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Updated Sep 22, 2026
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Openings

How Dots3-Note Preview starts an answer

The first lines of 5 of its 24 written answers. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Adversarial Contract Review

Here is a contract for a software consulting engagement: --- SOFTWARE CONSULTING AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between TechCorp…

1,522 words
Of course. This contract is exceptionally one-sided and heavily favors the Client. A contractor should not sign this agreement as written. Here is a detailed analysis of the exploitable clauses, suggested modifications, and the legal reasoning behind them.
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Advanced Longevity Plan (Biohacker)

Develop a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive…

1,519 words
Of course. Here is a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity and performance plan for a biohacker. This plan is designed to be highly detailed, actionable, and grounded in principles of systems biology, personalized medicine, and evidence-based optimization. Disclaimer: This plan is for educational purposes only.
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Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

1,286 words
Of course. This is a classic and challenging architecture. While it's a good starting point, it has several critical issues that would lead to a poor user experience and data integrity problems at scale.
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Historical Counterfactual Analysis

If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through…

1,271 words
Excellent and fascinating question. Inventing the transistor in 1920, a full 27 years before our timeline, would have created a technological tsunami that fundamentally reshaped the 20th century. The effects would be profound, interconnected, and often unpredictable.
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Movie Analysis

Analyze the themes, symbolism, and cinematography in the movie "Blade Runner 2049" and how they connect to the original film. Provide a…

1,253 words
Of course. Blade Runner 2049 is a masterful piece of filmmaking that acts less as a direct sequel and more as a philosophical treatise in the form of a film. It honors the original by expanding its universe and deepening its core questions, rather than simply retreading old ground.
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Dots3-Note Preview vs Grok 4.654 shared prompts · Landed Aug 2026
Dots3-Note Preview vs Seed 2.0 Code54 shared prompts · Landed Aug 2026
Dots3-Note Preview vs Seed 2.1 Turbo54 shared prompts · Landed Aug 2026
Dots3-Note Preview vs Gemini 3.7 Flash54 shared prompts · Landed Aug 2026
Dots3-Note Preview vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 073142 shared prompts · Landed Aug 2026

Prompts Dots3-Note Preview answered

  • Mini LBO Underwritefinancial modeling
  • Adversarial Contract Reviewreasoning
  • Historical Counterfactual Analysisreasoning
  • Gravitational Waves Animationweb design
  • Pokémon Battle UI Recreationweb design
  • Movie Analysisanalysis

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Dots3-Note Preview

Dots3-Note Preview

Dots3-Note Preview is an open-weight mixture-of-experts model from Dots Studio, with 16B active parameters out of 280B total. It is the lightest model in the Dots 3 family and is suited for reasoning, coding, multimodal understanding, long-context processing, and multi-step agent workflows.

OpenRouterDocsGitHubBlog
Provider
Dots Studio
Released
2026-08-14
Size
LARGE
Free API (OpenRouter)
Yes, 1 provider (via OpenRouter)
Per 1M tokens
$0.00 in · $0.00 out
Rival’s tab
$0.00
58/58 receipts survived

Free API endpoint listed

Dots3-Note Preview has a free endpoint in Rival’s OpenRouter listings. Free requests have usage limits and depend on provider availability.

Provider data: 22 Sep 2026 · OpenRouter usage limits

View free endpoint↗
Get API accessProvider and language code samples
Provider
fromimport openai  OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"    base_url=,
"$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"    api_key=,
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
"dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free"    model=,
"role""user""content""Hello!"    messages=[{: , : }],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your OpenRouter API key from openrouter.ai/keys.

Deep analysisPsychometrics, taste index, writing DNA
Writing DNA

Stylometric Fingerprint

Based on 26 text responses
Tick = global average
Vocabulary Diversity51%

Unique words vs. total words. Higher = richer vocabulary.

Sentence Length17.1 words

Average words per sentence.

Hedging0.60

"Might", "perhaps", "arguably" per 100 words.

Bold Formatting4.0

**Bold** markers per 1,000 characters.

List Usage2.9

Bullet and numbered list items per 1,000 characters.

Section Structure0.55

Markdown headings per 1,000 characters.

Emoji Usage0.00

Emoji per 1,000 characters.

Transitions0.21

"However", "moreover", "furthermore" per 100 words.

Opening Habits
Starts with greeting (54%)
Consistency
79%
Across 26 responses

Favorites

The Shawshank Redemption

Movie

The Shawshank Redemption

19948.7
The Dark Side of the Moon

Album

The Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd
The Great Gatsby

Book

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Paris

City

Paris

France
Elden Ring

Game

Elden Ring

Action, RPG4.4

Default Index

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60

0 to 100, lower is fewer defaults. 50 is the middle of the crowd before it.

#162 of 193, least default first

  • Light theme14 of 19 pages · 57% of the crowd
  • Set in System sans14 of 19 pages · 57% of the crowd
  • Cards that lift on hover10 of 19 pages · 40% of the crowd
  • Programming joke: Programmers prefer dark mode56% of the crowd
  • Pantry recipe: Pasta or noodles42% of the crowd
  • Satirical headline: THE DAILY CHRONICLE | TECH SECTIONnobody before it

Model Responses

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