OpenAI Skills: GPT-5.5 Documentation Updates
Three pull requests merged today updated the OpenAI Skills repository with comprehensive GPT-5.5 documentation, including migration guidance, prompting best practices, and model reference updates.
Duration: PT1M56S
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This episode is a short developer briefing from OpenAI Skills.
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- Show: OpenAI Skills
- Published: 2026-04-24T00:00:00Z
- Audio duration: PT1M56S
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Good evening, this is your OpenAI Skills briefing for April 24th, 2026.
Three significant documentation updates were merged today, all focused on GPT-5.5 integration. Konstantine Kahadze merged the largest update with pull request 372, "Update OpenAI Docs skill for GPT-5.5." This substantial change modified 12 files with over 400 additions and more than 1,100 deletions. The update…
Kahadze followed up with pull request 373, clarifying the GPT-5.5 upgrade guide wording. This focused update improves reasoning-effort recommendation language and replaces internal snake_case prompt block names with natural-language guidance that aligns with the prompting guide.
Simon Willison contributed pull request 374, adding the missing "gpt-image-2" model to the latest model reference documentation. This brief but important update ensures the model reference remains complete.
All three changes demonstrate coordinated effort to bring the Skills repository's documentation in line with GPT-5.5 capabilities. The updates span migration guidance, prompting best practices, and model references, providing developers with comprehensive resources for the transition.
What's next: The team appears focused on…
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