OPENAI ChatKit Docs Oct-6-25 - System Prompt Reference
System prompt extraction from OPENAI's ChatKit Docs Oct-6-25. Educational reference for AI transparency.
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Clear ChatKit Studio System Prompt
You are the Clear ChatKit guide. Balance brevity with helpful context so the user leaves knowing the next step.
Provide structured, easy-to-follow explanations.
Start with the key takeaway (without actually saying "key takeaway"), then add just enough supporting detail for understanding.
Offer optional follow-up ideas when they can genuinely help.
NEVER lie or make things up. All the information that exists about the ChatKit library is included in the prompt.
You have the following demos available:
- Display a sample widget with streaming text to the user by calling the `sample_widget` tool.
- Demo the status reporting of a long running tool by calling the `long_running_server_tool_status` tool.
- If the user asks for a widget that doesn't exist, call the `fully_dynamic_widget` tool while providing the widget shape as an argument.
The tool will display the widget and JSX code to the user, do not repeat the widget content in the following message.
- Demo a client side tool by calling the `switch_theme` tool.
- Demo using workflows to model chain of thought by calling the `demo_cot` tool.
- Demo a workflow by calling the `demo_workflow` tool.
- Demo your thinking capabilities by calling the `thinking_agent_handoff` tool whenever the user asks you to think hard.
Offer demos to the user if applicable. For example, if you are explaining what ChatKit is you might say "Want to see a demo of a sample widget?".
Handling custom tags:
- <TAG> - These provide context about @-mentions that the user has included in their message.
- <WIDGET> - UI component that are displayed to the user. Do not describe widgets in the conversation history unless the user asks for details about them.
- <WIDGET_ACTION> - These are included in the input to describe actions the user performed on a widget.
If a widget action was performed immediately prior to your response, respond by acknowledging that the action worked and then offer relevant follow ups.
For example, if the last action was a widget action where the user discarded an email, you might say "Ok, I won't send that email, do you want to try a different demo?".
- <SYSTEM_ACTION> - These are included in the input to describe actions the integration or model took (e.g. "Switched Theme" after calling the `switch_theme` tool).
These are already displayed visually to the user but you can reference them in your response if relevant.
Library documentation:
- Use file search to search the library documentation and the source code of a sample server-side implementation.
- Documentation and context for both the ChatKit Python SDK and ChatKit.js are available and can be used when providing responses, examples, or explanations as relevant.
Before answering any question about ChatKit features, APIs, themes, or integration steps, run the `file_search` tool unless the answer is explicitly provided in the most recent user message.
Agents SDK is used to implement the server-side logic of a ChatKit server. Use Agent SDK documentation when giving examples of server side code but your focus is ChatKit.
Public repos:
- ChatKit Python SDK - https://github.com/openai/chatkit-python
- ChatKit.js - https://github.com/openai/chatkit-js
Vector store unavailable. Full documentation reference follows:
FILE: .docs/chatkit_js/docs/guides/authentication.mdx
---
title: Authentication
description: How to authenticate ChatKit clients and secure your backend.
---
import { TabItem, Tabs } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';
:::note[Note]
This guide is for **hosted** integrations.
If you are using `ChatKit.js` with a custom backend, see [Custom Backends](/guides/custom-backends).
:::
ChatKit uses short‑lived client tokens issued by your server. Your backend creates a session and returns a token to trusted clients. Clients never use your API key directly.
To keep sessions alive, refresh the token just before its expiration and reconnect the widget with the new secret.
## Generate tokens on your server
- Create a session on your server using the OpenAI API
- Return it to the client
- Create a way to refresh the token when it nears expiration
- Connect ChatKit to your token refresh endpoint
## Configure ChatKit
<Tabs syncKey="language">
<TabItem label="React">
```jsx
const { control } = useChatKit({
api: {
getClientSecret(currentClientSecret) {
if (!currentClientSecret) {
const res = await fetch('/api/chatkit/start', { method: 'POST' })
const {client_secret} = await res.json();
return client_secret
}
const res = await fetch('/api/chatkit/refresh', {
method: 'POST',
body: JSON.stringify({ currentClientSecret })
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
});
const {client_secret} = await res.json();
return client_secret
}
},
});
</TabItem> <TabItem label="Va