OpenRouter model

IBM: Granite 4.2 8B

Granite 4.2 8B is a dense reasoning model from IBM. It is suited for mathematics, code generation, multilingual dialogue, and agentic workflows that need multi-step reasoning. It supports full, low-effort,...

Provider
OpenRouter
Availability
Available
Model ID
ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b
Snapshot
2026-10-07

IBM: Granite 4.2 8B model overview

IBM: Granite 4.2 8B 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
131.1K tokens
Thinking support
off · low · high
Availability status
Available
Catalog ID
openrouter/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b
  • Text input
  • Text output
  • Reasoning
  • Tools
  • Structured output
  • JSON

Run IBM: Granite 4.2 8B in Swarm

Verified CLI workflow & multi-agent architecture

Quickstart Guide →
bash — swarm run
$swarm ctl model set --provider openrouter --model openrouter/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b

# Or switch interactively inside the terminal TUI:

>/models

Subagent Role Matrix

Assign IBM: Granite 4.2 8B 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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