Field notes on Ox Alpha
What we're learning about the model as we build with it — hands-on, honest, and updated as things change.
#patterns#context
What a million tokens of context is actually for
Big context windows get hyped, then misused. Here are the workloads where Ox Alpha's 1M window genuinely changes the approach.
Aug 24, 2026 · 6 min read
#how-to#reasoning
Keeping the chain of thought alive across turns
Ox Alpha can continue its own reasoning between messages if you pass reasoning_details back. Here's how, and why it matters.
Aug 22, 2026 · 4 min read
#overview#stealth
What is Ox Alpha, really?
A stealth reasoning model with a million-token context appeared on OpenRouter with no named creator. Here's what it is and what's actually known.
Aug 20, 2026 · 5 min read