Inkling-Small by Thinking Machines Lab is now live in Command Code.
- $0.50/M input, 1.20/M output tokens
- Light-weight model with 12B params
- Multimodal: text, image, audio
Available on all plans
1cmd --update (to latest)
2cmd --model thinkingmachines/inkling-smallInkling Small at a glance
Lightweight MoE reasoning at lower cost and latency.
| Spec | Inkling Small |
|---|---|
| Model ID | thinkingmachines/inkling-small |
| Context window | 1M tokens |
| Released | July 30, 2026 |
| Intelligence Index | 27.8 |
| Coding Index | 52.9 |
| Input | $0.50 per 1M tokens |
| Output | $1.20 per 1M tokens |
| Cache read | $0.10 per 1M tokens |
| Effective input in an agent loop | $0.22 per 1M tokens |
| Plans | Go and above |
Specs, pricing and plans are from the Inkling Small model page as of September 28, 2026, including any deal running that day, so they can differ from the launch pricing above. Intelligence and Coding Index scores are from Artificial Analysis.
Use Inkling Small
1cmd --model thinkingmachines/inkling-smallOr type /model in a session and pick it. You can switch mid-session without losing context.
What real work costs on Inkling Small
| Task | Tokens (in · out) | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Quick lookup / one-liner | 8K · 1K | $0.0023 |
| Review a 500-line PR | 60K · 4K | $0.02 |
| Fix a bug (agent loop) | 180K · 12K | $0.05 |
| Refactor a module | 320K · 20K | $0.09 |
| Full-repo agent run | 900K · 45K | $0.22 |
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