Mistral: Mistral Small Creative✓ Catalog verified
Mistral Small Creative is an experimental small model designed for creative writing, narrative generation, roleplay and character-driven dialogue, general-purpose instruction following, and conversational agents.
Overview
Mistral Small Creative is an experimental small model designed for creative writing, narrative generation, roleplay and character-driven dialogue, general-purpose instruction following, and conversational agents.
Access: available through the official Mistral AI API. Context window: 33K.
Specifications
| API identifier | mistralai/mistral-small-creative |
| Provider | Mistral AI |
| Model type | Text LLM |
| Context window | 33K catalog |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | text |
| Released | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Tokenizer | Mistral |
| Moderated | No |
| Architecture modality | text->text |
| Scheduled expiry | 2026-04-30 |
API defaults
{
"top_p": 0.95,
"temperature": 0.3,
"frequency_penalty": null
}Pricing
Live pricing components for mistralai/mistral-small-creative as published in the catalog.
| Pricing component | Raw unit price | Normalized | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt tokens | $1e-7 | $0.10 / 1M | Per input token |
| Completion tokens | $3e-7 | $0.30 / 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
$0.11Calculated 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 | ✓ Supported | Deploy outside managed APIs |
Capability signals
Directional signals derived from model metadata and capability tags — not official benchmark submissions.
Quick start
Call Mistral: Mistral Small Creative 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="mistralai/mistral-small-creative",
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 Mistral: Mistral Small Creative cost?
$0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.30 per 1M output tokens on the official Mistral AI API.
What is the context window of Mistral: Mistral Small Creative?
Mistral: Mistral Small Creative supports up to 33K tokens of context.
Does Mistral: Mistral Small Creative support tool / function calling?
Yes, Mistral: Mistral Small Creative supports tool / function calling — you can register tools and the model will emit structured tool calls.
How do I access Mistral: Mistral Small Creative?
Use the official Mistral AI API with the model id `mistralai/mistral-small-creative`. See the Quick start section above for code examples.