> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://noradocs.solomontsao.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Openai

# OpenAI

> Where to issue an OpenAI API key and connect it to Nora.

OpenAI integrations let your agents call GPT models, generate embeddings, render images via DALL-E, and transcribe audio with Whisper.

## Where to apply for credentials

<Card title="OpenAI API Keys" href="https://platform.openai.com/api-keys" icon="brain" arrow>
  [https://platform.openai.com/api-keys](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys)
</Card>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sign in">
    Open [platform.openai.com](https://platform.openai.com).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a project key">
    Settings → API Keys → **Create new secret key**. Pick **Project** scoping for production agents
    (revocable per project) or **Service account** for shared infra agents.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Copy the key">
    The key starts with `sk-...`. OpenAI shows it only once.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## (Optional) Org / project IDs

If you're on a multi-org account, find the **Organization ID** under Settings → Organization → General. Project IDs live under Project Settings. Setting these on the integration is mostly useful for cost attribution.

## Connect in Nora

Paste the API key into the **API Key** field, optionally set Organization ID and a default model (e.g. `gpt-4o-mini`), and click **Connect**. Nora calls `GET https://api.openai.com/v1/models` and reports how many models are visible to the key.

## Verify the connection

The **Test** button calls `/v1/models`. **401** means the key was revoked; **429** means you're rate-limited (try again).

## MCP server

No official OpenAI MCP server today. The standard env var (`OPENAI_API_KEY`) is exposed to the agent so any community OpenAI MCP can pick it up.

## Environment variables Nora injects

| Variable         | Source                   |
| ---------------- | ------------------------ |
| `OPENAI_API_KEY` | API Key field            |
| `OPENAI_ORG_ID`  | Organization ID (if set) |
| `OPENAI_MODEL`   | Default Model (if set)   |