North Mini Code Free model profile
Evidence snapshot:
North Mini Code is a Cohere model profile with a 256,000-token context window. The dated catalog snapshot records text modalities and interfaces for reasoning controls, text generation, tool calling.
North Mini Code is Cohere's first agentic coding model and the debut of its North family. A sparse mixture-of-experts model with 30B total parameters and 3B active, it is optimized for code generation, agentic software engineering, and terminal tasks, and is trained to generalize across agent harnesses such as OpenCode and SWE-Agent. It offers a 256K-token context window with up to 64K tokens of output, supports interleaved reasoning and tool use via JSON schema, and is released open-weight under the Apache 2.0 license. Its small active-parameter footprint enables low-latency inference, including on local hardware.
North Mini Code Free is a reference profile: Cohere publishes it, Kendr documents it for comparison, and it carries no Kendr alias to call.
North Mini Code Free is an independent knowledge profile. It does not claim that Kendr hosts the model, quote a Kendr customer price, promise API availability, or advertise a Kendr routing receipt.
North Mini Code Free accepts text and returns text. The snapshot records reasoning controls, text generation, and tool calling as capabilities or interfaces.
No comparable unit price is present in the 2026-09-06 snapshot. A zero placeholder is not presented as a free-price claim.
The 2026-09-06 snapshot includes 2 Artificial Analysis indexes. Publisher-reported launch results are labeled and are not presented as Kendr measurements; scores from different suites are not treated as interchangeable.
North Mini Code Free ranked #70 in the cited trailing-7-day third-party catalog usage dataset as of 2026-09-06. Observed within the cited trailing-7-day third-party catalog usage dataset; this is not global AI market share.
Profile data was reviewed for the 2026-09-06 snapshot. Claims retain their source dates, and unavailable fields are shown as unavailable instead of estimated.
Profile facts
- Profile type
- Model research profile
- Provider or publisher
- Cohere
- Context window
- 256,000 tokens
- Snapshot date
- 2026-09-06
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not disclosed
- Reference catalog ID
- cohere/north-mini-code:free
When to pick North Mini Code Free
North Mini Code Free is a reference profile: Cohere publishes it, Kendr documents it for comparison, and it carries no Kendr alias to call.
Each condition below is derived from this model's own values in the 2026-09-06 snapshot, compared only against models publishing the same field.
- Reach for it when cost is the binding constraint. At $0 in and $0 out per 1M tokens, combined token price sits in the cheapest quarter of the 146 models publishing both rates in this snapshot.
- Reach for it when the model has to call tools. Tool calling is recorded in the snapshot, so this route can drive an agent loop rather than only answer in prose.
- Look elsewhere when you need to call it through Kendr today. This is a research reference profile with no Kendr alias. The facts and evidence here are published for comparison; the model is not routable on Kendr.
Context, modalities, and identity
North Mini Code Free accepts text and returns text. The snapshot records reasoning controls, text generation, and tool calling as capabilities or interfaces.
- Provider or publisher
- Cohere
- Context window
- 256,000 tokens
- Maximum output
- 64,000 tokens
- Input modalities
- text
- Output modalities
- text
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not disclosed
Model overview
North Mini Code is Cohere's first agentic coding model and the debut of its North family. A sparse mixture-of-experts model with 30B total parameters and 3B active, it is optimized for code generation, agentic software engineering, and terminal tasks, and is trained to generalize across agent harnesses such as OpenCode and SWE-Agent. It offers a 256K-token context window with up to 64K tokens of output, supports interleaved reasoning and tool use via JSON schema, and is released open-weight under the Apache 2.0 license. Its small active-parameter footprint enables low-latency inference, including on local hardware.
- Reference model ID
- cohere/north-mini-code:free
- Canonical version
- cohere/north-mini-code-20260617
- Hugging Face ID
- CohereLabs/North-Mini-Code-1.0
Capabilities and supported controls
Capabilities and parameters are reported from the dated catalog and source records; their presence does not guarantee identical behavior across every provider route.
- Supported parameters
- frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, seed, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
- reasoning controls
- text generation
- tool calling
Dated pricing snapshot
No comparable unit price is present in the 2026-09-06 snapshot. A zero placeholder is not presented as a free-price claim.
These are dated third-party reference prices, not Kendr prices or an availability offer. Routes, tiers, caching, region, and provider policy can change the landed price.
- Price date
- 2026-09-06
- Input
- No verified rate
- Cached input
- No verified rate
- Output
- No verified rate
Provider routes, performance, and uptime
The snapshot retains 1 provider endpoint. Provider prices, context limits, p50 performance, and uptime can differ by route and are not Kendr guarantees.
- Active provider endpoints
- 1
- Best p50 latency
- 0.45 s
- Best p50 throughput
- 89 tok/s
- Availability with routing
- 99.96% over the sampled window
- Availability without routing
- 99.95% over the sampled window
- Performance date
- 2026-09-06
| Provider | Quantization | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read / 1M | Context | p50 latency | p50 throughput | Uptime (1d) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere | unknown | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M | No verified rate | 256,000 tokens | 0.45 s | 89 tok/s | 97.31% |
Benchmark evidence and limitations
The 2026-09-06 snapshot includes 2 Artificial Analysis indexes. Publisher-reported launch results are labeled and are not presented as Kendr measurements; scores from different suites are not treated as interchangeable.
Third-party catalog fields normalized from the cited model dataset; benchmark methodology and coverage differ by source.
- Coding Index
- 36.5
- Agentic Index
- 1.1
Popularity and market context
North Mini Code Free ranked #70 in the cited trailing-7-day third-party catalog usage dataset as of 2026-09-06. Observed within the cited trailing-7-day third-party catalog usage dataset; this is not global AI market share.
- Third-party catalog rank
- #70
- Global market share
- Not inferred
- Observation date
- 2026-09-06
Frequently asked questions
When should I use North Mini Code Free?
North Mini Code Free is a reference profile: Cohere publishes it, Kendr documents it for comparison, and it carries no Kendr alias to call. Reach for it when cost is the binding constraint: At $0 in and $0 out per 1M tokens, combined token price sits in the cheapest quarter of the 146 models publishing both rates in this snapshot. Reach for it when the model has to call tools: Tool calling is recorded in the snapshot, so this route can drive an agent loop rather than only answer in prose. Look elsewhere when you need to call it through Kendr today: This is a research reference profile with no Kendr alias. The facts and evidence here are published for comparison; the model is not routable on Kendr.
What is North Mini Code Free?
North Mini Code is a Cohere model profile with a 256,000-token context window. The dated catalog snapshot records text modalities and interfaces for reasoning controls, text generation, tool calling.
What context window does North Mini Code Free have?
The dated profile lists 256,000 tokens of context and up to 64,000 output tokens. Provider routes, variants, and runtime configuration can impose lower effective limits.
What benchmark evidence is available for North Mini Code Free?
The 2026-09-06 snapshot includes 2 Artificial Analysis indexes. Publisher-reported launch results are labeled and are not presented as Kendr measurements; scores from different suites are not treated as interchangeable. Third-party catalog fields normalized from the cited model dataset; benchmark methodology and coverage differ by source.
Is North Mini Code Free available through Kendr?
This is an independent knowledge profile, not a Kendr-hosted availability claim. Check Kendr's live public model API for currently enabled Kendr aliases.
Does the popularity rank represent North Mini Code Free's global market share?
North Mini Code Free ranked #70 in the cited trailing-7-day third-party catalog usage dataset as of 2026-09-06. Observed within the cited trailing-7-day third-party catalog usage dataset; this is not global AI market share. No global market-share percentage is inferred when the source does not publish one.
Sources and evidence dates
- North Mini Code third-party catalog record (catalog, checked 2026-09-06)
- Third-party model catalog methodology (methodology, checked 2026-09-06)
- Cohere official model documentation (primary, checked 2026-09-06)
- Artificial Analysis capability indices methodology (benchmark, checked 2026-09-06)