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Claude Sonnet

anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6

The balanced Claude — near-Opus quality at a third of the price

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the model most teams should default to: strong writing, code and document work across a 1M-token context, with tools, vision and PDF input. It closes most of the gap to Opus while costing 7 credits per 1K input against Opus's 12.

Modalities
-30%
Input / Output
4.9 / 24.5cr / 1K7 / 35
Context window
1M
Max output
128K
Capabilities
  • Tools
  • Vision
  • PDF
  • Streaming
  • Prompt caching· read 0.7 cr / 1K

What this model does well

  • ✍️

    Writing

    Natural style, professional tone

  • 📖

    Long docs

    200K token window

  • 🛠️

    Tools

    Solid function calling

Example prompts

  • Solve this problem step by step: a merchant sells 3 items...

  • Summarize this article in 5 key points

Technical specifications

Author
anthropic
API identifier
claude-sonnet-4-6
Category
Chat & Text
Context window
1,000,000 tokens
Max output
128,000 tokens
Rate limit
400 RPM
Billing unit
token
Streaming
Yes

Ideal for

  • Drafting and editing in French and English
  • Reviewing a pull request
  • Reading long contracts and reports
  • Back-office assistants
  • Agents that call your own tools

Ready to try it?

Test this model in the playground, no setup needed.

Frequently asked questions

Can I pay with mobile money, without a bank card?

Yes. Top up your Tchavi account with Orange Money, MTN MoMo, M-Pesa or another mobile money operator. No bank card is needed. Credits land as soon as the payment is confirmed and are deducted as you use them.

Is the API compatible with OpenAI's?

Yes. Keep your current OpenAI SDK, just change the base URL to Tchavi's (shown in the API tab) and use your Tchavi key. The rest of your code stays the same.

API

import Tchavi from '@tchavi/sdk';

const client = new Tchavi({ apiKey: 'API_KEY' });

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'claude-sonnet-4-6',
  messages: [
  {
    "role": "user",
    "content": "Hello!"
  }
],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);
console.log('Credits used:', response.tchavi.credits_used);

API parameters

Every parameter this model accepts on the API. Check the SDK for full typings.

modelRequired
string

ID of the chat model (e.g. `claude-sonnet-4-6`).

messagesRequired
Array<{ role, content }>

Conversation messages. Each item has a `role` (system/user/assistant) and a `content` that's either a plain string or an array of content blocks (`text`, `image_url`, `document_url`).

temperature
number
Default: 1

Sampling temperature between 0 and 2. Higher values = more random.

max_tokens
integer

Maximum number of tokens to generate in the response.

stream
boolean
Default: false

If true, partial message deltas are streamed as Server-Sent Events.

tools
Array<{ type, function }>

Function-calling toolbox. Pass an array of `{ type: "function", function: { name, description, parameters } }`. Returned tool calls land in `choices[].message.tool_calls`. Only models with `supportsTools: true` accept this.

tool_choice
"auto" | "none" | { type, function }

How the model picks among tools: `"auto"` (default), `"none"` to force a plain text reply, or `{ type: "function", function: { name } }` to force a specific tool. Only with `supportsTools: true`.

Show all parameters (14)
top_p
number
Default: 1

Nucleus sampling: only tokens in the top `top_p` probability mass are considered.

stop
string | string[]

Up to 4 sequences where the API will stop generating further tokens.

frequency_penalty
number
Default: 0

Between -2.0 and 2.0. Positive values penalize tokens that have appeared frequently.

presence_penalty
number
Default: 0

Between -2.0 and 2.0. Positive values encourage the model to talk about new topics.

messages[].content[].image_url
string

Attach an image on a user message. Pass a content block `{ "type": "image_url", "image_url": { "url": ... } }`. PNG / JPEG / WebP, up to 4 per request. Only models with `supportsImageInput: true` accept this block (e.g. `gpt-4o`, `claude-opus-4-7`).

messages[].content[].document_url
string

Attach a PDF on a user message. Pass a content block `{ "type": "document_url", "document_url": { "url": ... } }`. Up to 5 PDFs per request. Only models with `supportsDocuments: true` accept this block (e.g. `claude-sonnet-4-6`, `gpt-4.1`).

effort
"low" | "medium" | "high"
Default: "high"

Reasoning depth on Anthropic adaptive-thinking models (Opus 4.7+ / Sonnet 4.6+). Values `"low"`, `"medium"`, `"high"`. Higher = more deliberate, slower. Defaults to `"high"` on Opus 4.8.

Pricing

-30%The discount applies to every price for this model.
per 1,000 tokens
4.9 credits
Input 7 · Output 35 cr/1K

How billing works

  • Billed per token used, down to a thousandth of a credit.
  • A typical message (500 in, 150 out) costs about —, or 6.125 credits.
  • Prompt cache reads: — per 1K tokens (0.49 credits).
Real-world scenarios
Per day
Per week
Per month

Estimated over 30 days, for a typical message: ~500 input + ~150 output tokens, billed to the thousandth of a credit.

A 10 000 F CFA top-up gives you about ~4 898 questions. Pay with Orange Money, MTN MoMo or M-Pesa — no Visa card needed.

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