Inception: Mercury 2.5 Preview API
About
Build advanced reasoning agents with Inception: Mercury 2.5 Preview, a specialized AI model optimized for complex logic and chain-of-thought tasks. This model delivers cost-effective pricing at $0.20/1M input and $0.75/1M output tokens, native tool calling support. Access Inception: Mercury 2.5 Preview via the Kilo Gateway API with up to 66K output tokens.
Capabilities
Input Modalities
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Output Modalities
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Reasoning
Yes
Structured Output
Yes
Tool Use
Yes
WeightsClosed
Limits
Context Window
260K
Tokens
Input Limit
260K
Tokens
Max Output
66K
Tokens
Pricing
Standard (per 1M tokens)
Input
$0.20
Output
$0.75
Caching (per 1M tokens)
Read
$0.02
Frequently Asked Questions
Inception: Mercury 2.5 Preview by Kilo Gateway costs $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens. Cached reads cost $0.02 per 1M tokens.
Model Details
ID
inception/mercury-2.5-preview
Provider
Kilo GatewayFamily
mercury
Release Date
Aug 31, 2026
Knowledge Cutoff
N/A
API Integration
NPM Package
@ai-sdk/openai-compatible
Environment Variables
KILO_API_KEY
API Base URL
https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway