Lumen
Lumen has been updated, please send email to help@ncsa.illinois.edu with subject Lumen if you have questions. Certain models will need to be acknowledged before use (one time only).

Model Detail

The model detail page (/models/<name>) shows everything you need to know about a specific model before you use it.

Model detail page

Page Layout

The page is split into two columns.

Left Column

  • Model name with a link to the model's HuggingFace page (when available).
  • Description — A short summary of the model.
  • README — The model's full documentation, rendered from its HuggingFace repository.

Right Column

Access Status

This card appears when the model requires acknowledgment before use:

State What You See
Not yet acknowledged A warning card with an "Acknowledge & Enable Access" button
Already acknowledged A confirmation with the date you accepted
Blocked A notice that this model is not available to you

Click the button to give one-time consent. After acknowledging, the model is immediately available in the chat interface and API.

Availability

Field Description
Status Overall health: ok / degraded / down
Endpoints Healthy backend count vs. total
Requests / hr Requests sent to this model in the last hour
Requests / 24h Requests sent to this model in the last 24 hours

Model Specifications

Technical details that help you decide if this model fits your task:

Field Description
Context Window How much text the model can "remember" in one conversation (roughly the input plus output combined)
Max Output Maximum tokens the model can generate in a single reply
Input What input types the model accepts — e.g., text, images
Output What the model produces — typically text
Knowledge Cutoff The date beyond which the model has no training data
Reasoning Checkmark if the model can show its step-by-step thinking before giving an answer
Function Calling Checkmark if the model can request to run a tool (such as a search script or data query) on the user's computer via the API — not available in Lumen's built-in chat. The user explicitly agrees to each request; the model cannot access data without their consent.

Pricing

Shows the coin cost per million input tokens and per million output tokens. See the Introduction for how coin costs are calculated.

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