Particle-1

A low-cost model from Particle that gets coding work done in fewer tokens.

Vendor: Particle
Released: Oct 2026
Model id: particle-1

Particle-1 is a small, fast model tuned to reach the same answer with fewer tokens, so the same work costs less. Its first release was trained on software engineering.

Best for: everyday tasks where cost matters more than the last bit of quality.

Run Particle-1 in a workspace

Pick it per workspace from the model settings and switch any time. Inference is included in the plan, or bring a key of the team's own.