Claude Instant 1

Q: How do I call Claude Instant 1 via API?

Claude Instant 1 is available through the AIHubMix unified API. The API is OpenAI-compatible: point your OpenAI SDK at https://aihubmix.com/v1, use your AIHubMix API key, and set the model name to claude-instant-1 — no other code changes needed.

Q: Who created Claude Instant 1?

Claude Instant 1 is developed by Anthropic. AIHubMix aggregates it alongside models from other providers behind one API and one bill.

claude-instant-1

Pricing

Input Tokens: $1.63 /M tokens
Output Tokens: $1.63 /M tokens

Input Modalities

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Python

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["AIHUBMIX_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://shkq.org/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="claude-instant-1",
    messages=[
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello, how are you?"
      }
    ],
    max_tokens=1024,
    stream=False,
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Frequently asked questions

How much does Claude Instant 1 cost?

On AIHubMix, Claude Instant 1 costs $1.63 per million input tokens and $1.63 per million output tokens.

How do I call Claude Instant 1 via API?

Who created Claude Instant 1?

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