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# Claude Sonnet 4.6

> Claude Sonnet 4.6 balances speed and intelligence, with 1M context, 64K max output, and extended thinking for coding, agents, knowledge work, and long-contex...

## Overview

Claude Sonnet 4.6 balances speed and intelligence, with 1M context, 64K max output, and extended thinking for coding, agents, knowledge work, and long-context tasks.

| Property | Value |
| - | - |
| Provider | Anthropic |
| Slug | `claude-sonnet-4-6` |
| Context | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 64,000 tokens |
| Input | text, image |
| Output | text |
| Release | 2026-04-06 |
| Tags | production |

## Capabilities

* `text`
* `vision`
* `image-input`
* `file-input`
* `pdf-input`
* `tool-calling`
* `function-calling`
* `structured-outputs`
* `json-mode`
* `streaming`
* `reasoning`
* `extended-thinking`
* `code-execution`
* `web-search`
* `code-generation`
* `long-context`
* `multilingual`
* `multimodal`

## Pricing

| Item | Price |
| - | - |
| Input (prompt) | \$3 |
| Output (completion) | \$15 |
| Cache read | \$0.3 |
| Cache write | \$3.75 |

Prices are customer prices per **1M tokens** for a Hostlinku API key, with 1 kredit = \$1. Actual cost per request follows the API key's Service Mode and may change; check [Console](https://console.hostlinku.com/models) or `GET /v1/models` for current values.

## Supported endpoints

| Endpoint | Format | Support |
| - | - | - |
| `POST /v1/chat/completions` | OpenAI Chat Completions | available |
| `POST /v1/messages` | Anthropic Messages | native |
| `POST /v1/responses` | OpenAI Responses | adapted (bridge) |

Endpoint and model availability follow the catalog and the API key's Service Mode. If a model is unavailable for that mode, the request may be rejected with `400 MODEL_NOT_IN_SERVICE_MODE`.

## Example request

```bash theme={null}
curl https://api.hostlinku.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-isi-api-key-kamu" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
  }'
```

## Related models

* [Claude Fable 5](https://docs.hostlinku.com/en/models/claude-fable-5.md)
* [Claude Fable 5.1](https://docs.hostlinku.com/en/models/claude-fable-5-1.md)
* [Claude Haiku 4.5](https://docs.hostlinku.com/en/models/claude-haiku-4-5.md)
* [Claude Opus 4.6](https://docs.hostlinku.com/en/models/claude-opus-4-6.md)
* [Claude Opus 4.7](https://docs.hostlinku.com/en/models/claude-opus-4-7.md)
* [Claude Opus 4.8](https://docs.hostlinku.com/en/models/claude-opus-4-8.md)

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