OpenRouter model

Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024)

command-r-plus-08-2024 is an update of the [Command R+](/models/cohere/command-r-plus) with roughly 50% higher throughput and 25% lower latencies as compared to the previous Command R+ version, while keeping the hardware footprint...

Provider
OpenRouter
Availability
Available
Model ID
cohere/command-r-plus-08-2024
Snapshot
2026-10-07
Evaluation Verdict

Cohere Command R+ is an enterprise RAG and tool-use model (34.0% SWE-bench Verified, 1265 Coding Elo), providing high-verifiability citations and multilingual retrieval.

Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) Benchmarks & Agentic Accuracy

Verified primary research & developer preference metrics

Primary Sources Verified
SWE-bench Verified
34%
Tool-AugmentedCohere Technical Paper ↗
LiveCodeBench
33.2%
StandardLiveCodeBench ↗
LMSYS Coding Elo
1265Elo
Coding ArenaLMSYS Arena ↗
AIME 2024 / 2025
24.5%
StandardCohere Technical Paper ↗
Pricing ($ / 1M tokens)
$2.5/ $10
$0.75 cached readStandard API Pricing

What This Means in Real Software Development

  • Specialized in enterprise tool calling, multi-step RAG workflows, and grounded citation generation.
  • 128k context window with advanced multi-lingual capabilities across 10+ languages.
  • Scores 34.0% on SWE-bench Verified with strict adherence to system instructions.
  • Ideal for documentation verification, compliance auditing, and API client integration.

Swarm Multi-Agent Topology

Tier 2: Enterprise RAG & Tool SpecialistRole: Validator / Reviewer

Best Paired With: Claude 3.7 Sonnet as Lead Planner

High reliability in tool invocation and grounded citation makes it effective for verifying documentation and API contracts.

Git Worktree Isolation Advantage:

Audits PR diffs and verifies alignment with repository architectural documentation.

What Developers & Practitioners Are Saying

Real-world field observations, production strengths, and developer consensus

Field Consensus

"Cohere's flagship enterprise model, renowned for grounded retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and citation accuracy."

Verified Real-World Strengths

  • Industry-leading citation grounding and verifiable source attribution
  • Strong multilingual enterprise capabilities across 10 key languages
  • Robust multi-step tool use and connectors

Production Caveats & Gaps

  • Coding benchmarks trail specialized coding models like Sonnet and o3
  • Higher per-token pricing than open-weights alternatives
Benchmark Reality Check

What the benchmark tests: Evaluates grounded RAG accuracy, tool calling, and enterprise documentation synthesis.

Production caveat: Use as a documentation or research subagent rather than an autonomous systems coder.

Primary Sources & Methodology Citations

Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) model overview

Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) is listed in the public Swarm catalog through OpenRouter. This page summarizes the verified catalog fields used by Swarm without claiming real-time access for every provider account.

Provider
OpenRouter
Family
OpenRouter
Context window
128K tokens
Thinking support
Not supported
Availability status
Available
Catalog ID
openrouter/cohere/command-r-plus-08-2024
  • Text input
  • Text output
  • Tools
  • Structured output
  • JSON

Run Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) in Swarm

Verified CLI workflow & multi-agent architecture

Quickstart Guide →
bash — swarm run
$swarm ctl model set --provider openrouter --model openrouter/cohere/command-r-plus-08-2024

# Or switch interactively inside the terminal TUI:

>/models

Subagent Role Matrix

Assign Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) to specialized system roles in ~/.swarm/config.json:

  • Primary / Planner: Orchestrates full task DAGs and multi-stage pipelines.
  • Coder Subagent: Generates code and unit tests inside private Git worktrees.
  • Finder Subagent: Performs read-only code search, symbol discovery, and mapping.
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