Cohere: North Mini Code (free)✓ Catalog verified
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...
Overview
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...
Access: available through the official Cohere API. Context window: 256K.
Specifications
| API identifier | cohere/north-mini-code:free |
| Provider | Cohere |
| Model type | Text LLM |
| Context window | 256K catalog |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | text |
| Released | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Tokenizer | Cohere |
| Moderated | Yes |
| Architecture modality | text->text |
API defaults
{
"top_k": null,
"top_p": null,
"temperature": null,
"presence_penalty": null,
"frequency_penalty": null,
"repetition_penalty": null
}Pricing
Live pricing components for cohere/north-mini-code:free as published in the catalog.
| Pricing component | Raw unit price | Normalized | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt tokens | $0 | $0.00 / 1M | Per input token |
| Completion tokens | $0 | $0.00 / 1M | Per output token |
| Request fee | N/A | N/A | Per request |
| Image fee | N/A | N/A | Per image unit |
| Web search fee | N/A | N/A | Per search request |
Cost calculator
Estimate monthly spend from your own token volumes.
Estimated Total Cost
$0Calculated from current list pricing in the ModelsAtlas catalog.Capabilities
| Capability | Status | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Understanding | Not advertised | Image and document analysis support |
| Audio Processing | Not advertised | Speech and voice aligned flows |
| Tool Calling | ✓ Supported | Supports tools / function calling |
| Self-Hosting | Not advertised | Deploy outside managed APIs |
Capability signals
Directional signals derived from model metadata and capability tags — not official benchmark submissions.
Quick start
Call Cohere: North Mini Code (free) through an OpenAI-compatible client.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="cohere/north-mini-code:free",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum physics."}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Alternatives
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Sources & attribution
Pricing and metadata are maintained in the ModelsAtlas catalog.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Cohere: North Mini Code (free) cost?
$0.00 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens on the official Cohere API.
What is the context window of Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?
Cohere: North Mini Code (free) supports up to 256K tokens of context.
Does Cohere: North Mini Code (free) support tool / function calling?
Yes, Cohere: North Mini Code (free) supports tool / function calling — you can register tools and the model will emit structured tool calls.
How do I access Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?
Use the official Cohere API with the model id `cohere/north-mini-code:free`. See the Quick start section above for code examples.