---
title: "MN LooseCannon 12B API pricing"
canonical: https://uplinkswitch.ai/models/mn-loosecannon-12b
generated: 2026-10-22T19:07:46.946Z
source: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog
base_url: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
---

# MN LooseCannon 12B API pricing

MN LooseCannon 12B API at $1.7255/M input and $1.7255/M output tokens. 16,384-token context window. Works with the OpenAI SDK.

## Price per million tokens (USD)

| Tokens | GalrionSoftworks list price | UplinkSwitch | Under list |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Input | — | $1.7255 | — |
| Cached input | — | billed at the input rate | — |
| Output | — | $1.7255 | — |

## Model

- Model id: `mn-loosecannon-12b`
- Formats: OpenAI SDK
- Base URL: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
- Context window: 16,384 tokens
- Max output: 8,192 tokens
- Input: text
- Daily real-model check: Same fingerprint since Oct 22 (https://uplinkswitch.ai/proof#mn-loosecannon-12b)

## Request

### Python · OpenAI SDK

```python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-uplink-live-...",
)

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="mn-loosecannon-12b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this in one line."}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
```

### TypeScript · OpenAI SDK

```typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: 'https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1',
  apiKey: 'sk-uplink-live-...',
});

const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'mn-loosecannon-12b',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Summarize this in one line.' }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
```

### curl

```bash
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"mn-loosecannon-12b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
```

## Questions

### What is MN LooseCannon 12B?

MN LooseCannon 12B is a model from GalrionSoftworks, with a 16,384-token context window, taking text input. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as mn-loosecannon-12b.

### How much does the MN LooseCannon 12B API cost?

$1.7255 per million input tokens and $1.7255 per million output tokens.

### Is MN LooseCannon 12B free?

It is pay as you go: prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee, billed per token. A 1,000-token prompt with a 500-token reply costs about $0.0026.

### What is the MN LooseCannon 12B context window?

MN LooseCannon 12B has a 16,384-token context window, with up to 8,192 output tokens per request. It takes text input.

### What is the MN LooseCannon 12B model id?

mn-loosecannon-12b. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### How do I get a MN LooseCannon 12B API key?

Create one in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console: prepaid credit from $10, no subscription, and the key is live at once. The same key calls MN LooseCannon 12B and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### Is it the real MN LooseCannon 12B?

Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and a model always counts that prompt the same way; a swapped one would not. MN LooseCannon 12B's latest result: Same fingerprint since Oct 22.

### Is there a MN LooseCannon 12B API?

Yes: mn-loosecannon-12b on the OpenAI format at https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1, $1.7255 input and $1.7255 output per million tokens. No weights to download and no GPU of your own; the key also runs every other model in the catalog.

### What is MN LooseCannon 12B based on?

Mistral AI’s Mistral Nemo 12B, by way of two roleplay tunes of it: aetherwiing’s MN-12B Starcannon v3 (weight 0.75, the merge base) and Sao10K’s MN-12B Lyra v1 (0.25), TIES-merged by GalrionSoftworks, per its card.

### What license does MN LooseCannon 12B have?

The LooseCannon card lists no license. Mistral Nemo 12B, the base of both parents, is Apache-2.0.

### What does MN LooseCannon 12B cost per 100 messages?

$0.4314 for 100 chat turns of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, at $1.7255 input and $1.7255 output per million tokens, from prepaid credit with no subscription.

### How does MN LooseCannon 12B score on benchmarks?

Its card carries Open LLM Leaderboard results: IFEval 54.18, BBH 29.98, MATH level 5 6.50, GPQA 4.70, MuSR 10.96 and MMLU-PRO 24.40, an average of 21.78. It is a roleplay merge; the scores are there for reference.

### MN LooseCannon 12B or UnslopNemo 12B v4.1?

Both are 12B Mistral Nemo builds: LooseCannon is a merge of two roleplay tunes; UnslopNemo is TheDrummer’s single fine-tune for adventure writing and roleplay. MN LooseCannon 12B is $1.7255 / $1.7255 per million tokens in / out, $4.31 for 1,000 chat turns; UnslopNemo 12B v4.1 is $1.972 / $1.972 per million tokens in / out, $4.93 for 1,000 chat turns. Both run on the same key, so send the same prompt to each.

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