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title: _temperature_
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  In this channel's material, **_temperature_** is one of the model controls —
  alongside **stop tokens** and **system prompts** — available in the **OpenAI
  playground**, where you configure a model request directly rather than through
  the chat interface. [^e9ff2088-b9c3-51c2-8d93-456b3cc1bccf@4362]
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  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/temperature-ce0420d26f82.md
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# \_temperature\_

Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/temperature-ce0420d26f82

Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

In this channel's material, **_temperature_** is one of the model controls — alongside **stop tokens** and **system prompts** — available in the **OpenAI playground**, where you configure a model request directly rather than through the chat interface. [^e9ff2088-b9c3-51c2-8d93-456b3cc1bccf@4362]

In the channel's captured material, **_temperature_** appears as one of the sampling controls available when working with a language model directly. It is mentioned alongside **stop tokens** and **system prompts** as a setting exposed in the **OpenAI playground** — the raw interface for constructing requests to a model, where Notion AI research engineer Linus Lee applies his more advanced prompt-engineering techniques. [^e9ff2088-b9c3-51c2-8d93-456b3cc1bccf@4362]The playground comes up in the conversation as the place for **single-turn, product-grade prompting** — techniques like chain-of-density drafting and *putting words in the model's mouth* via a fabricated chat history. Temperature is listed there as one of the dials you can turn when you want finer control over generation than the chat interface gives you. [^e9ff2088-b9c3-51c2-8d93-456b3cc1bccf@4362] The moment it appears: Lee is walking through advanced tricks from the playground and notes that it gives control over **temperature**, stop tokens, and system prompts — a reminder that behind the chat window sits a configurable model, not just a conversation. [^e9ff2088-b9c3-51c2-8d93-456b3cc1bccf@4362]The material names temperature as a playground control but does not elaborate on its settings, values, or effects — so this entry stays deliberately narrow and does not import outside definitions.- _Temperature_ appears in this channel's material as a **model-level setting** exposed in the OpenAI playground. [^e9ff2088-b9c3-51c2-8d93-456b3cc1bccf@4362]- It is grouped with **stop tokens** and **system prompts** among the controls used for advanced, single-turn prompt engineering. [^e9ff2088-b9c3-51c2-8d93-456b3cc1bccf@4362]- The captured material mentions the control without detailing how it works.