One-Off vs Chat-Based LLM Interactions

1. One-Off LLM Calls

Characteristics

• Single request-response pattern
• No context maintenance
• Simpler implementation
• Lower token usage
• Better for standalone tasks

Best Use Cases

• Text completion
• Single question answering
• Format conversion
• Simple analysis tasks
• Code generation
• Translation

2. Chat-Based Interactions

Characteristics

• Maintains conversation history
• Understands context from previous messages