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name: what-each-model-call-is-sent
description: Apply the What each model call is actually sent: prompt, reply and tool results, per model article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# What each model call is actually sent: prompt, reply and tool results, per model

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/what-each-model-call-is-sent). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/what-each-model-call-is-sent.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/what-each-model-call-is-sent/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

The question In a coding session, turn 2 is billed as what? Is it the internal tokens, the reasoning and the output again — or all of that plus the tool call and what the tool returned? This page answers it from 78,472 recorded model calls 

## Representations

- Human: /a/what-each-model-call-is-sent
- JSON: /api/articles/what-each-model-call-is-sent
- Relationships: /api/articles/what-each-model-call-is-sent/topology
- History: /api/articles/what-each-model-call-is-sent/revisions