How do I connect OpenAI?

Add the OpenAI piece to a flow, then authenticate with API key. Once connected, its 0 triggers and 19 actions are available anywhere in the builder.

What can I automate with OpenAI?

Connect OpenAI to any of 760+ other apps and AI steps, then automate the work in between without writing code.

Can I self-host the OpenAI integration?

Yes. Activepieces is fully self-hostable, so you can run the OpenAI piece on your own infrastructure with your connections and your data staying in your environment.

Can my AI agent use OpenAI as a tool?

Yes. Every piece you connect can be exposed over one Activepieces MCP server, so Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or any MCP client can call OpenAI actions as tools.

OpenAI integration

Use the many tools ChatGPT has to offer.

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Actions: 19
Triggers: 0
Auth: API key
License: MIT, open source
Updated: September 2026

About the OpenAI integration

Add the OpenAI piece to a flow, connect your account once, and the rest of the builder can read from it and write to it. Because the piece is open source you can run it on our cloud or self-host it, and combine OpenAI with 760+ other apps in the same flow.

Actions

Everything Activepieces can do in OpenAI

Drop any of these into a flow and fill in the fields. No code is required.

Ask ChatGPT
Ask ChatGPT anything you want!
9 fields
Ask Assistant
Ask a GPT assistant anything you want!
3 fields
Vision Prompt
Ask GPT a question about an image
9 fields
Extract Structured Data from Text
Returns structured data from provided unstructured text.
3 fields
Classify Text (Moderation)
Classify whether the supplied text violates OpenAI safety policies (harassment, hate, self-harm, sexual, violence, etc.).
2 fields
Analyze Text Sentiment
Analyzes text for sentiment (positive, negative, or neutral).
2 fields
Create Embedding
Generate a vector embedding for the supplied text. Useful for semantic search, clustering and RAG pipelines.
4 fields
Search Embeddings
Matches a query string to a list of document strings for best results.
4 fields
Generate Image
Generate an image using text-to-image models
4 fields
Edit Image
Edit an existing image using a text prompt with gpt-image-2
5 fields
Text-to-Speech
Generate an audio recording from text
6 fields
Transcribe Audio
Transcribe audio to text using whisper-1 model
2 fields
Translate Audio
Translate audio to text using whisper-1 model
1 field
Upload File
Upload a file to OpenAI for use with Assistants, Vector Stores, Batch jobs, Fine-tuning, or Vision.
3 fields
List Files
Return the list of files uploaded to the connected OpenAI account, optionally filtered by purpose.
2 fields
Find File
Check whether a file with the given name already exists in the connected OpenAI account.
2 fields
Delete File
Delete a file previously uploaded to the connected OpenAI account.
1 field
List Models
Return the list of models available to the connected OpenAI account, optionally filtered by an ID substring.
1 field
Custom API Call
Make a custom API call to a specific endpoint
10 fields

Use OpenAI in a flow

Connect OpenAI once and every trigger and action above is yours to drop into the builder, alongside 760+ other apps. Free to start, on our cloud or your own servers.

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OpenAI, answered.

Yes. Activepieces is open source and free to start, and the OpenAI piece is included on every plan, from the free cloud tier to any self-hosted deployment.