{
  "$schema": "https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/schema.json",
  "provider": "cohere",
  "model": "command-light",
  "name": "Command Light",
  "aliases": [],
  "description": "The cheap, small sibling of the original Command, and for a long time the budget option for classification and short generation on Cohere. Deprecated 15 September 2025 with no shutdown date. Cohere named no small replacement for it in that notice - command-r7b-12-2024 is the closest thing in the current range.",
  "deprecated_on": "2025-09-15",
  "status": "deprecated",
  "replacements": [
    {
      "provider": "cohere",
      "model": "command-r-08-2024",
      "recommended": true,
      "note": "Cohere's named alternatives are all considerably larger than command-light was. If cost per token was why you were on this id, command-r7b-12-2024 is the closer match even though the notice does not mention it.",
      "external": false
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://docs.cohere.com/docs/deprecations",
      "title": "Cohere deprecations",
      "accessed": "2026-08-03"
    }
  ],
  "last_verified": "2026-08-03",
  "computed_status": "deprecated",
  "asOf": "2026-08-03"
}