Recursive: Flint (free)✓ Catalog verified
Flint is an open-weight mixture-of-experts model from Recursive, with about 2.5B active parameters out of 40B total, built by Recursive's autoresearch system Eureka Machine for coding agents. It is suited...
Overview
Flint is an open-weight mixture-of-experts model from Recursive, with about 2.5B active parameters out of 40B total, built by Recursive's autoresearch system Eureka Machine for coding agents. It is suited...
Access: available through the official Recursive API. Context window: 262K.
Specifications
| API identifier | recursive/flint-v1.0:free |
| Provider | Recursive |
| Model type | Text LLM |
| Context window | 262K catalog |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | text |
| Released | Oct 21, 2026 |
| Moderated | No |
| Architecture modality | text->text |
Pricing
Live pricing components for recursive/flint-v1.0: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 Recursive: Flint (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="recursive/flint-v1.0: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 Recursive: Flint (free) cost?
$0.00 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens on the official Recursive API.
What is the context window of Recursive: Flint (free)?
Recursive: Flint (free) supports up to 262K tokens of context.
Does Recursive: Flint (free) support tool / function calling?
Yes, Recursive: Flint (free) supports tool / function calling — you can register tools and the model will emit structured tool calls.
How do I access Recursive: Flint (free)?
Use the official Recursive API with the model id `recursive/flint-v1.0:free`. See the Quick start section above for code examples.