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 "generated": "2026-10-29",
 "id": "openai-openai-cli--generate-images-from-the-terminal-with-openai-cli",
 "repo": "openai/openai-cli",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/openai/openai-cli",
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 "title": "Generate and save images from your terminal with the OpenAI CLI",
 "page_title": "How to generate and save images from your terminal with the OpenAI CLI with OpenAI CLI",
 "summary": "Install the official OpenAI CLI and make images with one command, saved straight to disk.",
 "who": "A developer or designer who needs a few generated images for a mockup and does not want to open a web app.",
 "problem": "Generating an image through the API usually means writing a script just to save the file.",
 "outcome": "Images generated from a prompt and saved to a folder, with their paths printed.",
 "steps": [
  "Install with `brew install openai/tools/openai`",
  "Run `openai help setup` to enter your API key safely",
  "Run `openai images generate --prompt \"A tiny orange robot watering a houseplant\"` with your own prompt",
  "Find the files in ~/Downloads/gpt-images/, or pass `--output-dir` or `--name` to choose where they go",
  "Run `openai images generate --help` for editing and model selection options"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Install openai/openai-cli with Homebrew, run `openai help setup`, then generate <n> images for <prompt> into <folder> with `openai images generate --prompt ... --output-dir <folder>` and list the saved paths.",
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  "any"
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 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "10 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "go",
 "requirements": [
  "An OpenAI API key (OPENAI_API_KEY); admin endpoints need OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY",
  "Homebrew, Go 1.26 or later, or a prebuilt binary from GitHub Releases",
  "Optional: jq for parsing JSON output"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "Your API key is billed per request; keep it in the setup guide or a secret manager, never in a script you commit."
  }
 ],
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