User Guide: Applications

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Application Development

Application types — Large language models have limitations in processing private knowledge, accessing real-time information, following fixed procedures, and pla
Agent application — Large language models cannot access proprietary knowledge bases or retrieve real-time information

Call applications — You can integrate Model Studio applications—such as agents, workflows, or agent orchestrations—into your business systems using the DashScop
Custom application parameter pass-through — Pass custom parameters, primarily to custom plugins and custom nodes, when calling Alibaba Cloud Model Studio's Agent Application and Workfl

Assistant API quick start (Sunsetting) — The Assistant API provides development tools for managing conversation messages and calling tools
Function calling (Deprecated) — The Assistant API supports function calling

Knowledge base — A knowledge base supplements a large language model with private data and current information
RAG performance optimization — If you encounter incomplete knowledge retrieval or inaccurate content with the retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) feature in Alibaba Cloud
Knowledge base API — The Alibaba Cloud Model Studio knowledge base provides open APIs that enable you to integrate with your existing business systems, automate
Knowledge base quotas and limits — Usage quotasCategoryDescriptionLimitNumber of knowledge basesThe number of knowledge bases that can be created by each Alibaba Cloud account

Permission management — Alibaba Cloud Model Studio offers granular access control at the console and model level, helping organizations manage users across multiple

in-Plug-in overview — Models have limitations: they cannot access the latest information, are prone to hallucination, and struggle with precise calculations
in-Official plug-ins — Models may need additional capabilities for specific tasks such as real-time web searches and image processing
in-Custom plug-ins — When the official plug-ins in Alibaba Cloud Model Studio do not meet your business requirements, you can create custom plug-ins to integrate

Prompt template overview — Designing prompts for different business scenarios is time-consuming and hard to maintain
Custom prompt templates — Building high-quality prompts from scratch is time-consuming and can lead to inconsistent results
Automatic prompt optimization — Crafting high-quality prompts can be time-consuming and require specialized knowledge

FAQ — Resolve Model Studio pitfalls: optimize RAG agent retrieval accuracy, handle Assistant API parameters like stream and max_tokens, control cu