Sherlock Think Alpha

OpenRouter chatvisionreasoning Long Free

API ID: openrouter/sherlock-think-alpha

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Input Price
Free
/1M tokens
Output Price
Free
/1M tokens

About Sherlock Think Alpha

OpenRouter Alpha models are experimental routing and specialized models from OpenRouter. These models showcase innovative approaches to AI routing and capability. Alpha variants include various specialized functions. For developers interested in experimental AI routing, OpenRouter Alpha offers preview capability.

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Price Ranking
#1 lowest price among 950 Chat models — Top 20% cheapest!

Model Specifications

Context Length
1.8M
Max Output
—
Release Date
2025-11-15
Capabilities
chat vision reasoning
Input Modalities
textimage
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Sherlock Think Alpha API

OpenAI-compatible SDK 
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

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

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