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Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free)

thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free

Inkling Small is an open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total. It is positioned as the smaller, more efficient member of...

TextVisionAudioTool callingReasoningFast responses
Input / 1M
$0.00
Output / 1M
$0.00
Context
1049K
Markup
30%

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Context window
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$0.00

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UAI output
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Why use this model through UAI

The same model route, but with one account, one balance, and one API shape.

Free route

This model is currently listed at $0.00 per token through UAI. Free rows can have lower rate limits, but they are useful for testing and evaluation.

Reasoning workloads

Use Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) for multi-step prompts, planning, and deeper analysis while keeping the same OpenAI-compatible UAI endpoint.

Multimodal prompts

The synced capabilities for this row indicate image or vision support, so you can route multimodal requests through the same UAI account and billing flow.

Pricing and access

Current synced numbers for this exact model row.

UAI input / 1M tokens
$0.00
UAI output / 1M tokens
$0.00
Thinkingmachines input / 1M
$0.00
Thinkingmachines output / 1M
$0.00
Context window
1,048,576
Current markup
30%

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Quickstart

Use this model with your UAI key over the standard OpenAI-compatible route.

Create a key in API Keys, then send requests to https://uai.sh/v1/chat/completions.

curl
curl https://uai.sh/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer uai-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Say hi in one short sentence."}],
    "stream": false
  }'
Python (OpenAI SDK)
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://uai.sh/v1", api_key="uai-YOUR_API_KEY")
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Say hi in one short sentence."}],
    stream=False
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
Node.js (OpenAI SDK)
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://uai.sh/v1",
  apiKey: "uai-YOUR_API_KEY"
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Say hi in one short sentence." }],
  stream: false
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

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