---
id: "openai-gpt-5-prompting-guide"
title: "GPT-5 prompting guide"
creator: "OpenAI"
url: "https://developers.openai.com/cookbook/examples/gpt-5/gpt-5_prompting_guide"
level: "intermediate"
category: "prompting"
models: ["gpt-5"]
source_date: null
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Prompting](/prompting/index.md)

# GPT-5 prompting guide

by OpenAI

[Read the original →](https://developers.openai.com/cookbook/examples/gpt-5/gpt-5_prompting_guide)

Model-specific advice on agentic eagerness, tool preambles and instruction conflicts.

This cookbook guide discusses steering GPT-5 in workflows that involve tools and multiple instructions. Its value is in exposing choices about autonomy and task control rather than offering a universal template.

Level: [Intermediate](/levels/index.md#intermediate)
Models: gpt-5
Category: [Prompting](/prompting/index.md)
Tags: [model-specific](/tags/model-specific/index.md)
Source date: date not stated
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok

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