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Updated Jul 21, 2026
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Openings

How Inkling starts an answer

The first lines of 5 of its 24 written answers. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Historical Counterfactual Analysis

If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through…

2,151 words
If a working point-contact transistor—small, cool, and solid-state—had emerged in 1920, the cascade would not merely “speed up” our timeline. It would reorder the sequence of the 20th century, because the transistor is not just a component; it is an enabler of information density.
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Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

1,866 words
This architecture contains fatal contradictions for real-time collaboration: server-local WebSocket state combined with round-robin load balancing, client-clock LWW, and a 2-second DB polling loop guarantee data loss, stale reads, and scaling collapse.
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Movie Analysis

Analyze the themes, symbolism, and cinematography in the movie "Blade Runner 2049" and how they connect to the original film. Provide a…

1,841 words
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) is a rare sequel that does not merely revisit its predecessor’s iconography but deepens its philosophical architecture. Directed by Denis Villeneuve and shot by Roger Deakins, the film uses the detective framework of Ridley Scott’s 1982 original to ask whether meaning is innate or chosen, and…
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

1,789 words
DISCLAIMER: This is strategic and ethical reasoning, not legal counsel. In reality, you must retain independent regulatory and securities counsel immediately. The plan below assumes U.S.
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Adversarial Contract Review

Here is a contract for a software consulting engagement: --- SOFTWARE CONSULTING AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between TechCorp…

1,646 words
Disclaimer: I am an AI, not an attorney. This analysis is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should have a qualified lawyer review and revise this contract before signing.
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Inkling vs Hy4 Preview54 shared prompts · Landed Sep 2026
Inkling vs Ox Alpha54 shared prompts · Landed Aug 2026
Inkling vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B54 shared prompts · Landed Aug 2026
Inkling vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 081354 shared prompts · Landed Aug 2026
Inkling vs Qwen3.8 Max21 shared prompts · Landed Aug 2026
Inkling vs Claude Opus 554 shared prompts · Landed Jul 2026
Inkling vs Kimi K354 shared prompts · Landed Jul 2026
Inkling vs GPT-5.6 Sol54 shared prompts · Landed Jul 2026
Inkling vs GLM 5.254 shared prompts · Landed Jun 2026
Inkling vs OpenRouter Fusion · Budget (Jun 2026)45 shared prompts · Landed Jun 2026

Prompts Inkling answered

  • Generate a Stand-Up Routineconversation
  • SVG Layout Challengeimage generation
  • Beginner's Longevity Planreasoning
  • The Sentience Testreasoning
  • Linear App Cloneweb design
  • Simple Falling Object Gameweb design

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Inkling

Inkling

An open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, 41B active parameters out of 975B. Built for general reasoning, coding, agent and tool-use systems, retrieval-augmented generation and multilingual conversation, with native image and audio understanding alongside text.

OpenRouterDocsAPIBlog
Provider
Thinking Machines
Released
2026-07-15
Size
XLARGE
Free API (OpenRouter)
Yes, 1 provider (via OpenRouter)
Per 1M tokens
$1 in · $4.05 out
Rival’s tab
$1.26
58/58 receipts survived

Free API endpoint listed

Inkling has a free endpoint in Rival’s OpenRouter listings. Free requests have usage limits and depend on provider availability.

Provider data: 16 Sep 2026 · OpenRouter usage limits

View free endpoint↗
Get API accessProvider and language code samples
3 hostsInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp8$0.95 in·$4.05 out·524k·97.4% upBBasetenfp8$1.00 in·$4.05 out·1M·79.6% upTTogether$1.00 in·$4.05 out·524k·98.2% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 16 Sep 2026.

Provider
fromimport openai  OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"    base_url=,
"$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"    api_key=,
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
"thinkingmachines/inkling"    model=,
"role""user""content""Hello!"    messages=[{: , : }],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your OpenRouter API key from openrouter.ai/keys.

Deep analysisPsychometrics, taste index, writing DNA
Writing DNA

Stylometric Fingerprint

Based on 27 text responses
Tick = global average
Vocabulary Diversity57%

Unique words vs. total words. Higher = richer vocabulary.

Sentence Length18.8 words

Average words per sentence.

Hedging0.30

"Might", "perhaps", "arguably" per 100 words.

Bold Formatting5.0

**Bold** markers per 1,000 characters.

List Usage2.7

Bullet and numbered list items per 1,000 characters.

Section Structure0.49

Markdown headings per 1,000 characters.

Emoji Usage0.04

Emoji per 1,000 characters.

Transitions0.06

"However", "moreover", "furthermore" per 100 words.

Opening Habits
Consistency
81%
Across 27 responses

Favorites

Blade Runner

Movie

Blade Runner

19827.9
Kind of Blue

Album

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis
Le petit prince

Book

Le petit prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Kyoto

City

Kyoto

Japan
Portal

Game

Portal

Action, Puzzle4.5
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Model Responses

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