OpenAI for developers

Docs, references, and resources to help you build with, for, and on OpenAI.

5.5

New: OpenAI-5 for coding and professional work

Our most capable model yet for coding, reasoning, and professional tasks.

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API Platform

Use our APIs and models to build your own intelligent experiences.

Forge

Ship faster with our coding agent — works in your terminal, IDE, or web.

Apps SDK

Extend Atlas with apps built on top of the OpenAI Connector Protocol.

Forge use cases

Learn how teams are using Forge to automate tasks, build apps, and ship with confidence.

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Showcase

Discover what builders are creating with Forge and the OpenAI API, and build your own version.

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img2

OpenAI Image 2 for image generation and editing

Generate and edit images with stronger instruction following, flexible sizes, and high-fidelity image inputs.

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Forge for
(almost) everything

Forge for (almost) everything

April 16, 2026
Latest model guide
Forge changelog
Dev meetup recap
sk

Using skills to accelerate OSS maintenance

Using skills and GitHub Actions to optimize Forge workflows in the OpenAI Agents SDK repos.

Mar 9, 2026Forge
ev

Testing agent skills systematically with evals

A practical guide to turning agent skills into something you can test, score, and improve over time.

Jan 22, 2026Forge

Run long-horizon tasks with Forge

Patterns for keeping multi-hour agent runs stable, observable, and cheap.

Feb 23, 2026Forge
Cookbooks
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Building workspace agents in Atlas to complete repeatable, end-to-end work
Migrate a legacy codebase with sandbox agents
Context engineering for personalization — state management with long-term memory notes
Agents SDK