Understanding How GPT Models Differentiate Between Questions and Instructions in API Usage

How does a GPT model determine whether a given prompt is a question or an instruction? When working with a GPT’s API how does it decide whether to perform a search or simply rephrase the input? If we use the model’s API, do we need to explicitly manage this behavior, or does the model handle it automatically?

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You need to manage the system prompt and the message explicitly when using the API.

You could look at their API library in the programming language of your choice - https://platform.openai.com/docs/libraries