specific method · filed under inference & serving
System message format
The system message sets model identity, metadata, reasoning effort, available channels, and built-in tools.
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How sources treat it
One count per evidence span, weakest treatment to strongest.
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Evidence
1 span quoted from the sources, strongest treatment first.
We use the system message to define: - The identity of the model — This should always stay as You are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI. - Meta dates ... - Reasoning effort ... - Available channels ... - Built-in tools
usedinference servingin gpt-ossOpenAI
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Other methods under inference & serving :: agentic scaffolding.
Advisor strategyAutomatic tool choicePython toolFunction callingHarmony formatBrowser toolGeneric tool-call parserMCP tool configurationMulti-agent collaborationRole-based instruction hierarchyThinking with toolsVisual Search ToolXML-based tool-call schema with DSML tokenAgent Team modeAgentENVAgentic searchAgentic tool callingApp-server mode with adapted tool schemasAppArmor and eBPF sandbox policiesAssistant output channelsAsynchronous teammate spawningBash commands for context retrievalBash computer-use agentBrowsing tool with domain filtering