# Line Code

> Retired on Nov 1, 2026 and replaced by SuperCosmos 1.1. Line CLI's former coding model: efforts Fast, Ultra and Ultra Fast, about 428B parameters (23B active), 256K-token window.

**Line Code** (Retired · Nov 1, 2026): Smart, fast and disciplined: fast by default, deep reasoning only when a step needs it. Where: Line CLI · Model API. Efforts: Fast, Ultra, Ultra Fast (Default, Careful, Best quality). Size: ~428B (23B active). Context window: 256K tokens. From $1.15 in · $1.60 out. Input: Text.


<Warning>
**Retired on Nov 1, 2026, replaced by SuperCosmos 1.1.** The ids `line-code`, `line-code-fast`, `line-code-ultra` and `line-code-ultra-fast` now answer `410 model_retired` and are never billed, and Line CLI moves to SuperCosmos automatically. This page keeps Line Code's documentation for reference. To switch, see [Line Code retirement](/models/line-code-retired) and [SuperCosmos 1.1](/models/overview).
</Warning>

**Line Code** is Line CLI's own coding model: smart, fast and disciplined. It is available in **Line CLI** (v5 beta and later) and the **[Model API](/model-api/overview)** (model ids `line-code-fast`, `line-code-ultra` and `line-code-ultra-fast`), not in the Agent API or Cosmos Agent, and it runs on its own capacity, separate from SuperCosmos. It is a mixture-of-experts model with about 428B parameters (23B active per token) and a 256K-token context window (262,144 tokens); all three efforts share them.

It is fast by default and thinks harder only when a step needs it: a rename or a one-line fix goes straight to the tools, while a design decision, an unclear failing test, concurrency or security gets real reasoning before any file is touched. It verifies its changes with your project's own checks and never claims a result it didn't see.

```bash
line --model line-code                      # this run
line --model line-code --effort ultra-fast  # this run, with an effort
```

In the TUI: `/model` → **Line Code**, then pick an effort, or switch any time with `/effort`.

## Efforts

| Effort | What it does | Use it for |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Fast** (default) | Acts quickly and thinks only as much as each step needs | Everyday edits, fixes, tool loops |
| **Ultra** | Thinks deeply, plans with a to-do list, checks edge cases and reviews its own diff | Hard bugs, refactors, anything you want done carefully |
| **Ultra Fast** | The most accurate and the fastest: deep reasoning plus parallel (hedged) generation, front-loaded context and self-verification | When both quality and speed matter more than cost |

Switch with `/effort fast`, `/effort ultra` or `/effort ultra-fast` (or the picker). The effort is saved for your next sessions.

## Pricing

Each effort has its own price, per 1M tokens:

- **Fast** (Default): $1.15 input / $1.60 output per 1M tokens. Everyday edits, fixes and tool loops.
- **Ultra** (Careful): $1.25 input / $1.90 output per 1M tokens. Hard bugs, refactors, anything you want done carefully.
- **Ultra Fast** (Best quality): $1.40 input / $2.20 output per 1M tokens. When both quality and speed matter more than cost. Uses about 30× the tokens of Fast on the same task.

| Effort | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fast | $1.15 | $1.60 |
| Ultra | $1.25 | $1.90 |
| Ultra Fast | $1.40 | $2.20 |

Output includes reasoning tokens. **Ultra Fast uses by far the most tokens** (about 30× Fast on the same task): it thinks longer and sends each step twice in parallel to take the faster answer, so the input of that second copy is counted too. In Line CLI it counts toward your [plan](/billing/credits)'s limits (every effort on every plan); through the Model API it is paid from credits. Each call is priced at the effort it ran on and shows in the Console as Line Code. All model prices are on [Models](/models).

## Line Code or SuperCosmos?

| | Line Code | SuperCosmos |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Where | Line CLI, Model API | Line CLI, Agent API, Model API, Cosmos Agent |
| Efforts | Fast, Ultra, Ultra Fast | Flash, Max, Heavy |
| Parameters | ~428B (23B active) | 550B (55B active) |
| Context window | 256K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Price / 1M in · out | from $1.15 · $1.60 (Fast) to $1.40 · $2.20 (Ultra Fast) | from $1.60 · $3.40 (Flash) to $2.00 · $4.40 (Heavy) |
| Capacity | Its own | Shared SuperCosmos capacity |

Both are served through the Line API; no model keys ever reach your machine. See [SuperCosmos models](/models/overview).

<Note>
Line Code reads text. It doesn't take image input.
</Note>