Openai docs skill

Skill autohandai/community-skills/openai-docs-skill

Query the OpenAI developer documentation via the OpenAI Docs MCP server using CLI (curl/jq). Use whenever a task involves the OpenAI API (Responses, Chat Completions, Realtime, etc.), OpenAI SDKs, ChatGPT Apps SDK, Codex, MCP integrations, endpoint schemas, parameters, limits, or migrations and you need up-to-date official guidance.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add autohandai/community-skills --skill openai-docs-skill

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OpenAI Docs MCP Skill

Overview

Use the OpenAI developer documentation MCP server from the shell to search and fetch authoritative docs. Always do this for OpenAI platform work instead of relying on memory or non-official sources.

Core rules

Always use this skill for OpenAI API/SDK/Apps/Codex questions or when precise, current docs are required.
Query the MCP server via the CLI wrapper in scripts/openai-docs-mcp.sh (do not rely on Codex MCP tools).
Use search or list to find the best doc page, then fetch the page (or anchor) for exact text.
Surface the doc URL you used in your response so sources are clear.

Quick start

scripts/openai-docs-mcp.sh search "Responses API" 5
scripts/openai-docs-mcp.sh fetch https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/migrate-to-responses

Workflow

Discover: search with a focused query. If unsure, use list to browse.
Read: fetch the most relevant URL (optionally add an anchor).
Apply: summarize and/or quote relevant sections; include the URL.

Script reference

The CLI wrapper is at scripts/openai-docs-mcp.sh and uses curl + jq against https://developers.openai.com/mcp.

Subcommands:

init: initialize and inspect server capabilities.
tools: list available tools on the MCP server.
search <query> [limit] [cursor]: return JSON hits from the docs index.
list [limit] [cursor]: browse docs index.
fetch <url> [anchor]: return markdown for a doc page or section.
endpoints: list OpenAPI endpoints.
openapi <endpoint-url> [lang1,lang2] [code-only]: fetch OpenAPI schema or code samples.

Environment:

MCP_URL: override the default MCP endpoint.

What ships with it

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Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most docs writing skills give in 431 tokens

Counted across 1,637 of the 3,044 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-08-07

Announce the skill at startin 54 of 1637, across 26 files
Convert legacy doc files before editingin 45 of 1637, across 7 files
Predict questions readers might askin 42 of 1637, across 4 files
Generate clarifying questions for initial contextin 42 of 1637, across 3 files
Create document scaffold with placeholder textin 42 of 1637, across 3 files
Brainstorm content options for each sectionin 42 of 1637, across 3 files
Test the document with a fresh context-less instancein 42 of 1637, across 3 files
Include exact file paths in every taskin 42 of 1637, across 15 files
Ask interview questions one at a timein 42 of 1637, across 27 files
Apply surgical edits during refinementin 41 of 1637, across 2 files
Offer structured workflow or freeformin 40 of 1637, across 1 file
Ask for document meta-contextin 40 of 1637, across 2 files

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