MiniMax M3.1 Flash API docs: reasoning_effort defaults to max and thinking can't be disabled
Before wiring it into an agent: omitting reasoning_effort defaults to max, thinking can't be turned off (disabled/none returns HTTP 400), temperature and top_p are ignored, and the benchmarks are MiniMax's own.

minimax m3.1 flash is all over my feed this morning. $0.15 in / $0.60 out / $0.015 cached per 1M, 1M context. before you wire it into an agent, read the api docs: - reasoning_effort defaults to max if you leave it out - thinking can't be turned off ("disabled" or "none" = http 400) - temperature / top_p are ignored so cheap only stays cheap if you set effort yourself. benchmarks are minimax's own btw. what effort level do you run flash models on?
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