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AI Sampling Settings Helper

Recommended temperature, top_p, top_k, and penalties for different use cases — code, creative, factual, reasoning.

Updated April 2026

Pick a use case and get a recommended sampling configuration for OpenAI-style APIs. Values are starting points—tune from here.

Use case

Temperature

0.90

top_p

0.95

top_k

presence

0.6

frequency

0.3

Rationale

High temperature and top_p encourage novel word choices; presence penalty pushes the model to explore new ideas.

JSON snippet

{
  "temperature": 0.9,
  "top_p": 0.95,
  "top_k": 80,
  "presence_penalty": 0.6,
  "frequency_penalty": 0.3
}

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What it does

Get recommended temperature, top_p, top_k, and penalty settings for your use case — with a short reason why.

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