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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...

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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 tokensProvider+ 3% feeYou pay
InputFreeFree
OutputFreeFree

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.

Code sample language
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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