Core Concepts
Tokens and pricing philosophy
Build with cost awareness from the first day.
Affordability by design
Conrad AI is designed to make useful AI affordable for developers who need production reliability without oversized cost curves.
Choose the right model, trim unnecessary prompt repetition, and summarize old context when chat histories get long.
Use shorter prompts
Trim repeated system instructions and unnecessary context.
Pick the right model
Not every request needs the deepest reasoning tier.
Set output caps
Use max_output_tokens to avoid over-generation.