OpenRouter: Inkling Small (OpenRouter)

Name: Inkling Small (OpenRouter) API
Brand: Thinkingmachines

stable

Inkling Small (OpenRouter) is available through Everstack's OpenAI-compatible gateway with routing, fallback, retries, and observability.

thinkingmachines-inkling-smalllingreleased Jul 30, 2026

Provider Quick start

Context

1.0M

tokens

Max output

262.1K

tokens

Input

$0.45

per 1M

Output

$1.20

per 1M

Activity

Daily period usage

Aggregated managed Everstack traffic. Buckets below 5 tenants or 100 requests are withheld.

Providers

ProviderContextInput /MOutput /M

Pricing

Item	Price	Unit
Input	$0.45	per 1M tokens
Output	$1.20	per 1M tokens
Cache read	$0.10	per 1M tokens

Performance

Reliability

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Capabilities

Modalities

Input

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Details

Model ID: thinkingmachines-inkling-small
Family: ling
Status: stable
Knowledge: -
Released: Jul 30, 2026

Gateway Config

API: 2024-01-01
Auth: OPENROUTER_API_KEY
Discovery: dynamic
Provider type: meta

Quick Start

index.ts

import Everstack from "@everstack/node";const client = new Everstack({  apiKey: process.env.EVERSTACK_API_KEY!,  baseUrl: "https://{instance}.{region}.everstack.ai",});const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({  model: "@openrouter/thinkingmachines-inkling-small",  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Explain vector cache routing." }],});console.log(completion.choices[0]?.message?.content);

Endpoint

Base URL

https://openrouter.ai/api/v1

Chat completions

https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions

Model

thinkingmachines-inkling-small

Auth env

OPENROUTER_API_KEY

Inkling Small (OpenRouter) FAQ

How much does the Inkling Small (OpenRouter) API cost?

Through OpenRouter, Inkling Small (OpenRouter) costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens.

What is the context window of Inkling Small (OpenRouter)?

Inkling Small (OpenRouter) accepts up to 1.0M tokens of context and returns up to 262.1K output tokens on OpenRouter.

Which providers offer Inkling Small (OpenRouter)?

Inkling Small (OpenRouter) is available from OpenRouter and Hugging Face. Everstack can route between them with automatic fallback when one is unavailable.

What can Inkling Small (OpenRouter) do?

Inkling Small (OpenRouter) supports chat, function calling, image input and reasoning. It accepts text, image and audio input.

How do I call Inkling Small (OpenRouter) through Everstack?

Point any OpenAI-compatible SDK at your Everstack gateway and set the model to @openrouter/thinkingmachines-inkling-small. Everstack adds retries, provider fallback, caching, per-tenant budgets and OpenTelemetry traces for every request.