Default all cloud GPU tools to Modal instead of RunPod

All 6 tools (flux2, image_edit, music_gen, qwen3_tts, sadtalker,
voiceover) now default to --cloud modal. RunPod remains available
as --cloud runpod for users who prefer it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: ConalMullan

tools/flux2.py

@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ def main():
 
     # Cloud GPU
     cloud_group = parser.add_argument_group("Cloud GPU")
-    cloud_group.add_argument("--cloud", type=str, default="runpod", choices=["runpod", "modal"],
+    cloud_group.add_argument("--cloud", type=str, default="modal", choices=["runpod", "modal"],
                              help="Cloud GPU provider (default: runpod)")
     cloud_group.add_argument("--setup", action="store_true", help="Set up cloud endpoint")
     cloud_group.add_argument("--setup-gpu", type=str, default="AMPERE_24,ADA_24",

tools/image_edit.py

@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ def main():
     adv_group.add_argument("--guidance", "-g", type=float, default=1.0, help="Guidance scale - higher = follows prompt more strictly (default: 1.0)")
     adv_group.add_argument("--negative", "-n", help="Negative prompt - things to avoid")
     adv_group.add_argument("--verbose", action="store_true", help="Show detailed output")
-    adv_group.add_argument("--cloud", type=str, default="runpod", choices=["runpod", "modal"],
-                           help="Cloud GPU provider (default: runpod)")
+    adv_group.add_argument("--cloud", type=str, default="modal", choices=["runpod", "modal"],
+                           help="Cloud GPU provider (default: modal)")
 
     # Utility
     parser.add_argument("--list-presets", action="store_true", help="List available presets")

tools/music_gen.py

@@ -887,8 +887,8 @@ def main():
 
     # Cloud provider
     cloud_group = parser.add_argument_group("Cloud")
-    cloud_group.add_argument("--cloud", type=str, default="runpod", choices=["runpod", "modal"],
-                             help="Cloud GPU provider (default: runpod)")
+    cloud_group.add_argument("--cloud", type=str, default="modal", choices=["runpod", "modal"],
+                             help="Cloud GPU provider (default: modal)")
 
     # Setup
     setup_group = parser.add_argument_group("Setup")

tools/qwen3_tts.py

@@ -149,15 +149,15 @@ def generate_audio(
     verbose: bool = True,
     temperature: float | None = None,
     top_p: float | None = None,
-    cloud: str = "runpod",
+    cloud: str = "modal",
 ) -> dict:
     """Generate audio using Qwen3-TTS via cloud GPU.
 
     This is the main entry point, importable by voiceover.py.
     Returns dict with: success, output, duration_seconds, duration_frames_30fps
 
     Args:
-        cloud: Cloud provider — "runpod" (default) or "modal".
+        cloud: Cloud provider — "modal" (default) or "runpod".
     """
     start_time = time.time()
     r2_keys_to_cleanup = []
@@ -852,9 +852,9 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--cloud",
         type=str,
-        default="runpod",
+        default="modal",
         choices=["runpod", "modal"],
-        help="Cloud GPU provider (default: runpod)",
+        help="Cloud GPU provider (default: modal)",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--timeout",

tools/sadtalker.py

@@ -680,9 +680,9 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--cloud",
         type=str,
-        default="runpod",
+        default="modal",
         choices=["runpod", "modal"],
-        help="Cloud GPU provider (default: runpod)",
+        help="Cloud GPU provider (default: modal)",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--timeout",

tools/voiceover.py

@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--cloud",
         type=str,
-        default="runpod",
+        default="modal",
         choices=["runpod", "modal"],
-        help="Cloud GPU provider for Qwen3-TTS (default: runpod)",
+        help="Cloud GPU provider for Qwen3-TTS (default: modal)",
     )
 
     # Brand integration