diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/providers/cohere.md b/docs/my-website/docs/providers/cohere.md
index 980143770..c6efb3b40 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/providers/cohere.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/providers/cohere.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ os.environ["COHERE_API_KEY"] = "cohere key"
 
 # cohere call
 response = completion(
-    model="command-nightly", 
+    model="command-r", 
     messages = [{ "content": "Hello, how are you?","role": "user"}]
 )
 ```
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ os.environ["COHERE_API_KEY"] = "cohere key"
 
 # cohere call
 response = completion(
-    model="command-nightly", 
+    model="command-r", 
     messages = [{ "content": "Hello, how are you?","role": "user"}],
     stream=True
 )
@@ -41,7 +41,17 @@ for chunk in response:
     print(chunk)
 ```
 
-LiteLLM supports 'command', 'command-light', 'command-medium', 'command-medium-beta', 'command-xlarge-beta', 'command-nightly' models from [Cohere](https://cohere.com/). 
+
+## Supported Models
+| Model Name | Function Call |
+|------------|----------------|
+| command-r | `completion('command-r', messages)` |
+| command-light | `completion('command-light', messages)` |  
+| command-medium | `completion('command-medium', messages)` |
+| command-medium-beta | `completion('command-medium-beta', messages)` |
+| command-xlarge-beta | `completion('command-xlarge-beta', messages)` |
+| command-nightly | `completion('command-nightly', messages)` |
+
 
 ## Embedding
 
diff --git a/docs/my-website/sidebars.js b/docs/my-website/sidebars.js
index 62a2d3842..44c4a30f4 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/sidebars.js
+++ b/docs/my-website/sidebars.js
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ const sidebars = {
         "providers/anthropic", 
         "providers/aws_sagemaker",
         "providers/bedrock", 
+        "providers/cohere", 
         "providers/anyscale",
         "providers/huggingface", 
         "providers/ollama", 
@@ -143,7 +144,6 @@ const sidebars = {
         "providers/ai21", 
         "providers/nlp_cloud",
         "providers/replicate", 
-        "providers/cohere", 
         "providers/togetherai", 
         "providers/voyage", 
         "providers/aleph_alpha", 
diff --git a/litellm/__init__.py b/litellm/__init__.py
index 2e3110aa4..a821bde30 100644
--- a/litellm/__init__.py
+++ b/litellm/__init__.py
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ config_path = None
 open_ai_chat_completion_models: List = []
 open_ai_text_completion_models: List = []
 cohere_models: List = []
+cohere_chat_models: List = []
 anthropic_models: List = []
 openrouter_models: List = []
 vertex_language_models: List = []
@@ -274,6 +275,8 @@ for key, value in model_cost.items():
         open_ai_text_completion_models.append(key)
     elif value.get("litellm_provider") == "cohere":
         cohere_models.append(key)
+    elif value.get("litellm_provider") == "cohere_chat":
+        cohere_chat_models.append(key)
     elif value.get("litellm_provider") == "anthropic":
         anthropic_models.append(key)
     elif value.get("litellm_provider") == "openrouter":
@@ -421,6 +424,7 @@ model_list = (
     open_ai_chat_completion_models
     + open_ai_text_completion_models
     + cohere_models
+    + cohere_chat_models
     + anthropic_models
     + replicate_models
     + openrouter_models
@@ -444,6 +448,7 @@ provider_list: List = [
     "custom_openai",
     "text-completion-openai",
     "cohere",
+    "cohere_chat",
     "anthropic",
     "replicate",
     "huggingface",
@@ -479,6 +484,7 @@ provider_list: List = [
 models_by_provider: dict = {
     "openai": open_ai_chat_completion_models + open_ai_text_completion_models,
     "cohere": cohere_models,
+    "cohere_chat": cohere_chat_models,
     "anthropic": anthropic_models,
     "replicate": replicate_models,
     "huggingface": huggingface_models,
diff --git a/litellm/llms/cohere_chat.py b/litellm/llms/cohere_chat.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9027572e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/llms/cohere_chat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+import os, types
+import json
+from enum import Enum
+import requests
+import time, traceback
+from typing import Callable, Optional
+from litellm.utils import ModelResponse, Choices, Message, Usage
+import litellm
+import httpx
+
+
+class CohereError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, status_code, message):
+        self.status_code = status_code
+        self.message = message
+        self.request = httpx.Request(method="POST", url="https://api.cohere.ai/v1/chat")
+        self.response = httpx.Response(status_code=status_code, request=self.request)
+        super().__init__(
+            self.message
+        )  # Call the base class constructor with the parameters it needs
+
+
+class CohereChatConfig:
+    """
+    Configuration class for Cohere's API interface.
+
+    Args:
+        preamble (str, optional): When specified, the default Cohere preamble will be replaced with the provided one.
+        chat_history (List[Dict[str, str]], optional): A list of previous messages between the user and the model.
+        generation_id (str, optional): Unique identifier for the generated reply.
+        response_id (str, optional): Unique identifier for the response.
+        conversation_id (str, optional): An alternative to chat_history, creates or resumes a persisted conversation.
+        prompt_truncation (str, optional): Dictates how the prompt will be constructed. Options: 'AUTO', 'AUTO_PRESERVE_ORDER', 'OFF'.
+        connectors (List[Dict[str, str]], optional): List of connectors (e.g., web-search) to enrich the model's reply.
+        search_queries_only (bool, optional): When true, the response will only contain a list of generated search queries.
+        documents (List[Dict[str, str]], optional): A list of relevant documents that the model can cite.
+        temperature (float, optional): A non-negative float that tunes the degree of randomness in generation.
+        max_tokens (int, optional): The maximum number of tokens the model will generate as part of the response.
+        k (int, optional): Ensures only the top k most likely tokens are considered for generation at each step.
+        p (float, optional): Ensures that only the most likely tokens, with total probability mass of p, are considered for generation.
+        frequency_penalty (float, optional): Used to reduce repetitiveness of generated tokens.
+        presence_penalty (float, optional): Used to reduce repetitiveness of generated tokens.
+        tools (List[Dict[str, str]], optional): A list of available tools (functions) that the model may suggest invoking.
+        tool_results (List[Dict[str, Any]], optional): A list of results from invoking tools.
+    """
+
+    preamble: Optional[str] = None
+    chat_history: Optional[list] = None
+    generation_id: Optional[str] = None
+    response_id: Optional[str] = None
+    conversation_id: Optional[str] = None
+    prompt_truncation: Optional[str] = None
+    connectors: Optional[list] = None
+    search_queries_only: Optional[bool] = None
+    documents: Optional[list] = None
+    temperature: Optional[int] = None
+    max_tokens: Optional[int] = None
+    k: Optional[int] = None
+    p: Optional[int] = None
+    frequency_penalty: Optional[int] = None
+    presence_penalty: Optional[int] = None
+    tools: Optional[list] = None
+    tool_results: Optional[list] = None
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        preamble: Optional[str] = None,
+        chat_history: Optional[list] = None,
+        generation_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        response_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        conversation_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        prompt_truncation: Optional[str] = None,
+        connectors: Optional[list] = None,
+        search_queries_only: Optional[bool] = None,
+        documents: Optional[list] = None,
+        temperature: Optional[int] = None,
+        max_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
+        k: Optional[int] = None,
+        p: Optional[int] = None,
+        frequency_penalty: Optional[int] = None,
+        presence_penalty: Optional[int] = None,
+        tools: Optional[list] = None,
+        tool_results: Optional[list] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        locals_ = locals()
+        for key, value in locals_.items():
+            if key != "self" and value is not None:
+                setattr(self.__class__, key, value)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_config(cls):
+        return {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in cls.__dict__.items()
+            if not k.startswith("__")
+            and not isinstance(
+                v,
+                (
+                    types.FunctionType,
+                    types.BuiltinFunctionType,
+                    classmethod,
+                    staticmethod,
+                ),
+            )
+            and v is not None
+        }
+
+
+def validate_environment(api_key):
+    headers = {
+        "accept": "application/json",
+        "content-type": "application/json",
+    }
+    if api_key:
+        headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {api_key}"
+    return headers
+
+
+def completion(
+    model: str,
+    messages: list,
+    api_base: str,
+    model_response: ModelResponse,
+    print_verbose: Callable,
+    encoding,
+    api_key,
+    logging_obj,
+    optional_params=None,
+    litellm_params=None,
+    logger_fn=None,
+):
+    headers = validate_environment(api_key)
+    completion_url = api_base
+    model = model
+    prompt = " ".join(message["content"] for message in messages)
+
+    ## Load Config
+    config = litellm.CohereConfig.get_config()
+    for k, v in config.items():
+        if (
+            k not in optional_params
+        ):  # completion(top_k=3) > cohere_config(top_k=3) <- allows for dynamic variables to be passed in
+            optional_params[k] = v
+
+    data = {
+        "model": model,
+        "message": prompt,
+        **optional_params,
+    }
+
+    ## LOGGING
+    logging_obj.pre_call(
+        input=prompt,
+        api_key=api_key,
+        additional_args={
+            "complete_input_dict": data,
+            "headers": headers,
+            "api_base": completion_url,
+        },
+    )
+    ## COMPLETION CALL
+    response = requests.post(
+        completion_url,
+        headers=headers,
+        data=json.dumps(data),
+        stream=optional_params["stream"] if "stream" in optional_params else False,
+    )
+    ## error handling for cohere calls
+    if response.status_code != 200:
+        raise CohereError(message=response.text, status_code=response.status_code)
+
+    if "stream" in optional_params and optional_params["stream"] == True:
+        return response.iter_lines()
+    else:
+        ## LOGGING
+        logging_obj.post_call(
+            input=prompt,
+            api_key=api_key,
+            original_response=response.text,
+            additional_args={"complete_input_dict": data},
+        )
+        print_verbose(f"raw model_response: {response.text}")
+        ## RESPONSE OBJECT
+        completion_response = response.json()
+        try:
+            model_response.choices[0].message.content = completion_response["text"]  # type: ignore
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise CohereError(message=response.text, status_code=response.status_code)
+
+        ## CALCULATING USAGE - use cohere `billed_units` for returning usage
+        billed_units = completion_response.get("meta", {}).get("billed_units", {})
+
+        prompt_tokens = billed_units.get("input_tokens", 0)
+        completion_tokens = billed_units.get("output_tokens", 0)
+
+        model_response["created"] = int(time.time())
+        model_response["model"] = model
+        usage = Usage(
+            prompt_tokens=prompt_tokens,
+            completion_tokens=completion_tokens,
+            total_tokens=prompt_tokens + completion_tokens,
+        )
+        model_response.usage = usage
+        return model_response
diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 06ba78c2b..509830631 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ from .llms import (
     ollama_chat,
     cloudflare,
     cohere,
+    cohere_chat,
     petals,
     oobabooga,
     openrouter,
@@ -1287,6 +1288,46 @@ def completion(
                 )
                 return response
             response = model_response
+        elif custom_llm_provider == "cohere_chat":
+            cohere_key = (
+                api_key
+                or litellm.cohere_key
+                or get_secret("COHERE_API_KEY")
+                or get_secret("CO_API_KEY")
+                or litellm.api_key
+            )
+
+            api_base = (
+                api_base
+                or litellm.api_base
+                or get_secret("COHERE_API_BASE")
+                or "https://api.cohere.ai/v1/chat"
+            )
+
+            model_response = cohere_chat.completion(
+                model=model,
+                messages=messages,
+                api_base=api_base,
+                model_response=model_response,
+                print_verbose=print_verbose,
+                optional_params=optional_params,
+                litellm_params=litellm_params,
+                logger_fn=logger_fn,
+                encoding=encoding,
+                api_key=cohere_key,
+                logging_obj=logging,  # model call logging done inside the class as we make need to modify I/O to fit aleph alpha's requirements
+            )
+
+            if "stream" in optional_params and optional_params["stream"] == True:
+                # don't try to access stream object,
+                response = CustomStreamWrapper(
+                    model_response,
+                    model,
+                    custom_llm_provider="cohere_chat",
+                    logging_obj=logging,
+                )
+                return response
+            response = model_response
         elif custom_llm_provider == "maritalk":
             maritalk_key = (
                 api_key
diff --git a/litellm/model_prices_and_context_window_backup.json b/litellm/model_prices_and_context_window_backup.json
index 18c4b0d9a..55762982f 100644
--- a/litellm/model_prices_and_context_window_backup.json
+++ b/litellm/model_prices_and_context_window_backup.json
@@ -981,35 +981,45 @@
         "litellm_provider": "gemini",
         "mode": "chat"
     },
-    "command-nightly": {
+
+    "cohere_chat/command-r": {
+        "max_tokens": 128000, 
+        "max_input_tokens": 128000,
+        "max_output_tokens": 4096,
+        "input_cost_per_token": 0.00000050,
+        "output_cost_per_token": 0.0000015,
+        "litellm_provider": "cohere_chat",
+        "mode": "chat"
+    },
+    "cohere_chat/command-light": {
+        "max_tokens": 4096,
+        "input_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
+        "output_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
+        "litellm_provider": "cohere_chat",
+        "mode": "chat"
+    },
+    "cohere/command-nightly": {
         "max_tokens": 4096,
         "input_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "output_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "litellm_provider": "cohere",
         "mode": "completion"
     },
-     "command": {
+     "cohere/command": {
         "max_tokens": 4096,
         "input_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "output_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "litellm_provider": "cohere",
         "mode": "completion"
     },
-     "command-light": {
+     "cohere/command-medium-beta": {
         "max_tokens": 4096,
         "input_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "output_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "litellm_provider": "cohere",
         "mode": "completion"
     },
-     "command-medium-beta": {
-        "max_tokens": 4096,
-        "input_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
-        "output_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
-        "litellm_provider": "cohere",
-        "mode": "completion"
-    },
-     "command-xlarge-beta": {
+     "cohere/command-xlarge-beta": {
         "max_tokens": 4096,
         "input_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "output_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index 2b372f57a..b86d16c56 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -1984,6 +1984,50 @@ def test_completion_cohere():
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
 
 
+# FYI - cohere_chat looks quite unstable, even when testing locally
+def test_chat_completion_cohere():
+    try:
+        litellm.set_verbose = True
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "system", "content": "You're a good bot"},
+            {
+                "role": "user",
+                "content": "Hey",
+            },
+        ]
+        response = completion(
+            model="cohere_chat/command-r",
+            messages=messages,
+            max_tokens=10,
+        )
+        print(response)
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
+
+
+def test_chat_completion_cohere_stream():
+    try:
+        litellm.set_verbose = False
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "system", "content": "You're a good bot"},
+            {
+                "role": "user",
+                "content": "Hey",
+            },
+        ]
+        response = completion(
+            model="cohere_chat/command-r",
+            messages=messages,
+            max_tokens=10,
+            stream=True,
+        )
+        print(response)
+        for chunk in response:
+            print(chunk)
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
+
+
 def test_azure_cloudflare_api():
     litellm.set_verbose = True
     try:
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 262935faa..3c1bf989a 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -7411,7 +7411,9 @@ def exception_type(
                         model=model,
                         response=original_exception.response,
                     )
-            elif custom_llm_provider == "cohere":  # Cohere
+            elif (
+                custom_llm_provider == "cohere" or custom_llm_provider == "cohere_chat"
+            ):  # Cohere
                 if (
                     "invalid api token" in error_str
                     or "No API key provided." in error_str
@@ -8544,6 +8546,29 @@ class CustomStreamWrapper:
         except:
             raise ValueError(f"Unable to parse response. Original response: {chunk}")
 
+    def handle_cohere_chat_chunk(self, chunk):
+        chunk = chunk.decode("utf-8")
+        data_json = json.loads(chunk)
+        print_verbose(f"chunk: {chunk}")
+        try:
+            text = ""
+            is_finished = False
+            finish_reason = ""
+            if "text" in data_json:
+                text = data_json["text"]
+            elif "is_finished" in data_json and data_json["is_finished"] == True:
+                is_finished = data_json["is_finished"]
+                finish_reason = data_json["finish_reason"]
+            else:
+                return
+            return {
+                "text": text,
+                "is_finished": is_finished,
+                "finish_reason": finish_reason,
+            }
+        except:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unable to parse response. Original response: {chunk}")
+
     def handle_azure_chunk(self, chunk):
         is_finished = False
         finish_reason = ""
@@ -9073,6 +9098,15 @@ class CustomStreamWrapper:
                     model_response.choices[0].finish_reason = response_obj[
                         "finish_reason"
                     ]
+            elif self.custom_llm_provider == "cohere_chat":
+                response_obj = self.handle_cohere_chat_chunk(chunk)
+                if response_obj is None:
+                    return
+                completion_obj["content"] = response_obj["text"]
+                if response_obj["is_finished"]:
+                    model_response.choices[0].finish_reason = response_obj[
+                        "finish_reason"
+                    ]
             elif self.custom_llm_provider == "bedrock":
                 if self.sent_last_chunk:
                     raise StopIteration
diff --git a/model_prices_and_context_window.json b/model_prices_and_context_window.json
index 18c4b0d9a..55762982f 100644
--- a/model_prices_and_context_window.json
+++ b/model_prices_and_context_window.json
@@ -981,35 +981,45 @@
         "litellm_provider": "gemini",
         "mode": "chat"
     },
-    "command-nightly": {
+
+    "cohere_chat/command-r": {
+        "max_tokens": 128000, 
+        "max_input_tokens": 128000,
+        "max_output_tokens": 4096,
+        "input_cost_per_token": 0.00000050,
+        "output_cost_per_token": 0.0000015,
+        "litellm_provider": "cohere_chat",
+        "mode": "chat"
+    },
+    "cohere_chat/command-light": {
+        "max_tokens": 4096,
+        "input_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
+        "output_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
+        "litellm_provider": "cohere_chat",
+        "mode": "chat"
+    },
+    "cohere/command-nightly": {
         "max_tokens": 4096,
         "input_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "output_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "litellm_provider": "cohere",
         "mode": "completion"
     },
-     "command": {
+     "cohere/command": {
         "max_tokens": 4096,
         "input_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "output_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "litellm_provider": "cohere",
         "mode": "completion"
     },
-     "command-light": {
+     "cohere/command-medium-beta": {
         "max_tokens": 4096,
         "input_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "output_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "litellm_provider": "cohere",
         "mode": "completion"
     },
-     "command-medium-beta": {
-        "max_tokens": 4096,
-        "input_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
-        "output_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
-        "litellm_provider": "cohere",
-        "mode": "completion"
-    },
-     "command-xlarge-beta": {
+     "cohere/command-xlarge-beta": {
         "max_tokens": 4096,
         "input_cost_per_token": 0.000015,
         "output_cost_per_token": 0.000015,