kimi-k3Kimi K3 is Moonshot AI's 2.8T-parameter open-weight multimodal reasoning model, designed for complex coding, knowledge work, and long-horizon agentic workflows. It excels at repository-scale development, tool use, debugging, and iterative problem solving across text, images, logs, tests, and runtime feedback. Built with KDA and Attention Residuals for improved computational efficiency, Kimi K3 delivers strong performance on advanced engineering and multimodal reasoning tasks, making it well suited for autonomous coding agents and large-scale production workflows.
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from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI( api_key="YOUR_API_KEY", base_url="https://api.apertis.ai/v1") response = client.chat.completions.create( model="kimi-k3", 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="kimi-k3",# messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],# extra_body={"compression": {"enabled": True, "model": "gpt-4.1-mini"}}# )modelmessagesmax_tokenstemperaturetop_pstreamtoolsreasoning_effortstream_optionsthinkingextra_bodyUse these namespaced identifiers in Cursor IDE to avoid conflicts with built-in models.
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