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Mercury 2

Previous-generation reasoning diffusion model for chat completions.

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Specs

Context
128K
Max output
50K
Input price
$0.25/ 1M tokens
Output price
$0.75/ 1M tokens
Released
2026-02-24

Context

Context window
128K
Max input
—
Max output
50K

Pricing · USD / 1M tokens

Input
$0.25
Output
$0.75
Cache read
$0.025
Cache write
—

Modalities

Input
Text
Output
Text

API

API types
chat

Reasoning

Reasoning
Yes
Levels
instantlowmediumhigh

Info

Status
Active
Released
2026-02-24
Knowledge cutoff
—

Features

Confirmed
toolsstructured_outputstreaming
Source · official docsVerified 2026-10-11

How to call

1 provider

inceptionmodel = mercury-2reasoning = reasoning_effort

chat
POSThttps://api.inceptionlabs.ai/v1/chat/completions

JSON

Standard format
mercury-2.json
{
  "id": "mercury-2",
  "object": "model",
  "created": 1771891200,
  "owned_by": "inception",
  "name": "Mercury 2",
  "api": {
    "types": [
      "chat"
    ]
  },
  "limits": {
    "context": 128000,
    "input": null,
    "output": 50000
  },
  "modalities": {
    "input": [
      "text"
    ],
    "output": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "reasoning": {
    "supported": true,
    "efforts": [
      "instant",
      "low",
      "medium",
      "high"
    ]
  },
  "pricing": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "unit": "1M_tokens",
    "input": 0.25,
    "output": 0.75,
    "cache_read": 0.025,
    "cache_write": null
  },
  "features": [
    "tools",
    "structured_output",
    "streaming"
  ],
  "info": {
    "status": "active",
    "release_date": "2026-02-24",
    "knowledge_cutoff": null,
    "description": "Previous-generation reasoning diffusion model for chat completions.",
    "docs": "https://docs.inceptionlabs.ai/get-started/models",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  }
}

Official sources

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