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Inception Labs Models API

List available models.

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OpenAPI Specification

inception-labs-models-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Inception Chat Models 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: Models
  description: List available models.
paths:
  /v1/models:
    get:
      summary: List available models
      description: List the models currently available through the API.
      operationId: listModels
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModelsResponse'
              example:
                data:
                - id: mercury-2
                  name: 'Inception: Mercury 2'
                  created: 1745798400
                  description: Mercury 2 diffusion language model for chat completions.
                  input_modalities:
                  - text
                  output_modalities:
                  - text
                  context_length: 128000
                  max_output_length: 50000
                  pricing:
                    prompt: '0.00000025'
                    completion: '0.00000075'
                    input_cache_reads: '0.000000025'
                    input_cache_writes: '0'
                  supported_sampling_parameters:
                  - temperature
                  - stop
                  supported_features:
                  - tools
                  - json_mode
                  - structured_outputs
                  openrouter:
                    slug: inception/mercury-2
                  datacenters:
                  - country_code: US
        '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
        '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:
      - Models
      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\nmodels = client.models.list()\nprint(models)"
      - 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 models = await client.models.list();\nconsole.log(models);"
  /v1/chat/completions/models:
    get:
      summary: List chat models
      description: List models available for chat completions.
      operationId: listChatModels
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModelsResponse'
              example:
                data:
                - id: mercury-2
                  name: 'Inception: Mercury 2'
                  created: 1745798400
                  description: Mercury 2 diffusion language model for chat completions.
                  input_modalities:
                  - text
                  output_modalities:
                  - text
                  context_length: 128000
                  max_output_length: 50000
                  pricing:
                    prompt: '0.00000025'
                    completion: '0.00000075'
                    input_cache_reads: '0.000000025'
                    input_cache_writes: '0'
                  supported_sampling_parameters:
                  - temperature
                  - stop
                  supported_features:
                  - tools
                  - json_mode
                  - structured_outputs
                  openrouter:
                    slug: inception/mercury-2
                  datacenters:
                  - country_code: US
        '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
        '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:
      - Models
      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\nmodels = client.models.list_chat()\nprint(models)"
      - 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 models = await client.models.listChat();\nconsole.log(models);"
  /v1/fim/completions/models:
    get:
      summary: List FIM models
      description: List models available for fill-in-the-middle completions.
      operationId: listFIMModels
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModelsResponse'
              example:
                data:
                - id: mercury-edit-2
                  name: 'Inception: Mercury Edit 2'
                  created: 1745798400
                  description: Mercury Edit 2 for code edit completions and fill-in-the-middle code completions.
                  input_modalities:
                  - text
                  output_modalities:
                  - text
                  context_length: 128000
                  max_output_length: 32000
                  pricing:
                    prompt: '0.00000025'
                    completion: '0.00000075'
                    input_cache_reads: '0.000000025'
                    input_cache_writes: '0'
                  supported_sampling_parameters:
                  - temperature
                  - stop
                  supported_features: []
                  openrouter:
                    slug: inception/mercury-edit-2
                  datacenters:
                  - country_code: US
        '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
        '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:
      - Models
      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\nmodels = client.models.list_fim()\nprint(models)"
      - 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 models = await client.models.listFim();\nconsole.log(models);"
  /v1/edit/completions/models:
    get:
      summary: List Edit models
      description: List models available for edit completions.
      operationId: listEditModels
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModelsResponse'
              example:
                data:
                - id: mercury-edit-2
                  name: 'Inception: Mercury Edit 2'
                  created: 1745798400
                  description: Mercury Edit 2 for code edit completions and fill-in-the-middle code completions.
                  input_modalities:
                  - text
                  output_modalities:
                  - text
                  context_length: 128000
                  max_output_length: 32000
                  pricing:
                    prompt: '0.00000025'
                    completion: '0.00000075'
                    input_cache_reads: '0.000000025'
                    input_cache_writes: '0'
                  supported_sampling_parameters:
                  - temperature
                  - stop
                  supported_features: []
                  openrouter:
                    slug: inception/mercury-edit-2
                  datacenters:
                  - country_code: US
        '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
        '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:
      - Models
      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\nmodels = client.models.list_edit()\nprint(models)"
      - 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 models = await client.models.listEdit();\nconsole.log(models);"
components:
  schemas:
    PricingInfo:
      properties:
        prompt:
          type: string
          title: Prompt
          description: Pricing per 1 token for input.
        completion:
          type: string
          title: Completion
          description: Pricing per 1 token for output.
        input_cache_reads:
          type: string
          title: Input Cache Reads
          description: Pricing per 1 token for cache reads.
          default: '0'
        input_cache_writes:
          type: string
          title: Input Cache Writes
          description: Pricing per 1 token for cache writes.
          default: '0'
      type: object
      required:
      - prompt
      - completion
      title: PricingInfo
      description: Pricing information for a model.
    ModelsResponse:
      properties:
        data:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModelObject'
          type: array
          title: Data
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      title: ModelsResponse
      description: Response model for models endpoint.
      example:
        data:
        - id: mercury-2
          name: 'Inception: Mercury 2'
          created: 1745798400
          description: Mercury 2 diffusion language model for chat completions.
          input_modalities:
          - text
          output_modalities:
          - text
          context_length: 128000
          max_output_length: 50000
          pricing:
            prompt: '0.00000025'
            completion: '0.00000075'
            input_cache_reads: '0.000000025'
            input_cache_writes: '0'
          supported_sampling_parameters:
          - temperature
          - stop
          supported_features:
          - tools
          - json_mode
          - structured_outputs
          openrouter:
            slug: inception/mercury-2
          datacenters:
          - country_code: US
    OpenRouterInfo:
      properties:
        slug:
          type: string
          title: Slug
          description: OpenRouter slug for the model.
      type: object
      required:
      - slug
      title: OpenRouterInfo
      description: Optional OpenRouter-specific information.
    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
    ModelObject:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          title: Id
          description: Unique identifier for the model.
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
          description: Display name for the model.
        created:
          type: integer
          title: Created
          description: Unix timestamp when model was created.
        input_modalities:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Input Modalities
          description: Supported input modalities.
        output_modalities:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Output Modalities
          description: Supported output modalities.
        context_length:
          type: integer
          title: Context Length
          description: Maximum context length in tokens.
        max_output_length:
          type: integer
          title: Max Output Length
          description: Maximum output length in tokens.
        pricing:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PricingInfo'
          description: Pricing information.
        supported_sampling_parameters:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Supported Sampling Parameters
          description: Supported sampling parameters.
        supported_features:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Supported Features
          description: Supported model features.
        description:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Description
          description: Model description.
        openrouter:
          anyOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/OpenRouterInfo'
          - type: 'null'
          description: OpenRouter-specific metadata.
        datacenters:
          anyOf:
          - items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataCenter'
            type: array
          - type: 'null'
          title: Datacenters
          description: Available datacenters.
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - name
      - created
      - input_modalities
      - output_modalities
      - context_length
      - max_output_length
      - pricing
      - supported_sampling_parameters
      - supported_features
      title: ModelObject
      description: Model information object.
    DataCenter:
      properties:
        country_code:
          type: string
          title: Country Code
          description: ISO 3166 Alpha-2 country code.
      type: object
      required:
      - country_code
      title: DataCenter
      description: Datacenter location information.
    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.'