Inception

Access 4 Inception models through Mastra's model router. Authentication is handled automatically using the INCEPTION_API_KEY environment variable.

Learn more in the Inception documentation.

INCEPTION_API_KEY=your-api-key

import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";

const agent = new Agent({
  id: "my-agent",
  name: "My Agent",
  instructions: "You are a helpful assistant",
  model: "inception/mercury"
});

// Generate a response
const response = await agent.generate("Hello!");

// Stream a response
const stream = await agent.stream("Tell me a story");
for await (const chunk of stream) {
  console.log(chunk);
}

:::info

Mastra uses the OpenAI-compatible /chat/completions endpoint. Some provider-specific features may not be available. Check the Inception documentation for details.

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Models

<ProviderModelsTable models={[ { "model": "inception/mercury", "imageInput": false, "audioInput": false, "videoInput": false, "toolUsage": true, "reasoning": false, "contextWindow": 128000, "maxOutput": 16384, "inputCost": 0.25, "outputCost": 1 }, { "model": "inception/mercury-2", "imageInput": false, "audioInput": false, "videoInput": false, "toolUsage": true, "reasoning": true, "contextWindow": 128000, "maxOutput": 50000, "inputCost": 0.25, "outputCost": 0.75 }, { "model": "inception/mercury-coder", "imageInput": false, "audioInput": false, "videoInput": false, "toolUsage": true, "reasoning": false, "contextWindow": 128000, "maxOutput": 16384, "inputCost": 0.25, "outputCost": 1 }, { "model": "inception/mercury-edit", "imageInput": false, "audioInput": false, "videoInput": false, "toolUsage": false, "reasoning": true, "contextWindow": 128000, "maxOutput": 8192, "inputCost": 0.25, "outputCost": 0.75 } ]} />

Advanced configuration

Custom headers

const agent = new Agent({
  id: "custom-agent",
  name: "custom-agent",
  model: {
    url: "https://api.inceptionlabs.ai/v1/",
    id: "inception/mercury",
    apiKey: process.env.INCEPTION_API_KEY,
    headers: {
      "X-Custom-Header": "value"
    }
  }
});

Dynamic model selection

const agent = new Agent({
  id: "dynamic-agent",
  name: "Dynamic Agent",
  model: ({ requestContext }) => {
    const useAdvanced = requestContext.task === "complex";
    return useAdvanced
      ? "inception/mercury-edit"
      : "inception/mercury";
  }
});