# Command R (08-2024) — Use via Hanzo AI API

> command-r-08-2024 is an update of the Command R with improved performance f... Call via Hanzo's OpenAI-compatible API. Context: 128K.

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# Command R (08-2024)

Command R (08-2024), through one API key.

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POST /v1/chat/completionsexample

{ "model": "cohere/command-r-08-2024",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Who are you?" }] }

Command R (08-2024)command-r-08-2024 is an update of the [Command R](/models/cohere/command-r) with improved performance for multilingual retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and tool use. More broadly, it is better at math, code and reasoning and...

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## Specifications

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Model IDcohere/command-r-08-2024

## Quick start

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TypeScript

```
import OpenAI from 'openai' const client = new OpenAI({ apiKey: process.env.HANZO_API_KEY, baseURL: 'https://api.hanzo.ai/v1' }) const response = await client.chat.completions.create({ model: 'cohere/command-r-08-2024', messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello!' }] }) console.log(response.choices[0].message.content)
```

Python

```
from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI( api_key=os.environ["HANZO_API_KEY"], base_url="https://api.hanzo.ai/v1" ) response = client.chat.completions.create( model="cohere/command-r-08-2024", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}] ) print(response.choices[0].message.content)
```

cURL

```
curl https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY" \ -d '{ "model": "cohere/command-r-08-2024", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}] }'
```

Go

```
package main import ( "context" "fmt" "os" "github.com/sashabaranov/go-openai" ) func main() { cfg := openai.DefaultConfig(os.Getenv("HANZO_API_KEY")) cfg.BaseURL = "https://api.hanzo.ai/v1" client := openai.NewClientWithConfig(cfg) resp, _ := client.CreateChatCompletion(context.Background(), openai.ChatCompletionRequest{ Model: "cohere/command-r-08-2024", Messages: []openai.ChatCompletionMessage{ {Role: openai.ChatMessageRoleUser, Content: "Hello!"}, }, }, ) fmt.Println(resp.Choices[0].Message.Content) }
```

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