Using North Mini Code 1.0 on OpenRouter

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OpenRouter exposes North Mini Code 1.0 through model ID cohere/north-mini-code:free. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

Last refreshed 2026-10-19. Next refresh: weekly.

Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call cohere/north-mini-code:free — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed Free/1M input, Free/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
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Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

Pricing on OpenRouter

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokensFree
Output tokensFree

Capabilities

ReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs

About North Mini Code 1.0

A 30B-parameter sparse mixture-of-experts (3B active parameters) code generation model from Cohere, released as open weights under Apache 2.0. Designed for agentic software engineering, code generation, and terminal-based tasks. Supports a 256K token context window with 64K maximum output length, interleaved thinking, and tool use via JSON schema chat templates. The inaugural model in Cohere's North family.

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Model Specs

Released2026-06-09
Parameters30B (MoE, 3B active)
Context256K
ArchitectureMixture of Experts

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Provider

OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA