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Original: Simon Willison · 29/03/2026

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Summary

Simon Willison discusses the inner workings of the Pretext tool in this article, highlighting its features and benefits for LLM developments.

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“Sponsor me for $10/month and get a curated email digest of the month’s most important LLM developments.” — Promotional section encouraging readers to support the author.
“Pay me to send you less!” — A humorous take on subscription models in the context of content delivery.

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This is a beat by Simon Willison, posted on 29th March 2026. Monthly briefing Sponsor me for $10/month and get a curated email digest of the month’s most important LLM developments. Pay me to send you less! Sponsor & subscribe

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Originally published at https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/29/pretext-explainer/#atom-everything.