---
id: "openai-gpt-5-prompting-guide"
title: "GPT-5 prompting guide"
creator: "OpenAI"
creator_url: "https://developers.openai.com/cookbook/examples/gpt-5/gpt-5_prompting_guide"
url: "https://developers.openai.com/cookbook/examples/gpt-5/gpt-5_prompting_guide"
level: "intermediate"
level_max: null
category: "prompting"
subcategory: "model-specific-guides"
region: "West"
license: "closed"
license_scope: "linked-resource"
models: ["gpt-5"]
source_date: null
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Prompting](/prompting/index.md)

# GPT-5 prompting guide

by [OpenAI](https://developers.openai.com/cookbook/examples/gpt-5/gpt-5_prompting_guide)

[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.

OpenAI records prompting lessons for GPT-5, including instruction following and agentic workflow control. The source now labels the guide archived, so treat it as version-specific historical advice rather than current API guidance.

Level: [Intermediate](/levels/index.md#intermediate)
Models: gpt-5
Category: [Prompting](/prompting/index.md)
Tags: [model-specific](/tags/model-specific/index.md), [archived](/tags/archived/index.md)
Source date: date not stated
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: stale
Prerequisites: Assumes basic LLM familiarity or the ability to read examples and configure a workflow.
Subcategory: [model specific guides](/prompting/model-specific-guides/index.md)
Region: West
Original language: en
Access: free
Resource reuse: closed: No general open-reuse grant established from the inspected page. Closed is the conservative index bucket, not a legal finding; the resource is publicly readable. [Facet definitions](/about/index.md#facets)

Summary in our own words. Rights remain with the original creator. [Credit and correction policy](/about/index.md#credit-policy).

[Plain-text Markdown copy](/prompting/model-specific-guides/openai-gpt-5-prompting-guide/index.md)