Assistants are AI-driven entities with assigned roles and instructions, allowing them to process messages, use tools, and maintain context within threads for structured and interactive responses.
One Assistant can be used across multiple Threads and users.
This page provides API schemas for the following methods:
After each API schema, you'll find a short example demonstrating how to correctly call the described method in code using the OpenAI SDK.
Note that the method names in the API schema and the SDK often differ.
Accordingly, when calling these methods via the REST API, you should use the names from the API schema, while for calls through the OpenAI SDK, use the names from the examples.
API Schemas
Create an Assistant
Create an Assistant with a model and instructions.
Python + OpenAI SDK Example:
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()
assistant = client.beta.assistants.create(
name="Math Tutor",
instructions="You are a personal math tutor. Write and run code to answer math questions.",
tools=[{"type": "code_interpreter"}],
model="gpt-4o",
)
Retrieve a list of Assistants along with their parameters
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()
my_updated_assistant = client.beta.assistants.update(
"asst_abc123",
instructions="You are an HR bot, and you have access to files to answer employee questions about company policies. Always response with info from either of the files.",
name="HR Helper",
tools=[{"type": "file_search"}],
model="gpt-4o"
)
print(my_updated_assistant)
