command-r-08-2024
Command R (08-2024) is an update of Cohere’s Command R with better multilingual retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and tool use, and stronger math, code and reasoning.
Pricing: Input 36 credits / 1M tokens (≈ $0.18), Output 144 credits / 1M tokens (≈ $0.72).
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Command R (08-2024) API on ModelFold
Command R (08-2024) is an update of Cohere’s Command R with better multilingual retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and tool use, and stronger math, code and reasoning. Try Command R (08-2024) in the ModelFold Playground, then call it from your own code through an OpenAI-compatible chat completions API.
What Is the Command R (08-2024) API
Command R (08-2024) at a glance
Command R (08-2024) is a chat model from Cohere. It accepts text as input and returns text, with a context window of up to 128K tokens.
Use it without hosting anything
On ModelFold you call Command R (08-2024) with a single API key — no model weights to download and no inference servers to run. The same key also works for the other chat, image, video and audio models on ModelFold.
Core Capabilities of Command R (08-2024)
Up to 128K tokens of context
Keep long conversations, large documents and sizeable code in a single request, so the model can reason over the full material instead of fragments.
Function calling
Command R (08-2024) supports tool (function) calling: describe your functions in the request and the model returns structured calls your code can run — the basis for agents and integrations.
Structured outputs
Ask for JSON that follows a schema (response_format), which makes extraction, classification and system integrations more reliable.
How to Use Command R (08-2024) on ModelFold
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Step 1: Try it in the Playground
Open the Playground at the top of this page, type a prompt and see how Command R (08-2024) responds before writing any code.
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Step 2: Create an API key
Sign in to ModelFold and create an API key in the console. Keep it secret and send it as a Bearer token.
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Step 3: Send a request
Call POST https://modelfold.ai/v1/chat/completions with "model": "command-r-08-2024" and your messages. Existing OpenAI-compatible SDKs work by changing the base URL and key.
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Step 4: Ship and monitor
Integrate the response into your product and check token usage and spend for every call in the console logs.
What You Can Build with Command R (08-2024)
Long-document workflows
Feed in long reports, contracts, manuals or codebases and ask for summaries, comparisons and answers grounded in the material.
Multilingual products
Serve users in many languages with translation, localized support replies and cross-language search.
Tool-calling backends
Route requests, call functions and chain API calls as the worker model inside larger agent systems.
Enterprise workflows
Automate internal processes such as reporting, knowledge-base Q&A, ticket handling and document review.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Command R (08-2024)?⌄
Command R (08-2024) is an update of Cohere’s Command R with better multilingual retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and tool use, and stronger math, code and reasoning.
Which inputs does Command R (08-2024) support?⌄
Command R (08-2024) accepts text and returns text. Through ModelFold you send text messages; documents attached in the Playground are converted to text.
How long is the context window of Command R (08-2024)?⌄
Up to 128K tokens, shared between your input and the model’s output.
Does Command R (08-2024) support function calling?⌄
Yes. Command R (08-2024) supports tools / function calling through the standard tools parameter of the chat completions API.
How is Command R (08-2024) billed on ModelFold?⌄
Pay as you go by tokens: input and output tokens are charged at the per-million-token prices shown on this page. There is no monthly fee, and failed requests are not charged.
How do I call Command R (08-2024) through the API?⌄
Send a POST request to https://modelfold.ai/v1/chat/completions with "model": "command-r-08-2024", using your ModelFold API key as the Bearer token.
| Input | 36 credits 1M tokens≈ $0.18 |
| Output | 144 credits 1M tokens≈ $0.72 |
Billed per token: input and output are priced separately, and thinking tokens count as output. The Playground charges exactly the same way.
Read API docs →AI Agents · Claude Code / Cursor / Trae →curl https://modelfold.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $MODELFOLD_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"command-r-08-2024","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'