OpenAI Cookbook — Official Prompting Guides

Prompting Guides

GPT-5.2 Prompting Guide

Latest model best practices: structured outputs, tool use, chain-of-thought, system prompt design.

Codex Prompting Guide

Optimizing prompts for the Codex CLI agent: code generation, debugging, refactoring, multi-file edits.

Meta Prompting Guide

Using AI to improve your prompts: automated prompt optimization, self-critique patterns, prompt chaining.

Realtime Prompting Guide

Best practices for the Realtime API: voice interactions, streaming responses, latency optimization.

GPT-4.1 Prompting Guide

Instruction following, long context handling, agentic coding patterns.

Code Examples

The cookbook includes runnable Jupyter notebooks for:

• Function calling and tool use
• Embeddings and semantic search
• Fine-tuning workflows
• Batch processing
• Vision and multimodal
• Text-to-speech and speech-to-text

FAQ

Q: What is OpenAI Cookbook? A: Official prompting guides from OpenAI: GPT-5.2, Codex, Meta Prompting, and Realtime API guides. The definitive reference for OpenAI model optimization.

Q: How do I install OpenAI Cookbook? A: Check the Quick Use section above for step-by-step installation instructions. Most assets can be set up in under 2 minutes.