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Kimi K2.6 Thinking
API model name: kimi-k2.6-thinking
Kimi K2.6 Thinking is Moonshot's chat model, served on the Api.Airforce unified API. It has a 262K-token context window. Capabilities include Tool calling, Reasoning, Prompt caching. It is available on the free tier at no per-token cost. Knowledge cutoff: 2026-02. Access it through the OpenAI-compatible API with one key, alongside 65+ other models on Api.Airforce.
Pricing
Specifications
- Provider
- Moonshot
- Type
- chat model
- Context window
- 262K tokens
- Max output
- 16K tokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2026-02
- Input
- text
- Output
- text
Capabilities
Tool callingReasoningPrompt cachingStreaming
Use Kimi K2.6 Thinking via the API
OpenAI-compatible — point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass kimi-k2.6-thinking as the model.
cURL
curl https://api.airforce/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AIRFORCE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "kimi-k2.6-thinking",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
}'Python
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.airforce/v1", api_key="$AIRFORCE_API_KEY")
r = client.chat.completions.create(
model="kimi-k2.6-thinking",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(r.choices[0].message.content)JavaScript
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.airforce/v1", apiKey: process.env.AIRFORCE_API_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "kimi-k2.6-thinking",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);Live performance
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