Introduction to LLMs for Beginners (opens in new tab)

We're going to build a command-line Topic Explainer that takes any subject and breaks it down for a chosen audience, from absolute beginner to expert. This is a solid first project if you are just getting started with LLMs because it teaches system prompts, message history, and streaming in one small script. I have shipped dozens of these internal tools, and this is the exact pattern I reach for first. What you'll need Python 3.10 or newer. The OpenAI SDK: pip install openai An Oxlo.ai API ke...