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

# OpenAI

> Connect directly to OpenAI's powerful GPT suite.

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## Overview

OpenAI maintains some of the most robust and widely used frontier models in the world. Models like GPT-4o offer an immense breadth of knowledge, deep coding support, and multimodal capabilities.

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  <Card title="Industry Standard" icon="certificate">
    The most adopted AI endpoint standard globally.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Ecosystem" icon="globe">
    Extensive support for specialized tasks like json-mode and tool calling.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Configuration

<Steps>
  <Step title="Gather Credentials">
    Acquire your API key from the [OpenAI Developer Platform](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set Variables">
    Update your Arivu system's environment properties:

    <CodeGroup>
      ```bash .env theme={null}
      OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."
      DEFAULT_MODEL="gpt-4o"
      ```
    </CodeGroup>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Azure OpenAI (Optional)">
    If you are using Azure, you will also need to specify the endpoint/version:

    <CodeGroup>
      ```bash .env theme={null}
      AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT="https://instance.openai.azure.com/"
      AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY="..."
      OPENAI_API_VERSION="2024-02-01"
      ```
    </CodeGroup>
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="System Configured">
    System tools are supported seamlessly using native function calling capabilities in GPT-4 and GPT-4o.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Legacy Models">
    Legacy reasoning models (like `gpt-3.5-turbo`) are supported but may experience lower adherence to complex JSON instructions.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>