OpenAI API Setup Guide

How to setup OpenAI API to use OpenAI models in 16x Prompt

OpenAI's GPT models are powerful AI models known for their versatility and strong performance across various tasks. Using the OpenAI API gives you higher usage limits and access to the latest models.

Here's how you can use OpenAI API in 16x Prompt to get better performance and higher usage limits.

  1. Sign up or log in to OpenAI Platform with your OpenAI account
  2. Add some credits to your account at Billing to use OpenAI API
OpenAI Platform
  1. Go to API Keys and click on "Create new secret key" to generate a new API key
OpenAI API Keys
  1. Copy the API key (make sure to save it as it won't be shown again)
  2. Open 16x Prompt and click on the settings icon in the top right corner
Settings Icon
  1. Enter the API key into the "OpenAI API Key" field
OpenAI API Key

Once you have setup the OpenAI API key, you can start using OpenAI models in 16x Prompt by following these steps:

  1. Go to 16x Prompt and click on the API model settings button in the bottom right corner
Model Picker
  1. Go to OpenAI • Claude • DeepSeek • Gemini tab
  2. Click on the OpenAI model you want to use to select it (e.g., GPT-5)
OpenAI Model
  1. Click "Close" button to close the model settings dialog

Now you can send prompts to OpenAI models via API in 16x Prompt to get higher usage limits and access to the latest GPT models.

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