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Command R

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Command R is Cohere’s 35B-parameter multilingual language model for retrieval-augmented generation and tool-driven enterprise workflows. It generates answers with document citations and can interact with external services through tool calls. The original March 2024 weights and an August 2024 update are grouped here as releases of the same named model. The family supports a 128K context and ten primary languages, with downloadable research weights and commercial hosted access. The original command-r alias was deprecated in September 2025; the August 2024 checkpoint remains listed as live in the current API catalog.

2024-03-11
35B
Dense autoregressive Transformer
CC-BY-NC-4.0 with acceptable-use addendum

Specifications

Parameters
35B
Architecture
Dense autoregressive Transformer
License
CC-BY-NC-4.0 with acceptable-use addendum
Context Window
128,000 tokens
Max Output
4,000 tokens
Type
text
Modalities
text

Benchmark Scores

Advanced Specifications

Model Family
Command
API Access
Available
Chat Interface
Available
Multilingual Support
Yes
Variants
c4ai-command-r-v01 / command-r-03-2024c4ai-command-r-08-2024 / command-r-08-2024

Capabilities & Limitations

Capabilities
retrieval augmented generationcitationstool usemultilingualcode
Known Limitations
Downloaded weights are licensed for non-commercial use; commercial deployments require separate terms.Grounded answers depend on supplied documents and can still contain unsupported statements.Use command-r-08-2024 for current hosted access; the original alias is deprecated.
Notable Use Cases
document question answeringenterprise agentsmultilingual assistants
Function Calling Support
Yes
Tool Use Support
Yes

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