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Configure your OpenAI API key to use GPT models and other OpenAI services in your Jinba Flow workflows.

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Prerequisites

  • An OpenAI account
  • Access to the OpenAI API

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Getting Your API Key

  1. Visit the OpenAI Platform
  2. Sign in to your account or create a new one
  3. Navigate to the “API Keys” section in your account settings
  4. Click “Create new secret key”
  5. Give your key a descriptive name
  6. Copy the generated key (it starts with sk-)

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Setting Up in Jinba Flow

  1. Go to your workspace settings in Jinba Flow
  2. Navigate to the “Secret” section
  3. Find “OpenAI” in the list of available credentials
  4. Click “Configure” or “Add New”
  5. Enter your API key in the designated field
  6. Click “Save” to store your credentials

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Available Models

Once configured, select the saved secret in the OpenAI API Key field (api_key config) of OPENAI_INVOKE and the other OpenAI tools. If you leave the field at its default, {{ secrets.JINBA_CREDIT_KEY }}, the step runs on Jinba Credits instead of your own key. Current model IDs for the version config include:
  • gpt-5.2 (default)
  • gpt-5.5
  • gpt-6.1-sol
The tools that take this OpenAI API key are OPENAI_INVOKE, OPENAI_INVOKE_WITH_FILE, OPENAI_DEEP_RESEARCH and OPENAI_SORA2. See the OpenAI tools page for the full model list and the tool inputs.