AI APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT / OpenAI
OpenAI API Troubleshooting
Classifies a failed OpenAI request using its actual transport or API error and routes credentials, billing, throttling and access issues separately.
“Use when an OpenAI API request fails and Codex needs to classify the likely cause, explain the next step, and route to the right follow-up.”
01 / THE REASONING
Why this made the selection.
- Distinguishes exhausted quota from ordinary rate limiting even when the HTTP status is the same.
- Avoids diagnosing an authentication or model-access problem before the request has reached the API.
02 / THE REVIEW RECORD
What we actually inspected.
Source review has boundaries.
A clear record is more useful than a “safe” badge.
Material inspected
- plugins/openai-developers/skills/openai-api-troubleshooting/SKILL.md
- plugins/openai-developers/skills/openai-api-troubleshooting/references/evals.md
- plugins/openai-developers/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
- plugins/openai-developers/README.md
Our findings
- The routing uses specific error codes/messages before broader heuristics.
- The included evaluation cases cover triggering, quota-versus-rate-limit distinctions and correct handoffs.
- Credential creation remains in the companion flow and billing is distinguished from a ChatGPT subscription.
Not established by this review
- Source inspection only; no skill installation or workflow execution was performed.
The review applies to the material and revision named here. A newer upstream release can change its behavior.
03 / PUT IT TO WORK
Add a skill to your workflow.
- Use the complete openai-developers Codex plugin through its supported distribution and setup instructions.
- Retain plugin-level references and companion skills; this is not a standalone SKILL.md installation.
- Confirm plugin availability and any required connectors in the Codex host before invoking the workflow.
Before you start
- A Codex host with access to this plugin and its applicable service terms
- A redacted actual error response or transport failure
- Current docs access for account-specific remediation
04 / FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
The source trail.
Our notes are separate from the original resource.
Check upstream before adopting a new version.
https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89/plugins/openai-developers/skills/openai-api-troubleshooting/SKILL.md
Supports: summary, upstreamDescription, whySelected, bestFor, limitations, review, compatibility, access
https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89/plugins/openai-developers/skills/openai-api-troubleshooting/references/evals.md
Supports: review, limitations, access
https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89/plugins/openai-developers/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
Supports: license
https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89/README.md
Supports: install, compatibility, access
https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills/blob/7407f3893ad4dceab546ac002c3ef806e4000c73/README.md
Supports: install
https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89/plugins/openai-developers/README.md
Supports: install, compatibility, access, review