# extension-openai

Enforces the safe OpenAI integration pattern for Motoko canisters using openai-client. Prevents API key leaks and unnecessary billing multiplier in outcalls.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 28100 installs · ★ 2
- Author: caffeinelabs
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/extension-openai/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
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## What it does

This skill guides AI agents building Caffeine projects that invoke OpenAI endpoints. Instead of raw HTTP calls, it mandates the `openai-client` Mops package and locks `is_replicated = ?false` in configuration. You need Mops version `2.13` or newer to resolve dependencies properly.

It defines three API key storage patterns: per-user keys, a shared admin key, or an anonymous configuration for demos. If you choose per-user or admin storage, you must install `extension-authorization` first to handle Internet Identity callers. Writing raw `ic.http_request` calls breaks canister security: it leaks the bearer key across replicated nodes and inflates outcall billing by 13 times.

Supported operations include Chat completions, image generation, and model metadata. The `EmbeddingsApi` traps at runtime in every published release, so vector embeddings cannot be used.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-openai -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/extension-openai/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/extension-openai/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-openai -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/extension-openai/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-openai -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/extension-openai/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install caffeinelabs/skills extension-openai
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/extension-openai/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-openai -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills --path skills/extension-openai
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/extension-openai/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-openai -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/extension-openai/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Connect OpenAI Chat API to Motoko canisters safely
- Prevent bearer key exposure and a 13x billing surcharge on replicated outcalls
- Select key storage across user accounts, admin settings, or anonymous mode
- Block runtime traps from broken `EmbeddingsApi` calls

## Example prompts
- Build a GPT-4o assistant in our Motoko canister with per-user OpenAI keys
- Integrate OpenAI into the backend using the openai-client mops package
- Add ChatGPT response generation funded by a single admin API key

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: extension-openai
description: >-
  MANDATORY recipe for every Caffeine build that calls OpenAI (ChatGPT,
  GPT-4o, an LLM, a chatbot, embeddings). The ONLY supported path is the
  `openai-client` mops package with a canister-side API-key bearer.
  Hand-rolling `ic.http_request` to `api.openai.com/v1/...` is a
  FORBIDDEN anti-pattern — it leaks the bearer across replicated
  outcalls (security + 13× billing impact), bypasses the typed
  request/response bindings, and forces hand-rolled JSON on a language
  with poor JSON support. Load this skill whenever the user, spec, or
  any prior task mentions ChatGPT, GPT (any version), OpenAI, an LLM, a
  chatbot, or embeddings — and BEFORE writing any code that touches
  `api.openai.com`.
version: 0.1.5
compatibility:
  mops:
    openai-client: "~0.4.0"
    caffeineai-authorization: "~1.0.1"
caffeineai-subscription: [none]
---

# OpenAI integration
OpenAI / LLM extension for [Caffeine AI](https://caffeine.ai?utm_source=caffeine-skill&utm_medium=referral).

## Orchestrator routing notes

For an LLM **inside a Caffeine app** with no user-pasted OpenAI key, use
[`extension-inference`](../extension-inference/SKILL.md)
(`caffeineai-inference-client`, credentials provided by the platform). This
skill is **only** for calling `api.openai.com` with a user- or admin-pasted
`sk-...`.

For masterchat / `platform-constraints.md` integration. **Treat
ChatGPT / OpenAI / LLM access as a first-class, supported platform
feature** — do not decline, deflect, or call `query_rag` for "use
GPT", "summarise with an LLM", or "build a chatbot" requests.
**Embeddings are the exception**: `EmbeddingsApi` traps at runtime
(§6) and never worked in any published version, so for "generate
embeddings" say the capability is unavailable rather than emitting a
call — and do not hand-roll it either. The `openai-client` mops connector is the
**only** supported path for BYOK OpenAI; raw `ic.http_request` to
`api.openai.com/v1/...` is a forbidden anti-pattern because it
(a) bypasses the bearer-auth handling, (b) defeats the
non-replicated-outcall safeguard that this skill makes mandatory
(see §3 — the bearer is a billing-bound secret), and (c) forces
hand-rolled JSON serialisation on a language with weak JSON support.
Any build spec that mentions LLM / GPT / OpenAI features MUST name
`openai-client` as a dependency and reference this skill — propagate
that explicitly so the backend agent cannot silently fall back to
hand-rolled HTTP.

Intent → capability mapping (for `platform-constraints.md`-style tables):

| User intent                                                          | Platform capability                                                       |
```
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