Command R

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• Released 11 March 2024Other sources give: 24 March 2024 [4]entry date Date of the docs changelog entry for Command R. ● Primary source[1]page date; first paragraphs
• Deprecated 15 September 2025Deprecated for new customers; existing users keep access until a shutdown date, which Cohere had not set as of 2026-10-01. The changelog announcement page is dated 2025-09-16. ● Primary source[3]Deprecation History, 2025-09-15 [5]Command table, status column

• Status DeprecatedApplies to the hosted API ids command-r-03-2024 and alias command-r. The open weights (c4ai-command-r-v01) can still be downloaded from Hugging Face. ● Primary source[3]Deprecation History, 2025-09-15 [5]Command table, status column [6]Deprecated Models

• Successor of Command EditorialEditorial link: Command R is the first R-series model after the original Command generation and its launch post compares it with Command, but Cohere names no predecessor. ● Primary source[1]

• Change · Context length Supports a context of up to 128k tokens, which Cohere presented as a longer context window.Compared with Command ● Primary source[1]
• Change · Tool use Can use tools such as APIs, code interpreters and user-defined tools, and gives grounded RAG answers with citations.Compared with Command ● Primary source[1]
• Change · Licensing Weights released for research use under CC-BY-NC; commercial use requires a licence from Cohere.Compared with Command ● Primary source[1] [2]
• Change · Other Lower API list price than Command: 0.50 USD input and 1.50 USD output per million tokens, against 1.00 and 2.00 USD.Compared with Command ● Primary source[1]

• Input text ● Primary source[2]Model Details
• Output text ● Primary source[2]Model Details
• Feature RetrievalGrounded generation with citations. ● Primary source[1]High Performance Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Feature Tool use ● Primary source[1]Enabling Access to Tools
• Feature MultilingualOptimized for 10 languages. ● Primary source[1]Speaking More Languages of Global Business
• Open weights YesResearch release under CC-BY-NC 4.0; commercial use requires a Cohere licence. ● Primary source[1]Continuing to Support the ML Research Community [2]
• Context window 128k tokens ● Primary source[1]Longer Context Window and Improved Pricing [2]Model Summary [7]Description
• Parameters 35 billion ● Primary source[2]Model Summary
• Access API, cloud partner, Open-weights downloadHosted API at launch; cloud providers were announced for later. Amazon Bedrock id cohere.command-r-v1:0 per the platform table. ● Primary source[1]first section; Availability [5]Using Command Models on Different Platforms [2]

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