Ministral 8B API

Model details

Context window

262K tokens

Max output

—

Input

Text, images

Output

Text

Capabilities

Vision, Streaming, JSON output

Interfaces

OpenAI-style Chat Completions, Anthropic-style Messages, OpenAI-style Responses

Why teams pick it

• Ministral 8B for OpenAI-style Chat Completions, Anthropic-style Messages, OpenAI-style Responses.

Call Ministral 8B

Ministral 8B answers on any of the APIs below — pick the one your code already speaks and just swap in your Inferray key.

curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "ministral-8b-2512",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Hello"
    }
  ]
}'

curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "ministral-8b-2512",
  "max_tokens": 1024,
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Hello"
    }
  ]
}'

curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/responses \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "ministral-8b-2512",
  "input": "Hello"
}'

Use Ministral 8B in your tools

Every coding agent below has a setup guide. Set the model to ministral-8b-2512.

• Claude Code
• Codex
• opencode
• Cline
• Roo Code
• Aider
• Continue

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Questions about this model

How much does the Ministral 8B API cost?

Ministral 8B costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens on Inferray. That is the list price, with no gateway fee on top.

Is there a free tier for Ministral 8B?

No. You add credit and pay Ministral 8B's list rate for each request — seats, projects, and API keys are free, and pay-as-you-go credit never expires.

Am I charged for failed requests?

No. A request that fails without returning a result is not billed. If a response fails part-way, the tokens already processed before the failure are charged.

Is Ministral 8B included in Token Plans?

No. Ministral 8B is pay-as-you-go only; Token Plans cover the other text models in the catalog.

Can I use Ministral 8B in Claude Code?

Yes. Set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL to https://api.inferray.com, ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN to your Inferray key, and ANTHROPIC_MODEL to ministral-8b-2512. The same key works in Codex, opencode, Cline, and other agents.

Does Ministral 8B support tool calling and vision?

Ministral 8B supports image input, JSON output and streaming on Inferray. It does not support tool calling.

Is it the real Ministral 8B?

Yes. A request for ministral-8b-2512 is answered by Ministral 8B from Mistral, billed at its published list price. Inferray never substitutes a different or smaller model.