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Module 2 · How LLMs Work
How Prompt → Response Actually Works
Trace your prompt through the six stages of an LLM pipeline — from raw text to generated output. Click each stage to see what happens inside.
LLM Pipeline Animator
Stage Deep-Dive Cards
LLM Pipeline Animator
Click any stage to explore it, or hit Play All to watch the entire pipeline animate from start to finish.
LLM Processing Pipeline
Stage Deep-Dive Cards
Expand each card for a deeper look at what happens at every stage of the pipeline. Only one card can be open at a time.
Approximate Processing Time per Stage
Key insight: Understanding this pipeline changes how you write prompts. A clear, specific prompt produces cleaner tokens, more focused embeddings, sharper attention patterns, and higher-confidence predictions — resulting in better output. Every stage amplifies what came before it, so quality at the input stage cascades through the entire pipeline.