GPT WORLD / INDEPENDENT CODEX FIELD MANUAL Source review · 2026-07-31

Retrospective edition / MEDIA

Put image generation behind an asset pipeline

Separate prompt intent, generation request, moderation state, asset storage, metadata, and editorial acceptance into observable stages.

01 / DECIDE

Architecture decision

Use it for draft illustrations, product variations, storyboards, and controlled creative tools with a human acceptance step.

Separate prompt intent, generation request, moderation state, asset storage, metadata, and editorial acceptance into observable stages. Map input, output, state, and side effects as one observable path before deciding which layer owns put image generation behind an asset pipeline.

02 / BUILD

Three-step implementation

  1. 01

    Frame the contract

    Write down the caller, data classification, success condition, timeout, cancellation, and ownership. Use it for draft illustrations, product variations, storyboards, and controlled creative tools with a human acceptance step.

  2. 02

    Build one narrow path

    Implement one end-to-end path with request correlation, typed state, and reversible failure handling. Separate prompt intent, generation request, moderation state, asset storage, metadata, and editorial acceptance into observable stages.

  3. 03

    Prove the outcome

    Turn acceptance into a repeatable fixture, contract test, or browser test. Reviewers can trace each accepted asset to prompt version, model configuration, moderation result, and final transformation.

03 / BOUND

Production boundary

Track rights, consent, provenance, and retention; never imply generated media is a verified photograph or historical record.

04 / PROVE

Acceptance evidence

Reviewers can trace each accepted asset to prompt version, model configuration, moderation result, and final transformation.

SOURCE / HTTP

Reproducible source probe

curl -fsSI 'https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/image-generation' | sed -n '1,5p'