OpenAI released a practical guide to the GPT-6 family — model selection, reasoning effort, tools
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Practical guide to the GPT-6 family from OpenAI
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The GPT-6 family is already a set of models for different tasks. To keep you from going off track, OpenAI released a map: a practical guide, inside — "A model guide for the GPT-6 family". The material is current as of 02 October 2026.
The map is at openai.com. Six stops:
choosing models from the GPT-6 family (choosing GPT-6 models)tuning the reasoning level (tuning reasoning effort)
improving prompts (improving prompts)
improving skills (improving skills)
coordinating tools (coordinating tools)
preparing workflows for production (preparing workflows for production)
Then — along the route: from choosing a specific model to a production-ready workflow. The guide's target audience is startups, and its positioning is official OpenAI material for production
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