Mercury 3

InceptionMCP Tool CallReasoning
inception/mercury-3Closed API

Inception's diffusion reasoning model for chat, multi-step problem solving, and tool use

Benchmark Pricing$0.10 / 1M in$0.35 / 1M out$0.01 cache read
Context: 1,000,000 tokens•Max Output: 131,072 tokens•Released: 2026-10-16

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window1,000,0001M tokens
Max Output131,072131.1K tokens
LicenseProprietaryCloud API only
Input Modalities
Text
Function / Tool CallingSupported (MCP Ready)
Structured OutputsGuaranteed Schema

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

✓ Mercury 3 natively supports OpenAI / Anthropic format tool calling and is fully compatible with MCP servers and agent loops.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 1,000,000 tokens, this model can handle extremely large MCP resource manifests, complete database schemas, and multiple active server tool definitions simultaneously without degradation.

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling Mercury 3 via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.INCEPTION_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "inception/mercury-3",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

PRICING BY PROVIDER

6 providers
Inceptionmercury-3
$0.10 / $0.35$0.01 cache
NanoGPTinception/mercury-3
$0.10 / $0.35$0.01 cache
Venice AImercury-3
$0.10 / $0.35$0.01 cache
Vercel AI Gatewayinception/mercury-3
$0.10 / $0.35$0.01 cache
Kilo Gatewayinception/mercury-3
$0.20 / $0.70$0.02 cache
OpenRouterinception/mercury-3
$0.10 / $0.35$0.01 cache

Rates in USD per 1M tokens. Rates synchronized from models.dev public catalog.

Prompt Caching Active

This model supports prompt caching at $0.01 / 1M tokens, saving up to 90% on repetitive MCP tool definitions and system instructions.

MODEL RESOURCES