use-cases/api-integration-migrations.md Codex Docs, 2026-04-08 18:32 UTC → 2026-04-16 00:46 UTC

1# Upgrade your API integration | Codex use cases1# Upgrade your API integration | Codex use cases

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3Codex use cases

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9Codex use case

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11# Upgrade your API integration

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13Upgrade your app to the latest OpenAI API models.

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15Difficulty **Intermediate**

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17Time horizon **1h**

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19Use Codex to update your existing OpenAI API integration to the latest recommended models and API features, while checking for regressions before you ship.

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21## Best for

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23 - Teams upgrading from older models or API surfaces

24 - Repos that need behavior-preserving migrations with explicit validation

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26# Contents

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3[← All use cases](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases)28[← All use cases](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases)

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30Copy page [Export as PDF](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/api-integration-migrations/?export=pdf)

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5Use Codex to update your existing OpenAI API integration to the latest recommended models and API features, while checking for regressions before you ship.32Use Codex to update your existing OpenAI API integration to the latest recommended models and API features, while checking for regressions before you ship.

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7Intermediate34Intermediate

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24 Pull the current model, migration, and API guidance before Codex makes edits to your implementation.51 Pull the current model, migration, and API guidance before Codex makes edits to your implementation.

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53| Skill | Why use it |

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55| [OpenAI Docs](https://github.com/openai/skills/tree/main/skills/.curated/openai-docs) | Pull the current model, migration, and API guidance before Codex makes edits to your implementation. |

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26## Starter prompt57## Starter prompt

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28Use $openai-docs to upgrade this OpenAI integration to the latest recommended model and API features.59Use $openai-docs to upgrade this OpenAI integration to the latest recommended model and API features.

34 - Update prompts using the latest model prompt guidance. 65 - Update prompts using the latest model prompt guidance.

35- Call out any prompt, tool, or response-shape changes we need to review manually.66- Call out any prompt, tool, or response-shape changes we need to review manually.

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68Use $openai-docs to upgrade this OpenAI integration to the latest recommended model and API features.

69Specifically, look for the latest model and prompt guidance for this specific model.

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71- Start by inventorying the current models, endpoints, and tool assumptions in the repo.

72- Identify the smallest migration plan that gets us onto the latest supported path.

73 - Preserve behavior unless a change is required by the new API or model.

74 - Update prompts using the latest model prompt guidance.

75- Call out any prompt, tool, or response-shape changes we need to review manually.

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37## Introduction77## Introduction

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39As we release new models and API features, we recommend upgrading your integration to benefit from the latest improvements.79As we release new models and API features, we recommend upgrading your integration to benefit from the latest improvements.

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62## Related use cases102## Related use cases

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64[![](/images/codex/codex-wallpaper-1.webp)104[![](/images/codex/codex-wallpaper-2.webp)

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66### Create browser-based games106### Add Mac telemetry

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68Use Codex to turn a game brief into first a well-defined plan, and then a real browser-based...108Use Codex and the Build macOS Apps plugin to add a few high-signal `Logger` events around...

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70Engineering Code](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/browser-games)[![](/images/codex/codex-wallpaper-1.webp)110macOS Code](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/macos-telemetry-logs)[![](/images/codex/codex-wallpaper-2.webp)

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72### Bring your app to ChatGPT112### Create a CLI Codex can use

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74Build one narrow ChatGPT app outcome end to end: define the tools, scaffold the MCP server...114Ask Codex to create a composable CLI it can run from any folder, combine with repo scripts...

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76Integrations Code](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/chatgpt-apps)[![](/images/codex/codex-wallpaper-3.webp)116Engineering Code](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/agent-friendly-clis)[![](/images/codex/codex-wallpaper-1.webp)

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78### Build for iOS and macOS118### Create browser-based games

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80Use Codex to scaffold SwiftUI projects, keep the build loop CLI-first with `xcodebuild` or...120Use Codex to turn a game brief into first a well-defined plan, and then a real browser-based...

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82Mobile Code](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/native-ios-macos-apps)122Engineering Code](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/browser-games)