Inception Labs Edit API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Inception Chat Edit API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Inception Labs LLM API — chat, FIM, and edit completions powered by Mercury diffusion language models. OpenAI-compatible request/response shapes with extensions for diffusion-specific features.
  contact:
    name: Inception Labs
    url: https://docs.inceptionlabs.ai
    email: support@inceptionlabs.ai
  license:
    name: Proprietary
  x-logo:
    url: https://docs.inceptionlabs.ai/logo.png
servers:
- url: https://api.inceptionlabs.ai
  description: Production
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Edit
  description: Code edit completion endpoints.
paths:
  /v1/edit/completions:
    post:
      summary: Create a code edit completion
      description: Generate an edit to a code region given the surrounding context. The request must contain a single user message whose content includes the required edit prompt tags (e.g. `<|code_to_edit|>`, `<|cursor|>`, `<|current_file_content|>`). Returns an `EditCompletion` object. Streaming and tool calling are not supported on this endpoint.
      operationId: createEditCompletion
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EditCompletionRequest'
            example:
              model: mercury-edit-2
              messages:
              - role: user
                content: "<|recently_viewed_code_snippets|>\n<|/recently_viewed_code_snippets|>\n<|edit_diff_history|>\n<|/edit_diff_history|>\n<|current_file_content|>\ndef greet(name):\n    print(\"hi\")\n<|/current_file_content|>\n<|code_to_edit|>\ndef greet(name):\n    print(\"hi\")<|cursor|>\n<|/code_to_edit|>"
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EditCompletionResponse'
              example:
                id: cmpl-7a2b3c4d5e
                object: edit.completion
                created: 1745798400
                model: mercury-edit-2
                choices:
                - index: 0
                  finish_reason: stop
                  message:
                    role: assistant
                    content: "def greet(name):\n    print(f\"hi {name}\")\n"
                usage:
                  prompt_tokens: 156
                  completion_tokens: 18
                  total_tokens: 174
                  reasoning_tokens: 0
                  cached_input_tokens: 0
        '400':
          description: Bad Request — invalid parameters.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: You exceeded the maximum context length for this model of 128000. Please reduce the length of the messages or completion.
                  type: invalid_request_error
                  param: messages
                  code: context_length_exceeded
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: Incorrect API key provided
                  type: authentication_error
                  param: null
                  code: invalid_api_key
        '402':
          description: Payment Required — billing inactive or quota exceeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: Account is inactive
                  type: account_error
                  param: null
                  code: account_error
        '404':
          description: Not Found — model not available for this account.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: model `jupyter-2` not found
                  type: invalid_request_error
                  param: model
                  code: model_not_found
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests — rate limit exceeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later.
                  type: rate_limit_error
                  param: null
                  code: rate_limit_reached
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: The server had an error while processing your request.
                  type: server_error
                  param: null
                  code: server_error
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      tags:
      - Edit
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: python
        label: Python
        source: "import os\nfrom inceptionai import Inception\n\nclient = Inception(\n    api_key=os.environ.get(\"INCEPTION_API_KEY\"),  # defaults to this env var; can be omitted\n)\n\nedit_completion = client.edit.completions.create(\n    model=\"mercury-edit-2\",\n    messages=[\n        {\n            \"role\": \"user\",\n            \"content\": \"<|recently_viewed_code_snippets|>\\n<|/recently_viewed_code_snippets|>\\n<|edit_diff_history|>\\n<|/edit_diff_history|>\\n<|current_file_content|>\\ndef greet(name):\\n    print(\\\"hi\\\")\\n<|/current_file_content|>\\n<|code_to_edit|>\\ndef greet(name):\\n    print(\\\"hi\\\")<|cursor|>\\n<|/code_to_edit|>\"\n        }\n    ],\n)\nprint(edit_completion)"
      - lang: typescript
        label: TypeScript
        source: "import Inception from 'inceptionai';\n\nconst client = new Inception({\n  apiKey: process.env['INCEPTION_API_KEY'], // defaults to this env var; can be omitted\n});\n\nconst editCompletion = await client.edit.completions.create({\n  model: 'mercury-edit-2',\n  messages: [\n    {\n      role: 'user',\n      content: '<|recently_viewed_code_snippets|>\\n<|/recently_viewed_code_snippets|>\\n<|edit_diff_history|>\\n<|/edit_diff_history|>\\n<|current_file_content|>\\ndef greet(name):\\n    print(\"hi\")\\n<|/current_file_content|>\\n<|code_to_edit|>\\ndef greet(name):\\n    print(\"hi\")<|cursor|>\\n<|/code_to_edit|>'\n    }\n  ]\n});\nconsole.log(editCompletion);"
components:
  schemas:
    EditUsage:
      properties:
        prompt_tokens:
          type: integer
          title: Prompt Tokens
        reasoning_tokens:
          type: integer
          title: Reasoning Tokens
        completion_tokens:
          type: integer
          title: Completion Tokens
        total_tokens:
          type: integer
          title: Total Tokens
        cached_input_tokens:
          type: integer
          title: Cached Input Tokens
      type: object
      required:
      - prompt_tokens
      - reasoning_tokens
      - completion_tokens
      - total_tokens
      - cached_input_tokens
      title: EditUsage
      description: Usage for edit completions.
    EditMessage:
      properties:
        role:
          type: string
          const: assistant
          title: Role
          description: Edit responses are always from the assistant.
          default: assistant
        content:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - items:
              additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            type: array
          - type: 'null'
          title: Content
          description: The model's edit output.
      type: object
      title: EditMessage
      description: Edit response message. The model always responds as the assistant.
      required:
      - role
    EditMessageParam:
      properties:
        role:
          type: string
          const: user
          title: Role
          description: Edit requests only accept user messages.
          default: user
        content:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - items:
              additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            type: array
          title: Content
          description: The content of the edit request. Must contain the required edit prompt tags.
      type: object
      required:
      - content
      - role
      title: EditMessageParam
      description: Edit request message. Edit endpoints only accept a single user message.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      title: ErrorResponse
      required:
      - error
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorObject'
      example:
        error:
          message: You exceeded the maximum context length for this model of 128000. Please reduce the length of the messages or completion.
          type: invalid_request_error
          param: messages
          code: context_length_exceeded
    EditChoice:
      properties:
        index:
          type: integer
          title: Index
        message:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EditMessage'
        finish_reason:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          enum:
          - stop
          - length
          - content_filter
          - null
          description: The reason the model stopped generating tokens.
      type: object
      required:
      - index
      - message
      - finish_reason
      title: EditChoice
      description: Choice for edit completions.
    EditCompletionResponse:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          title: Id
        object:
          type: string
          const: edit.completion
          title: Object
          default: edit.completion
        created:
          type: integer
          title: Created
        model:
          type: string
          title: Model
        choices:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EditChoice'
          type: array
          title: Choices
        usage:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EditUsage'
        warning:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Warning
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - created
      - model
      - choices
      - usage
      - object
      title: EditCompletionResponse
      example:
        id: cmpl-7a2b3c4d5e
        object: edit.completion
        created: 1745798400
        model: mercury-edit-2
        choices:
        - index: 0
          finish_reason: stop
          message:
            role: assistant
            content: "def greet(name):\n    print(f\"hi {name}\")\n"
        usage:
          prompt_tokens: 156
          completion_tokens: 18
          total_tokens: 174
          reasoning_tokens: 0
          cached_input_tokens: 0
    EditCompletionRequest:
      properties:
        messages:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EditMessageParam'
          type: array
          title: Messages
        model:
          type: string
          title: Model
          description: The model to use for the edit completion.
        max_tokens:
          type: integer
          title: Max Tokens
          description: Maximum number of tokens to generate.
          default: 1024
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 8192
        temperature:
          type: number
          title: Temperature
          description: What sampling temperature to use, between 0 and 2. Higher values make the output more random; lower values make it more focused and deterministic.
          default: 0.2
          minimum: 0.0
          maximum: 2.0
        top_p:
          type: number
          title: Top P
          description: Float that controls the cumulative probability of the top tokens to consider.
          default: 1.0
          minimum: 0.0
          maximum: 1.0
        presence_penalty:
          type: number
          title: Presence Penalty
          description: Number between -2 and 2. Positive values penalize tokens based on whether they have appeared in the text so far, increasing the model's likelihood to talk about new topics.
          default: 1.0
          minimum: -2.0
          maximum: 2.0
      type: object
      required:
      - messages
      - model
      title: EditCompletionRequest
    ErrorObject:
      type: object
      title: ErrorObject
      required:
      - message
      - type
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
        type:
          type: string
          description: Error category, e.g. `invalid_request_error`, `rate_limit_error`.
        param:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Offending parameter, if applicable.
        code:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Machine-readable error code.
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'API key provided as a Bearer token: `Authorization: Bearer <api_key>`. Get an API key at https://platform.inceptionlabs.ai.'