OpenAI - profClaw

OpenAI is the second-priority provider in profClaw’s auto-selection. GPT-4o and newer models support native function calling, vision, and streaming.

Supported Models

Model	ID	Context	Max Output	Tools	Vision	Input $/1M	Output $/1M
GPT-4o	`gpt-4o`	128K	16K	Yes	Yes	$2.50	$10.00
GPT-4o Mini	`gpt-4o-mini`	128K	16K	Yes	Yes	$0.15	$0.60
o1	`o1`	200K	100K	Yes	No	$15.00	$60.00
o1 Mini	`o1-mini`	128K	65K	Yes	No	$1.10	$4.40
o3 Mini	`o3-mini`	200K	100K	Yes	No	$1.10	$4.40

o1 and o3 models use internal chain-of-thought reasoning. They do not support streaming.

Setup

Get an API key

Set the environment variable

export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...

Verify

profclaw doctor --provider openai

Environment Variables

OPENAI_API_KEY

string

required

Your OpenAI API key. Format: sk-...

OPENAI_BASE_URL

string

Override the base URL. Use this for custom proxies or OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

Configuration Example

.env
settings.yml
Compatible endpoints

OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-proj-...

providers:
  openai:
    api_key: "${OPENAI_API_KEY}"
    # Optional: override base URL for proxies
    # base_url: "https://your-proxy.example.com/v1"

# Any OpenAI-compatible API
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-key
OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://your-compatible-endpoint/v1

Model Aliases

Alias	Model
`gpt`	gpt-4o
`gpt-mini`	gpt-4o-mini
`o1`	o1
`o1-mini`	o1-mini
`o3-mini`	o3-mini

Usage Examples

profclaw chat --model gpt "Summarize these release notes"
profclaw chat --model o3-mini "Solve this algorithm problem"
profclaw chat --model gpt-mini "Generate a commit message"

Notes

OPENAI_BASE_URL can point to any OpenAI-compatible API (LiteLLM, LocalAI, etc.).
GPT-4o is the default alias gpt - a good balance of capability and cost.
o1/o3 models are reasoning models - use them for complex problem solving. They do not stream.

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