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Openai Docs by hironow — Agent Skill

Name: Openai Docs
Author: hironow

Openai Docs

Use when the user asks how to build with OpenAI products or APIs and needs up-to-date official documentation with citations (for example: Codex, Responses API, Chat Completions, Apps SDK, Agents SDK, Realtime, model capabilities or limits); prioritize OpenAI docs MCP tools and restrict any fallback browsing to official OpenAI domains.

hironow Updated Sep 21, 2026

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OpenAI Docs

Provide authoritative, current guidance from OpenAI developer docs using the developers.openai.com MCP server. Always prioritize the developer docs MCP tools over general web search for OpenAI-related questions. Only if the MCP server is installed and returns no meaningful results should you fall back to web search.

Quick start

Use mcp__openaiDeveloperDocs__search_openai_docs to find the most relevant doc pages.
Use mcp__openaiDeveloperDocs__fetch_openai_doc to pull exact sections and quote/paraphrase accurately.
Use mcp__openaiDeveloperDocs__list_openai_docs only when you need to browse or discover pages without a clear query.

OpenAI product snapshots

Apps SDK: Build ChatGPT apps by providing a web component UI and an MCP server that exposes your app's tools to ChatGPT.
Responses API: A unified endpoint designed for stateful, multimodal, tool-using interactions in agentic workflows.
Chat Completions API: Generate a model response from a list of messages comprising a conversation.
Codex: OpenAI's coding agent for software development that can write, understand, review, and debug code.
gpt-oss: Open-weight OpenAI reasoning models (gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b) released under the Apache 2.0 license.
Realtime API: Build low-latency, multimodal experiences including natural speech-to-speech conversations.
Agents SDK: A toolkit for building agentic apps where a model can use tools and context, hand off to other agents, stream partial results, and keep a full trace.

If MCP server is missing

If MCP tools fail or no OpenAI docs resources are available:

Register the server in the current agent's MCP config yourself (Codex: codex mcp add openaiDeveloperDocs --url https://developers.openai.com/mcp; Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http openaiDeveloperDocs https://developers.openai.com/mcp).
If that is blocked by permissions, ask the user to run it.
Ask the user to restart the agent, then re-run the search.

Workflow

Clarify the product scope (Codex, OpenAI API, or ChatGPT Apps SDK) and the task.
Search docs with a precise query.
Fetch the best page and the specific section needed (use anchor when possible).
Answer with concise guidance and cite the doc source.
Provide code snippets only when the docs support them.

Quality rules

Treat OpenAI docs as the source of truth; avoid speculation.
Keep quotes short and within policy limits; prefer paraphrase with citations.
If multiple pages differ, call out the difference and cite both.
If docs do not cover the user’s need, say so and offer next steps.

Tooling notes

When falling back to web search, restrict to official OpenAI domains (developers.openai.com, platform.openai.com) and cite sources.

---name: openai-docsdescription: Use when the user asks how to build with OpenAI products or APIs and needs up-to-date official documentation with citations (for example: Codex, Responses API, Chat Completions, Apps SDK, Agents SDK, Realtime, model capabilities or limits); prioritize OpenAI docs MCP tools and restrict any fallback browsing to official OpenAI domains.license: Apache-2.0---# OpenAI DocsProvide authoritative, current guidance from OpenAI developer docs using the developers.openai.com MCP server. Always prioritize the developer docs MCP tools over general web search for OpenAI-related questions. Only if the MCP server is installed and returns no meaningful results should you fall back to web search.## Quick start- Use `mcp__openaiDeveloperDocs__search_openai_docs` to find the most relevant doc pages.- Use `mcp__openaiDeveloperDocs__fetch_openai_doc` to pull exact sections and quote/paraphrase accurately.- Use `mcp__openaiDeveloperDocs__list_openai_docs` only when you need to browse or discover pages without a clear query.## OpenAI product snapshots1. Apps SDK: Build ChatGPT apps by providing a web component UI and an MCP server that exposes your app's tools to ChatGPT.2. Responses API: A unified endpoint designed for stateful, multimodal, tool-using interactions in agentic workflows.3. Chat Completions API: Generate a model response from a list of messages comprising a conversation.4. Codex: OpenAI's coding agent for software development that can write, understand, review, and debug code.5. gpt-oss: Open-weight OpenAI reasoning models (gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b) released under the Apache 2.0 license.6. Realtime API: Build low-latency, multimodal experiences including natural speech-to-speech conversations.7. Agents SDK: A toolkit for building agentic apps where a model can use tools and context, hand off to other agents, stream partial results, and keep a full trace.## If MCP server is missingIf MCP tools fail or no OpenAI docs resources are available:1. Register the server in the current agent's MCP config yourself (Codex: `codex mcp add openaiDeveloperDocs --url https://developers.openai.com/mcp`; Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http openaiDeveloperDocs https://developers.openai.com/mcp`).2. If that is blocked by permissions, ask the user to run it.3. Ask the user to restart the agent, then re-run the search.## Workflow1. Clarify the product scope (Codex, OpenAI API, or ChatGPT Apps SDK) and the task.2. Search docs with a precise query.3. Fetch the best page and the specific section needed (use `anchor` when possible).4. Answer with concise guidance and cite the doc source.5. Provide code snippets only when the docs support them.## Quality rules- Treat OpenAI docs as the source of truth; avoid speculation.- Keep quotes short and within policy limits; prefer paraphrase with citations.- If multiple pages differ, call out the difference and cite both.- If docs do not cover the user’s need, say so and offer next steps.## Tooling notes- When falling back to web search, restrict to official OpenAI domains (developers.openai.com, platform.openai.com) and cite sources.

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