Models

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Model id: gemini/models/gemini-3.6-flash

  • Agentic
  • Frontier
  • Coding
  • Vision
  • Multimodal
  • Audio
  • Long context
  • Tools

Google’s previous Gemini Flash workhorse for fast chat, coding, and agents.

Best for

coding agents, multimodal apps, and production Flash work that already targets 3.6.

Provider
Google Gemini
Context window
1,048,576
Release date
2026-07-21
Reasoning effort
minimallowmediumhighDefault: medium

Pricing

Input
$2.3135 / 1M
Cached input
$0.2313 / 1M
Output
$11.5673 / 1M

Web search

Per successful search
$0.0216 / search

Billed on top of tokens when the model uses web search.

Amounts in Canadian dollars, converted at the Bank of Canada indicative rate (2026-09-21).

Performance

Reading

Last 7 days

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Activity

Tokens

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Availability

Availability (%)

Last 7 days

Operational probes
99.98% over 7 days
Samples
9,203

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Quick start

Call the API with a tonia_ key and the exact model id below.

curl

curl https://pass.tonia.ca:8443/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TONIA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
      "model": "gemini/models/gemini-3.6-flash",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Bonjour"
        }
      ]
    }'

Python (OpenAI SDK)

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://pass.tonia.ca:8443/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["TONIA_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gemini/models/gemini-3.6-flash",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Bonjour"}],
)

TypeScript (OpenAI SDK)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://pass.tonia.ca:8443/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.TONIA_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "gemini/models/gemini-3.6-flash",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Bonjour" }],
});

In Cursor, Cline, and other OpenAI-compatible tools, Gemini models use the gemini/models/ prefix (for example gemini/models/gemini-3.6-flash).

Create a key in the portal