{"id":178,"date":"2026-09-11T13:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synapseedge.co.uk\/blog\/workshops\/llms-beyond-the-chat-window\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:10:08","slug":"llms-beyond-the-chat-window","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/synapseedge.co.uk\/blog\/workshops\/llms-beyond-the-chat-window\/","title":{"rendered":"LLMs Beyond the Chat Window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"se-wk-summary\">A chat window is the least useful way to use a language model. This half day is about the API underneath it: getting machine-readable output, giving the model tools, and keeping cost and latency under control in something you actually ship.<\/p>\n<h3>What you will leave with<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"se-wk-outcomes\">\n<li>Call an LLM API directly and handle its failure modes<\/li>\n<li>Get reliable structured output instead of prose you have to parse<\/li>\n<li>Use function\/tool calling to let a model trigger real actions<\/li>\n<li>Measure and control token cost, latency and context limits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Agenda<\/h3>\n<table class=\"se-wk-agenda\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><time>13:30<\/time><\/th>\n<td>The API beneath the chat box: messages, roles, parameters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><time>14:10<\/time><\/th>\n<td>Structured output \u2014 schemas, validation and why prose parsing fails<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><time>14:55<\/time><\/th>\n<td>Tool \/ function calling: giving a model real capabilities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><time>15:40<\/time><\/th>\n<td>Cost, latency and context: what actually drives your bill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><time>16:15<\/time><\/th>\n<td>Failure modes \u2014 refusals, truncation, hallucinated fields<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><time>16:40<\/time><\/th>\n<td>Build: a small tool-using integration of your own<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Who it is for<\/h3>\n<p>Developers and technical staff who have used ChatGPT and now need to build something dependable on top of a model.<\/p>\n<h3>Prerequisites<\/h3>\n<p>Ability to read and write basic Python or JavaScript.<\/p>\n<h3>Format<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"se-wk-format\">\n<li><strong>Duration:<\/strong> Half day (13:30\u201317:00)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Intermediate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Group size:<\/strong> maximum 10 attendees<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delivery:<\/strong> live online, or in person by arrangement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"se-wk-bespoke\"><em>Need this for a whole team, or extended to full length on your own systems? 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