Developer skill

OpenAI API Skill

Design and implement OpenAI-powered features such as chat, structured output, tool calling, image generation, and embeddings.

Best for

Developers building AI product features, internal tools, and agent workflows on top of OpenAI models.

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Use cases
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Prompts

Common use cases

When to use this skill

  • Choose the right model and response pattern for an AI feature.
  • Implement structured outputs and tool calls.
  • Add streaming chat or agent-style workflows.
  • Debug API usage, prompts, and response parsing.

Example prompts

Prompts you can adapt

Design an OpenAI API workflow for this feature with model choice, prompt shape, and structured output schema.
Debug this AI response parsing issue and suggest a more reliable implementation.

How to use it

A simple workflow

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Describe the product behavior and output contract.

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Use official documentation when model or API details may have changed.

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Test with representative inputs and failure cases.

FAQ

Questions about OpenAI API Skill

Should this skill always check docs?

Yes when the question depends on current model names, API parameters, pricing, or platform behavior.

What is the safest first implementation?

Start with a narrow output contract, representative examples, and visible error handling before adding agent complexity.