This is the official command-line client for the OpenAI REST API, provided as a GitHub repository with installation via Homebrew or go install, and runnable locally through a provided script. It exposes a resource-based command structure (openai subresource... flags) with separate authentication for standard API calls (OPENAI_API_KEY) and admin endpoints (OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY). The CLI includes extensive built-in help that works offline, tab completion, optional command insertion, and update-notice checks (disabled via OPENAI_CLI_NO_UPDATE_CHECK). Repository artifacts include docs, tests, changelog, contribution and security guidance, and release configuration.
Functionally it supports responses, file management, and image workflows with sensible defaults and scripting-friendly output. Files can be uploaded with a purpose, inspected, and downloaded by ID; images generated with prompts are saved (default model gpt-image-2.5-sunburst) to ~/Downloads/gpt-images/ unless overridden, images edit replaces the retired create-variation flow, and preview reopens saved images without an API call. JSON, JSONL, raw and YAML outputs are supported and readable by default; error reporting prints actionable summaries with an option to emit full error envelopes (format-error json). Global flags and environment variables control org/project, mTLS, webhook secrets, debug logging, and base URL for alternate backends.
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