# Mercury

Source: https://zshot-cli.com/reference/llm_connections/mercury/
Markdown: https://zshot-cli.com/reference/llm_connections/mercury/index.md
Section: [Reference](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/) › [LLM Connections](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/llm_connections/)
Protocol: [`mercury://`](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/llm_connections/) · Default model: `mercury-2.5`
Key env: `INCEPTION_API_KEY` · [Roles](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/llm_connections/roles/): [Formats](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/llm_connections/roles/#formats) · [Navigates](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/llm_connections/roles/#navigates) · [Writes](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/llm_connections/roles/#writes)
License: [Pro](https://zshot-cli.com/support/licenses/pro)

Runs Inception Labs' Mercury models on its OpenAI-compatible chat API at `https://api.inceptionlabs.ai/v1`.

## Options

| Option | On Mercury |
| --- | --- |
| [`vision`](/reference/llm_connections/options#vision-and-frames) | Off by default; `vision=true` opts in a model that reads images |
| [`body.<path>`](/reference/llm_connections/options#request-body-fields) | Fields OpenAI's chat request names |
| `header`, `max_tokens`, `temperature`, `top_p`, `frames`, `timeout`, `insecure` | As [listed](/reference/llm_connections/options) |

## Example

**CLI**

```sh
zshot -t llm_text \
  --llm-format-model "mercury://?model=mercury-2.5" \
  --llm-format-prompt "Summarize the lead story in one sentence." \
  -f summary.txt https://zshot-cli.com/example_assets/gazette/
```

## Related

Flags:

- [`--llm-format-model`](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/flags/document/llm-format-model/)
- [`--navigator-type`](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/flags/navigator/navigator-type/)

Topics:

- [Connection String Options](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/llm_connections/options/)

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