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Gemini 3.6 Flash

gemini-3.6-flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google's high-efficiency model for coding, agentic workflows, and web and application development. It is optimized to produce polished, production-ready outputs with fewer unnecessary revisions, less hedging, and more direct task execution. By reducing both token usage and the number of model calls required to complete complex tasks, Gemini 3.6 Flash is well suited for high-throughput development, scalable agent systems, and cost-sensitive production workflows.

Context
1M tokens
Endpoint
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Pricing

Input$1.50 / 1M
Output$7.50 / 1M
Cache Write (5m)$1.50 / 1M
Cache Write (1h)$1.50 / 1M
Cache Read$1.50 / 1M
Web Search$0 / 1M

Quick Start

Select an endpoint and copy a working example for this model.

Endpoint:
python
from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI(    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",    base_url="https://api.apertis.ai/v1") response = client.chat.completions.create(    model="gemini-3.6-flash",    messages=[        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}    ],    max_tokens=1024,    temperature=0.7) print(response.choices[0].message.content) # Optional: Enable context compression to reduce token usage# response = client.chat.completions.create(#     model="gemini-3.6-flash",#     messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],#     extra_body={"compression": {"enabled": True, "model": "gpt-4.1-mini"}}# )

Supported Parameters

API docs
Common7 params
modelmessagesmax_tokenstemperaturetop_pstreamtools
Extended4 params
reasoning_effortstream_optionsthinkingextra_body

Cursor IDE Model IDs

Use these namespaced identifiers in Cursor IDE to avoid conflicts with built-in models.

gemini-3.6-flash

Decision guidance

Fit the request contract before production.

Use this model when

  • The workload includes code generation or code-oriented text tasks listed in the current catalog record.
  • The required task matches the listed capabilities: text-to-text, text-to-code, translation.
  • The request depends on listed features such as thinking, vision, function-calling.
  • The input fits within the published 1M-token context record, with output and system overhead budgeted separately.

Check before production

  • Confirm the production client uses one of the listed request surfaces: /v1/chat/completions, /v1/responses, /v1/messages.
  • Estimate a representative request from the current Pay As You Go price fields instead of extrapolating from a tiny prompt.
  • Check the observed-availability card and run your own timeout, retry, and fallback test before relying on the model.

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