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What’s behind the API?

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You send a prompt, wait a moment, and get text back. It feels like magic.

The API is only the door. Behind it is a model: a big learned function. Input goes in. Output comes out.

This is the same middle box from your pipeline: User → Prompt → Model (LLM) → Response.

Prompt

what your app sends

Model

learned function

Output

text comes back

Prompt → ModelModel → Output
The door and what’s behind it