North Mini Code (free)
CohereReleased Jun 17, 2026Free
North Mini Code is Cohere's first agentic coding model and the debut of its North family. A sparse mixture-of-experts model with 30B total parameters and 3B active, it is optimized...
- Context window
- 256K tokens
- Max output
- 64K tokens
- Input
- text
- Output
- text
- Tokenizer
- Cohere
- Released
- Jun 17, 2026
- Reasoning
- optional
Pricing
Per 1M tokens. The provider price and our flat 3% fee are separate columns — what you pay is their sum.
| Per 1M tokens | Provider | + 3% fee | You pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | Free | — | Free |
| Output | Free | — | Free |
Supported parameters
- frequency_penalty
- include_reasoning
- max_tokens
- presence_penalty
- reasoning
- seed
- stop
- temperature
- tool_choice
- tools
- top_k
- top_p
Call it
OpenAI-compatible: point your SDK at api.openkey.ai/v1 and use model cohere/north-mini-code:free.
curl https://api.openkey.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENKEY_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "cohere/north-mini-code:free",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
}'import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.openkey.ai/v1",
api_key=os.environ["OPENKEY_API_KEY"],
)
completion = client.chat.completions.create(
model="cohere/north-mini-code:free",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://api.openkey.ai/v1",
apiKey: process.env.OPENKEY_API_KEY,
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "cohere/north-mini-code:free",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);Questions
- How much does North Mini Code (free) cost via API?
- North Mini Code (free) is free through OpenKey while Cohere offers it at no charge. No fee applies to free models.
- What is North Mini Code (free)'s context window?
- North Mini Code (free) accepts up to 256K tokens of context and returns up to 64K tokens per request.
- Is North Mini Code (free) OpenAI-compatible?
- Yes. Send requests to OpenKey's /v1/chat/completions endpoint with model "cohere/north-mini-code:free" using any OpenAI SDK — only the base URL and API key change.
- What inputs does North Mini Code (free) support?
- North Mini Code (free) accepts text input and produces text output.
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