minimax

Call the MiniMax API (MiniMax-M3, MiniMax-M2.7, MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed, MiniMax-M2.5, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed, MiniMax-M2.1, MiniMax-M2) through RunAPI using the official OpenAI SDK or compatible clients. Use when the user asks for MiniMax text chat, streaming completions, Anthropic or Gemini protocol compatibility, or when they want to point an existing OpenAI SDK setup at RunAPI as the base URL.

MiniMax on RunAPI

Use the official OpenAI SDK or any OpenAI-compatible HTTP client and switch the base URL to https://runapi.ai/v1. This skill covers MiniMax text models. For Hailuo video generation, install the separate Hailuo skill.

Setup

dotenv

OPENAI_API_KEY=YOUR_RUNAPI_TOKEN
OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://runapi.ai/v1

Get a RunAPI API Key at https://runapi.ai/api_keys.

Core recipe - Chat Completions

python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_RUNAPI_TOKEN",
    base_url="https://runapi.ai/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="MiniMax-M3",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Draft a support response."}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
print(response.usage)

typescript

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: "YOUR_RUNAPI_TOKEN",
  baseURL: "https://runapi.ai/v1",
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "MiniMax-M3",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Draft a support response." }],
});

Streaming

python

stream = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a short status update."}],
    stream=True,
)
for chunk in stream:
    delta = chunk.choices[0].delta.content
    if delta:
        print(delta, end="", flush=True)

Streaming runs through a regional edge proxy so the request does not hold a Rails/Puma thread. Long generations should always stream.

Protocol compatibility

MiniMax text models are also available through RunAPI's Anthropic-compatible and Gemini contents client surfaces. RunAPI bridges those request and response shapes to the OpenAI-compatible chat request format, so use these protocol paths only when an existing tool expects those formats:

bash

curl -X POST "https://runapi.ai/v1/messages" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_RUNAPI_TOKEN" \
  -H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "MiniMax-M2",
    "max_tokens": 1024,
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Draft a concise answer."}]
  }'

bash

curl -X POST \
  "https://runapi.ai/v1beta/models/MiniMax-M2:streamGenerateContent" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: YOUR_RUNAPI_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"contents":[{"role":"user","parts":[{"text":"Hello!"}]}]}'

For new app code, prefer the OpenAI-compatible setup.

List models

bash

curl https://runapi.ai/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_RUNAPI_TOKEN"

Supported models

Model ID	Use when
MiniMax-M3	Latest MiniMax text chat
MiniMax-M2.7	MiniMax M2.7 compatibility
MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed	Faster MiniMax M2.7 requests
MiniMax-M2.5	MiniMax M2.5 compatibility
MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed	Faster MiniMax M2.5 requests
MiniMax-M2.1	MiniMax M2.1 compatibility
MiniMax-M2	MiniMax M2 compatibility

References

• Model overview, pricing, and rate limits: https://runapi.ai/models/minimax.md
• Provider comparison: https://runapi.ai/providers/minimax.md
• Catalog: https://runapi.ai/models.md

Agent rules

• Keep API keys in OPENAI_API_KEY, RUNAPI_TOKEN, or a secret manager; never inline them in commits or shell history.
• Default new integrations to the OpenAI-compatible client at https://runapi.ai/v1.
• Use streaming for responses longer than a few hundred tokens.
• For Hailuo video generation, use the Hailuo model skill instead of this text LLM skill.
• For pricing, rate-limit, and commercial-usage answers, link to https://runapi.ai/models/minimax.md rather than copying values.