expectedMistralExpected: Q3 2026

Codestral 3 API

Mistral's next dedicated coding model. Expected to target fill-in-the-middle and fast local-style inference.

What we know

Mistral's next dedicated coding model. Expected to target fill-in-the-middle and fast local-style inference.

Why it matters: Codestral is the Mistral coding brand — every version is tested by the IDE extension crowd.

Expected pricing: ~$0.30 / $0.90 per 1M tokens

Current best equivalent

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DeepSeek V3.2

Current best cheap coding model on SkillBoss.

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We'll auto-switch your API calls to Codestral 3 the moment it launches — no code changes required.

Call it with curl

curl -X POST https://api.skillboss.co/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SKILLBOSS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "skill_id": "deepseek/deepseek-v3.2",
    "input": {
      "prompt": "Say hello from Codestral 3 — routed via SkillBoss"
    }
  }'

Alternate options

ModelSkill IDTradeoff
Claude 4.5 Haikuanthropic/claude-4-5-haikuFast, cheap coding alternative

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