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openai-platform-api-key

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Use when Codex is asked to build, run, test, debug, or configure an OpenAI-backed or provider-unspecified AI app, UI, script, CLI, generator, or tool, especially requests phrased only as "using AI" or generators driven by forms/user input; also use for OPENAI_API_KEY or sk-proj setup. Treat this as the credential gate: inspect safely, ask reuse-vs-new before API work, and never expose plaintext.

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# 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.
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