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Kimi K2.6

Kimi general-purpose model with stronger long-horizon coding, instruction following and agent execution.

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Specs

Context
262.1K
Max output
—
Input price
$0.95/ 1M tokens
Output price
$4/ 1M tokens
Released
2026-04-20

Context

Context window
262.1K
Max input
—
Max output
—

Pricing · USD / 1M tokens

Input
$0.95
Output
$4
Cache read
$0.16
Cache write
—

Modalities

Input
TextImageVideo
Output
Text

API

API types
chatmessages

Reasoning

Reasoning
Yes
Levels
—

Info

Status
Active
Released
2026-04-20
Knowledge cutoff
—

Features

Confirmed
toolscaching
Source · official docsVerified 2026-10-11

How to call

1 provider

moonshotmodel = kimi-k2.6reasoning = thinking.type

chat
POSThttps://api.moonshot.ai/v1/chat/completions
messages
POSThttps://api.moonshot.ai/anthropic/v1/messages

JSON

Standard format
kimi-k2.6.json
{
  "id": "kimi-k2.6",
  "object": "model",
  "created": 1776643200,
  "owned_by": "moonshot",
  "name": "Kimi K2.6",
  "api": {
    "types": [
      "chat",
      "messages"
    ]
  },
  "limits": {
    "context": 262144,
    "input": null,
    "output": null
  },
  "modalities": {
    "input": [
      "text",
      "image",
      "video"
    ],
    "output": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "reasoning": {
    "supported": true,
    "efforts": []
  },
  "pricing": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "unit": "1M_tokens",
    "input": 0.95,
    "output": 4,
    "cache_read": 0.16,
    "cache_write": null
  },
  "features": [
    "tools",
    "caching"
  ],
  "info": {
    "status": "active",
    "release_date": "2026-04-20",
    "knowledge_cutoff": null,
    "description": "Kimi general-purpose model with stronger long-horizon coding, instruction following and agent execution.",
    "docs": "https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/guide/kimi-k2-6-quickstart",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  }
}

Official sources

6