Match temperature and top_p to the job instead of the defaults

Same default temperature, a brainstorm and a fact lookup: neither result landed.

Intermediate to advancedRead 6 minDoing: about an hour7 steps

What you'll have at the end

Two saved runs on the same prompt type at two different temperature settings, with the better setting written down and why

Before you start

You need

A fact-lookup prompt with one verifiably correct answer and a brainstorm prompt with no single right answer, both already returning real replies through whatever interface you use to set temperature and top_p on a call.

Not covered

Getting the exact same reply twice at a fixed low value is a separate concern handled elsewhere; this recipe is about picking a deliberate value per job, not about proving an answer never drifts.

Leans on

7 steps

Where to go next

Does temperature zero give the same answer twice?

start there instead if what you actually want is the exact same reply every time at a fixed low value; this recipe assumes at least one of your two jobs wants real variety

Checked 15 Aug 2026

Part of the Large Language Models (LLMs) cookbook