How do I connect Openai to Operator?

Connecting Openai is a one time sign in from your Operator dashboard. Operator keeps the connection live and rotates the token on its own, so the agent stays connected to Openai and you never reauthorize by hand.

Can my agent run Openai as part of a larger task?

Yes. It can call Openai mid task, hand it the input, and use what comes back in the next step. So a job that involves generating, classifying, or analyzing something can route through Openai without you stitching the calls together yourself.

Do I need to write code or manage Openai API keys?

No. Operator manages the Openai connection and token refresh, so there are no API keys to paste and nothing to deploy.

Can my agent use Openai together with my other apps?

Yes. The same agent reaches every app you connect, so it can move between Openai and tools like Datarobot, Chatbotkit, Griptape in one job, reading from one and acting in another without you wiring anything between them.

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Operator runs your personal agent on OpenClaw, the open source agent framework, and points it straight at Openai. You message the agent on Telegram or Discord, tell it what you need in plain language, and it operates Openai on its own, running actions like add upload part, cancel batch, cancel evaluation run.

Your agent reaches Openai directly or through connectors like Composio MCP and Pipedream MCP, which handle the sign in and token refresh for you, so there is nothing to wire up and no API keys to paste.

What your agent can do with Openai

Your agent can call any of these Openai actions by name as part of a larger task. Ask for the outcome you want and it picks the right ones.

Add Upload Part

Tool to add a part (chunk of bytes) to an Upload object. Use when uploading large files in chunks, with each part up to 64 MB.

Cancel batch

Tool to cancel an in-progress batch. Use when you need to stop a batch that is currently processing. The batch will be in status 'cancelling' for up to 10 minutes before changing to 'cancelled', where partial results (if any) will be ava...

Cancel evaluation run

Tool to cancel an ongoing evaluation run. Use when you need to stop an evaluation run that is currently in progress.

Cancel Response

Tool to cancel a background model response by its ID. Use when you need to stop a response that was created with the 'background' parameter set to true. Only background responses can be cancelled; attempting to cancel a non-background re...

Cancel Run

Tool to cancel a run that is currently in progress. Use when you need to stop an assistant run that is taking too long or is no longer needed. The run's status will transition to 'cancelling' and then 'cancelled'.

Cancel upload

Tool to cancel an upload. Use when you need to stop an upload that is in progress. No parts may be added after cancellation.

Compact Response

Tool to compact a conversation or response to reduce token usage. Use when you need to reduce the size of long conversations while preserving important context. Either provide an array of input messages or reference a previous response I...

Create Audio Transcription

Tool to transcribe audio files to text via OpenAI Audio Transcriptions API. Use when you need to convert speech in audio files to written text, optionally with timestamps or speaker diarization.

Create Audio Translation

Tool to translate audio files to English text via OpenAI Audio Translations API. Use when you need to convert speech in audio files (any language) to English text.

Create Batch

Tool to create and execute a batch from an uploaded file of requests. Use after uploading a JSONL file with purpose 'batch' to process multiple API requests in a single batch operation.

Create Chat Completion

Tool to create a chat completion response from OpenAI models. Use for conversational AI, text generation, function calling, multimodal tasks with vision/audio, and structured JSON outputs. Supports advanced features like reasoning models...

Create Completion (Legacy)

Tool to generate text completions using OpenAI's legacy Completions API. Use for single-turn text generation with models like gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct. Note: This endpoint is legacy; prefer Chat Completions for newer models.

Create Container

Tool to create a new container with configurable memory, expiration, file access, and network policies. Use when you need to provision an isolated execution environment.

Create Container File

Tool to create a file in a container. Use when adding files to an existing container either by referencing an uploaded file ID or by uploading raw file content directly.

Create Conversation

Tool to create a new conversation for multi-turn interactions. Use when initializing a persistent conversation with optional starter messages.

Create Conversation Items

Tool to create items in a conversation with the given ID. Use when adding messages or other items to an existing conversation.

Create Embeddings

Tool to generate text embeddings via the OpenAI embeddings endpoint. Use for search, clustering, recommendations, and vector database storage workflows.

Create Eval

Tool to create an evaluation structure for testing a model's performance. An evaluation is a set of testing criteria and data source config that dictates the schema of data used in the evaluation. Use when setting up automated testing fo...

Create Evaluation Run

Tool to create a new evaluation run for testing model configurations. Use when you need to kick off an evaluation with a specific data source and model configuration to test.

Create fine-tuning job

Tool to create a fine-tuning job which begins the process of creating a new model from a given dataset. Use when you need to start fine-tuning a model with your training data. Response includes details of the enqueued job including job s...

Generate Image

Tool to generate an image via the OpenAI Images API and return hosted image asset URL and metadata. Use when you need to create images from text descriptions for single-shot image generation.

Edit Image

Tool to create edited or extended images via OpenAI Images Edit API. Use when you need to modify existing images based on a text prompt, with optional mask support for targeted edits.

Create Image Variation

Tool to create a variation of a given image using the OpenAI Images API. Use when you need to generate alternative versions of an existing image. Only supports dall-e-2 model.

Create Message

Tool to create a new message in a specific thread. Appends the message only — does not trigger a model response; create a separate run to obtain assistant replies. Use when adding messages to an existing conversation after confirming the...

Create Moderation

Tool to classify text and/or image inputs for potentially harmful content via the OpenAI Moderation API. Use for content safety checks, filtering user-generated content, or monitoring for policy violations across 13 harm categories inclu...

Create Realtime Call

Tool to create a Realtime API call over WebRTC and receive the SDP answer needed to complete the peer connection. Use when initiating a bidirectional audio/data WebRTC session with OpenAI's Realtime API. Returns the SDP answer and call I...

Create Realtime Client Secret

Tool to create an ephemeral client secret for authenticating Realtime API connections. Use when you need to establish a WebSocket connection to OpenAI's Realtime API for voice or streaming interactions.

Create Realtime Session

Tool to create an ephemeral API token for client-side Realtime API applications. Use when setting up browser-based real-time audio/text interactions.

Create Realtime Transcription Session

Tool to create an ephemeral API token for realtime transcriptions via the Realtime API. Use when you need to authenticate browser clients for realtime audio transcription sessions. Returns a session object with a client_secret containing...

Create Response

Tool to generate a one-shot model response via the Responses API. Use for multimodal analysis (image + text), OCR/text extraction from images, or structured JSON outputs. For structured outputs, configure text.format with type='json_sche...

Create Run

Tool to create a run on a thread with an assistant. Use when you need to execute an assistant to generate responses. Creating a message alone does not cause the assistant to respond; a run is the execution primitive. After creating the r...

Create Skill

Tool to create a skill from uploaded files. Use when you need to create a new skill with SKILL.md and supporting files.

Create Speech (TTS)

Tool to generate text-to-speech audio using OpenAI's Audio API. Use when you need to convert text to natural-sounding speech with a choice of voices and models. Returns a hosted audio file URL with metadata, not raw bytes.

Create Thread

Tool to create a new thread. Use when initializing a conversation with optional starter messages. Returns a thread_id that must be persisted and passed to all subsequent calls (e.g., OPENAI_CREATE_MESSAGE, OPENAI_RETRIEVE_THREAD). Create...

Create Thread And Run

Tool to create a thread and run it in one request. Use when you need to start a new conversation and immediately execute the assistant to generate a response. This is more efficient than calling create_thread and create_run separately.

Create Upload

Tool to create an intermediate Upload object for large file uploads. Use when uploading files larger than the direct upload limit by adding Parts to the Upload. The Upload accepts up to 8 GB total and expires after one hour if not comple...

Create Vector Store

Tool to create a new vector store. Use when you need to create a collection of processed files for file_search tools.

Create Vector Store File

Tool to create a vector store file by attaching a File to a vector store. Use when you need to add files to a vector store for file search capabilities.

Create vector store file batch

Tool to create a vector store file batch. Use when attaching multiple files to a vector store for file search capabilities.

Create Video

Tool to create a video using Sora models via the OpenAI Videos API. Use when you need to generate videos from text descriptions. The response includes a job ID and status for tracking the asynchronous video generation process.

Create Video Remix

Tool to create a video remix from an existing generated video using OpenAI's Video API. Use when you need to transform or modify a previously generated video based on a new prompt. The remix operation creates a new video job that applies...

Delete assistant

Tool to delete a specific assistant by its ID. Use when you need to remove an assistant after confirming its ID. Deletion is irreversible and permanently removes all assistant configuration.

Delete chat completion

Tool to delete a stored chat completion by its ID. Use when you need to remove a chat completion that was created with store=true.

Delete container

Tool to delete a specific container by its ID. Use when you need to remove a container after confirming its ID.

Delete container file

Tool to delete a file from a container. Use when you need to remove a file from a specific container by providing both container ID and file ID.

Delete conversation

Tool to delete a conversation by its ID. Items in the conversation will not be deleted. Use when you need to remove a conversation.

Delete conversation item

Tool to delete an item from a conversation with the given IDs. Use when you need to remove a specific message or item from a conversation.

Delete evaluation

Tool to delete a specific evaluation by its ID. Use when you need to remove an evaluation after confirming its ID.

Plus 78 more Openai actions your agent can call.

How to connect Openai

You authorize Openai once from your dashboard. Operator holds the connection and refreshes the access tokens on its own, so your agent keeps working with Openai without you signing in again. The same setup unlocks every other app your agent can reach, so you only do it once.

When you are ready, the get started guide walks through standing up your OpenClaw agent.

Common questions about Openai

How do I connect Openai to Operator?: Connecting Openai is a one time sign in from your Operator dashboard. Operator keeps the connection live and rotates the token on its own, so the agent stays connected to Openai and you never reauthorize by hand.
Can my agent run Openai as part of a larger task?: Yes. It can call Openai mid task, hand it the input, and use what comes back in the next step. So a job that involves generating, classifying, or analyzing something can route through Openai without you stitching the calls together yourself.
Do I need to write code or manage Openai API keys?: No. Operator manages the Openai connection and token refresh, so there are no API keys to paste and nothing to deploy.
Can my agent use Openai together with my other apps?: Yes. The same agent reaches every app you connect, so it can move between Openai and tools like Datarobot, Chatbotkit, Griptape in one job, reading from one and acting in another without you wiring anything between them.

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