# Myth: An AI Model Looks Things Up Before It Answers > Myth vs fact: by default a large language model answers from its training plus your prompt. Web search or file lookup is a separate step. Source: https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/visual/myth-ai-models-look-things-up · Updated 2026-10-01 · Free from Stepthrough (https://learn.ynteractive.com) [Myth vs fact](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/visual#format-myth-fact) · One graphic · [n8n](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/tool/n8n) By [Robert Breen](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/about) · Published October 1, 2026 · From the free lesson [n8n AI Agent Tutorial: Save Social Media Ideas to Google Sheets](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/n8n-ai-agent-tutorial-google-sheets) Myth vs fact: by default a large language model answers from its training plus your prompt. Web search or file lookup is a separate step. ## The myth An AI model **looks things up** before it answers. ## The fact Not by default. It answers from what it learned in training plus **what you put in the prompt**. Some products add web search or file lookup on top, which is a separate step. From the Stepthrough AI glossary: Large language model (LLM) **The full definition:** [What is a large language model (LLM)?](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/large-language-model) in the AI glossary, with an example from a free lesson, common confusions and tips. Businesses and people in the examples are made up. The steps, screens and wording come from the free lesson and the Stepthrough glossary and prompt library. ## Do it yourself, free **n8n AI Agent Tutorial: Save Social Media Ideas to Google Sheets**. Build an AI agent for BrightPath Marketing that generates social media post ideas and saves them to Google Sheets — chat trigger, AI Agent, system prompt, model, memory, and the Sheets tool. You do every step yourself in a practice copy of n8n, it checks your work as you go, and “Do it for me” finishes any step you get stuck on. Free, and nothing touches your real accounts. [Start the free lesson](https://learn.ynteractive.com/modules/n8n-ai-agent) [Or read the full step-by-step guide](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/n8n-ai-agent-tutorial-google-sheets) ## Related terms Plain-English definitions, each with an example from a free lesson. [Large language model (LLM)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/large-language-model) · [AI agent](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/ai-agent) · [API key](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/api-key) · [Append row](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/append-row) · [Brand voice](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/brand-voice) · [Chat Trigger](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/chat-trigger) · [n8n](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/n8n) · [OpenAI API](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/openai-api) [The full AI glossary](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary) ## Related prompts - [Email subject lines prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/email-subject-lines-prompt): Get ten honest subject lines for a finished email, each with preview text and a character count, grouped by approach so you can… - [Social post ideas prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/social-post-ideas-prompt): A four-part ChatGPT prompt for social post ideas built on your services and real customer questions: platform, hook and call to… - [Client monthly report prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/client-monthly-report-prompt): Turn your agency's monthly numbers and work log into a client report: what changed, what you did, what's next. Every number… - [Decline a request politely prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/decline-request-politely-prompt): A ChatGPT prompt for saying no to a customer clearly and kindly: the no up front, one honest reason, a real alternative, and no… [All free prompt templates](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts) ## From the blog - [n8n Triggers Explained: Which One Starts Your Workflow?](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/blog/n8n-triggers-explained): n8n triggers explained: schedule, Gmail, chat, webhook and form triggers, how to test each one, and how the trigger changes your AI Agent's prompt. - [What Is n8n? A Plain-English Guide for Business Owners](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/blog/what-is-n8n): What is n8n? A plain-English guide to workflows, nodes, triggers and credentials, with three real small-business examples and what n8n costs. - [n8n AI Agent Tutorial: Build Your First Agent](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/blog/n8n-ai-agent-tutorial): An n8n AI agent tutorial for beginners: chat trigger, AI Agent, OpenAI model, memory and a Google Sheets tool, built step by step and tested. ## More visual guides - [5 Steps to an n8n AI Agent That Saves to Google Sheets](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/visual/5-steps-n8n-ai-agent-google-sheets): A visual guide: build an n8n AI agent that writes social media ideas and saves each one as a Google Sheets row, in 5 steps from the free lesson. - [What Is an AI Agent? A Visual Guide](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/visual/term-ai-agent-explained): A visual guide to AI agents: AI that decides which steps to take and uses tools to take them, shown in a real n8n lesson, with tips to keep it safe. - [Myth: A 200 Status Means the Workflow Is Done](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/visual/myth-200-means-the-work-is-done): Myth vs fact: a 200 only means the server accepted the request. A webhook can answer before the workflow has done anything at all. [All visual guides](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/visual) · [All free tutorials](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content)