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Builders are trying a new kind of model that returns a typed answer, not text. They use it for fast, cheap sorting steps in agent workflows
AI in Product
- Builders describe a new kind of model that returns a typed answer and a probability instead of text.
- Dozens of experiments on X, Reddit, and vendor blogs put it at the sorting and routing steps of an agent workflow for cents.
- Several of the same builders say the idea is old and only the speed and price are new.
- Two weeks after the first launch, OpenAI and Cloudflare shipped their own decision models.
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First seen 1 Jun 2026
If you are a PM
BeforeNow
A big model does every sorting stepPrice one step on a faster model
Every answer is treated as sureSend unsure cases to a person
Sorting runs only behind the scenesMake a fast step a user feature
BeforeNow
Model answers wait behind a spinner
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OpenAI newsopenai.com · 22 October 2026 · 7 posts
Build more responsive apps with the Decisions API…Using the Decisions API is simple: developers define a question and its allowed answers, then provide context as text, images, or native JSON. The API returns one of three supported answer types—a probability, choice, or score—that applications can use to determine what happens next. …
