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Conversation state
Methods for maintaining context in multi-turn interactions using manual message appending, the Conversations API for durable state management, or the previousresponseid parameter for threading responses.
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Conversation state
Methods for maintaining context in multi-turn interactions using manual message appending, the Conversations API for durable state management, or the previousresponseid parameter for threading responses.
When To Use
Use when you need to implement multi-turn chat interfaces, persist conversation history across sessions, or chain model responses using specific identifiers.
Reference Files
| File | Contains | Use For |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | Entry point: scope, routing table, and workflow. | Start here. |
docs/conversation-state-workflow-guide.md | A guide explaining methods for manually managing conversation state and using the Conversations API to preserve context across multiple message turns. | Questions about a guide explaining methods for manually managing conversation state and using the Conversations API to preserve conte... |
examples/conversation-state-openai-conversation-state.javascript | A JavaScript code example demonstrating how to pass a sequence of user and assistant messages to maintain conversation state using the OpenAI SDK. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A JavaScript code example demonstrating how to pass a sequence of user and assistant messages to maintain conversatio... |
examples/conversation-state-openai-platform-docs-conversation-state.python | A Python script demonstrating how to pass a list of message roles and content to the OpenAI client to maintain conversation state. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A Python script demonstrating how to pass a list of message roles and content to the OpenAI client to maintain conver... |
examples/conversation-state-openai-conversation-state-javascript-history-manageme.javascript | A JavaScript example demonstrating how to manually manage conversation history by appending model responses to a local array for subsequent API calls. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A JavaScript example demonstrating how to manually manage conversation history by appending model responses to a loca... |
examples/conversation-state-openai-conversation-state-python-history-management.python | A Python script demonstrating how to manually manage conversation history by appending model responses to a list of message objects. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A Python script demonstrating how to manually manage conversation history by appending model responses to a list of m... |
examples/conversation-state-openai-conversation-state.python | A Python code example demonstrating how to create and manage conversation state using the OpenAI API. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A Python code example demonstrating how to create and manage conversation state using the OpenAI API. |
examples/conversation-state-openai-conversation-state-2.python | A Python code example demonstrating how to use the openai.responses.create method with a conversation ID to maintain state. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A Python code example demonstrating how to use the openai.responses.create method with a conversation ID to maintain... |
examples/conversation-state-openai-platform-conversation-state.javascript | A JavaScript example demonstrating how to maintain conversation state using the OpenAI API by passing a previous response ID to a new request. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A JavaScript example demonstrating how to maintain conversation state using the OpenAI API by passing a previous resp... |
examples/conversation-state-openai-conversation-state-3.python | A Python script demonstrating how to maintain conversation state using the previous_response_id parameter in the OpenAI API. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A Python script demonstrating how to maintain conversation state using the previousresponseid parameter in the OpenAI... |
What This Skill Covers
- OpenAI provides a few ways to manage conversation state, which is important for preserving information across multiple messages or turns in a conversation.
- Main sections:
Manually manage conversation state,OpenAI APIs for conversation state,Using the Conversations API,Passing context from the previous response,previousresponseid in WebSocket mode.
Workflow
- Open the most relevant file under
docs/for the exact documented workflow and wording. - Open
schemas/files for exact structured contracts. - Open
examples/files for concrete requests, commands, snippets, and manifests. - Do not add behavior or configuration that is not present in the attached source files.
Canonical source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/conversation-state.md