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Mercury Agent App: Run Inception's Mercury Models in Bot AI
Bot AI runs Inception's Mercury models as one agent of a team, on macOS, Windows or Linux, with an Inception API key. You get shared channels with agents on other providers.
How to set it up
Download Bot AI
For macOS 13 or later on Apple silicon or Intel, Windows 10 or later on x64, or x64 or arm64 Linux.
Connect Inception
Download Pi in Bot AI first: Mercury runs in Bot AI's copy of Pi. Then select Connect on the Inception row and paste an Inception API key. Bot AI keeps the key encrypted and does not change Pi's own settings.
Give your agent a job
Create an agent on Inception, choose its model, and give it a task. Bot AI makes a workspace folder for it. When the work grows, add agents on other providers to the same channel.
What Bot AI adds
Three Mercury models
Choose Mercury 3, with a context of 1 million tokens, or Mercury 2.5 or Mercury 2.
Your key stays in Bot AI
Bot AI keeps the Inception API key in its encrypted store, not in Pi's settings files.
A team, not one chat
Each agent has its own job and workspace. A lead agent gives parts of a task to other agents in a shared channel, and you step in when a decision needs you.
Your agents on your phone
The Bot AI apps for iPhone and Android connect to the computer that runs your agents, over an encrypted connection, with no VPN. Remote access needs a Bot AI account.
Change the provider, keep the work
Move an agent to a different provider and it keeps its role, workspace and conversation. Agents on different providers work in the same channel. When a plan reaches its limit, an agent can move to a backup model.
Your data on your computer
Workspaces, chats and files stay on the computer that runs Bot AI. The provider you choose gets the requests you send.
Use your AI plans
Bot AI is free for noncommercial use. Your agents use the plans you already pay for.
Official apps
The apps from Inception, and where they run. Bot AI runs the same agent, so you can use both.
| App | Runs on | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury Chat | Your browser | A chat with the Mercury models. |
| Inception API Platform | Your browser, and any OpenAI-compatible client | API keys and use of the Mercury models. |
Every plan an agent can use
Inception is one of them. Choose a provider for each agent, and change it later: the agent keeps its role, workspace and conversation.
- InceptionMercury models, with an Inception API key.
- ChatGPTYour ChatGPT plan, through Codex.
- ClaudeYour Claude plan, through Claude Code.
- GeminiYour Google AI Pro or Ultra plan.
- GrokYour Grok account or an xAI API key.
- CursorYour Cursor plan, or a Cursor API key.
- OpenCodeFree models, or an OpenCode Go key.
- ClineYour Cline account, or a Cline API key.
- Muse CodeYour Meta account, or a Meta API key.
- PiIncluded with Bot AI. Sign in to a provider with /login in Pi.
- Custom agentAny ACP agent, such as Goose, Qwen Code or GitHub Copilot.
- Your own modelAny OpenAI-compatible server, also one on your computer.
Questions
What is Mercury?
Mercury is Inception's family of diffusion language models. They make tokens in parallel, at more than 1,000 tokens a second, Inception says. Mercury 3 came out on 19 October 2026, with a context of 1 million tokens.
How much does Mercury cost?
For each million tokens, Mercury 3 costs $0.10 for input and $0.35 for output, at 50% off for its launch. Mercury 2.5 costs $0.20 and $0.75, and Mercury 2 costs $0.25 and $0.75. New accounts get 100 million free tokens.
Why does Inception need Pi?
Bot AI runs Mercury in its own copy of Pi. Download Pi once in Bot AI, and Inception agents then use it with your Inception API key.
Can I use Inception agents from my phone or share them with a team?
Yes. An Inception agent runs on the computer that has your Inception API key, and you use it from your phone or share it with your team like any other agent. On a server, an owner or admin saves the key in the server's provider settings.
Sources
Every statement about Inception comes from the pages below, checked on . They can change after that date.