts v0.419.0`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Contracts/tree/v0.419.0) and [`openvibe-sdk v0.161.0`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.SDK/tree/v0.161.0).

- Version: 1.0.0
- Owner: network
- Visibility: public
- Status: active
- Compatibility: backward
- Schema: [`https://openvibe.network/contracts/link/compute.v1.json`](/docs/contracts/link.compute.json)

Where a person's work can run. Only ready candidates may be picked; a missing rental quote is never a price.

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Description | Constraints |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `sources` | `https://openvibe.network/contracts/link/compute.v1.json#/$defs/source` | yes |  |  |
| `candidates` | `https://openvibe.network/contracts/link/compute.v1.json#/$defs/candidate` | yes |  |  |

## Examples

From the contract's own test fixtures: valid ones validate, rejected ones must fail.

 Valid: personal-and-coming-soon

~~~~
{
  "sources": [
    {
      "kind": "personal",
      "name": "Your Link machines",
      "status": "ready",
      "reason": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "cloud",
      "name": "OpenVibe cloud machines",
      "status": "coming_soon",
      "reason": "No cloud pool is accepting jobs yet."
    },
    {
      "kind": "exchange",
      "name": "Exchange GPU rentals",
      "status": "coming_soon",
      "reason": "A live quote is required.",
      "price": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "community",
      "name": "Community machines",
      "status": "coming_soon",
      "reason": "Shared placement is being connected."
    }
  ],
  "candidates": [
    {
      "id": "dev_01J0000000000000000000000",
      "kind": "personal",
      "name": "Studio",
      "status": "ready",
      "reason": null,
      "price": {
        "amount_usd": 0,
        "unit": "hour"
      }
    }
  ]
}
~~~~

Rejected: unknown-source

~~~~
{
  "sources": [
    {
      "kind": "invalid",
      "name": "Unknown",
      "status": "ready",
      "reason": null
    }
  ],
  "candidates": []
}
~~~~

## Validate

~~~~
const contracts = require('openvibe-contracts');
contracts.validate('link.compute@1', value);   // { valid, errors: [{ path, message }] }
~~~~