Command A+ (05-2026)
by cohere · family command
Facts
| Release date | 2026-05-20 |
|---|---|
| Retired date | — |
| Knowledge cutoff | — |
| Context (max) | 131,072 |
| Max output | 65,536 |
| Modalities | text, image → text |
| Aliases | command-a-plus-05-2026 |
| Open weights | yes |
| Description | 218B/25B MoE, vision, 48 languages, Apache 2.0; free until rate limits on Cohere's platform. |
Unknown values are shown as —.
Intelligence Index v4.1.1: 23 · base · Source: Artificial Analysis (accessed 2026-08-20)
Offerings
| Provider | Wire ID | Variant | Endpoint | Protocol | Status | Price (USD / Mtok) | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere | command-a-plus-05-2026 | compat-chat-completions | openai-chat | ga | — | none · default off · returns hidden |
Reasoning controls
Cohere· command-a-plus-05-2026· compat-chat-completions none
none · default off · returns hidden
Example requests
Cohere · openai-chat · command-a-plus-05-2026
curl 'https://api.cohere.ai/compatibility/v1/chat/completions' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"model": "command-a-plus-05-2026",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Tell me about the weather."
}
]
}'Python (requests)
import requests
resp = requests.post(
"https://api.cohere.ai/compatibility/v1/chat/completions",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
json={
"model": "command-a-plus-05-2026",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Tell me about the weather."
}
]
},
)
print(resp.json())TypeScript (fetch)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.cohere.ai/compatibility/v1/chat/completions", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"model": "command-a-plus-05-2026",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Tell me about the weather."
}
]
}),
})
console.log(await resp.json())