🎨 Adjusting Style & Verbosity in Askimo

Askimo lets you customize how responses are generated by adjusting two parameters:

Style → controls the tone and creativity of responses.

Verbosity → controls the length and level of detail.

These settings help you balance precision vs creativity and brevity vs depth depending on your task.

⚙️ Parameters

  1. style

Enum(precise | balanced | creative) – default: balanced

  • precise → Factual, deterministic, concise. Best for technical or structured tasks.

  • balanced → A mix of clarity and readability. Best for general use.

  • creative → Imaginative, expressive, and exploratory. Best for brainstorming and ideation.

  1. verbosity

Enum(short | normal | long) – default: normal

  • short → Minimal answer (good for quick checks or saving tokens).

  • normal → Standard explanation with key details.

  • long → Extended explanation with background, examples, and context.

📖 Guidelines for Use

  • Use precise + short for data lookups or quick factual answers.

  • Use balanced + normal (default) for everyday Q&A.

  • Use creative + long for brainstorming, teaching, or storytelling.

Remember: higher verbosity may increase cost and response time.

💻 Setting Parameters in Askimo CLI 

askmimo> :setparam style precise
askmimo> :setparam verbosity short

Check current values:

askimo> :params
Provider : open_ai
Model    : gpt-4o

Parameters (current values):
  model = gpt-4o  (String) – Model name to use (e.g., gpt-4o, grok-4, llama3)
  style = precise  (Enum(precise|balanced|creative)) – Output style (determinism vs. creativity)  (suggestions: precise, balanced, creative)
  verbosity = long  (Enum(short|normal|long)) – Controls response length/cost  (suggestions: short, normal, long)
  api_key = sk-••••••ucAA  (String) – API key for the current provider

Use :setparam <key> <value> to change parameters.
Use :params --list to see available keys without values.