OpenAI API Key

Use this skill only in Codex local/app sessions. Create keys through the secure OpenAI Platform connector, keep plaintext out of normal tool output, and write secrets only to a confirmed local destination.

When To Use

Use this skill as the credential gate for API-backed work, not as the app, docs, or frontend implementation skill.

Use it when:

• The user asks for an OpenAI API key, OPENAI_API_KEY, or an sk-proj key.
• Codex will build, implement, run, test, debug, or configure an app, script, CLI, generator, UI, or tool that calls the OpenAI API, even before a live request and even if a usable key already exists.
• The user asks Codex to build, implement, run, or configure an app, script, CLI, generator, or tool that uses AI to produce outputs from user input.
• The user asks for an AI-powered app or UI that generates output from one or more input fields, forms, prompts, files, or other user-provided values.
• The user says "using AI" in an app/script/build request and does not name a different provider.

Do not use it when: