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# pydantic\_ai.models.openai\_decisions

## Setup

For details on how to set up authentication with this model, see [model configuration for OpenAI](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/models/openai/#decisions-api).

### OpenAIDecisionsModelSettings

**Bases:** `DecisionModelSettings`

Settings used for an OpenAI Decisions API request.

### OpenAIDecisionsModel

**Bases:** `DecisionModel[AsyncOpenAI]`

The model class for OpenAI's Decisions API, which runs a GPT model as a [decision model](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/models/decision/#pydantic_ai.models.decision.DecisionModel).

The Decisions API answers typed questions about text or images, each with a probability or a distribution over the options, rather than writing text. An agent whose job is to decide something runs on it like on any other model, with the `output_type` as the questions:

```python
from typing import Literal

from pydantic import BaseModel, Field

from pydantic_ai import Agent


class Handling(BaseModel):
    verdict: Literal['run', 'reject', 'ask'] = Field(description='How to handle this command.')
    irreversible: bool = Field(description='Would running this destroy data or leak secrets?')


agent = Agent('openai-decisions:gpt-6-luna', output_type=Handling)
...
```

See [Decision models](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/models/decision/) for how an agent's output type and tools become questions, and [OpenAI](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/models/openai/#decisions-api) for setup.

Apart from `__init__`, all methods are private or match those of the base class.

#### Attributes

##### max\_images

The API accepts at most 128 image parts across all input messages; a 129th returns HTTP 400.

`DecisionInput` in [https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi/blob/main/openapi.yaml](https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi/blob/main/openapi.yaml). An oversized request raises `ModelAPIError` before image URLs are downloaded or the SDK is called.

**Type:** [`int`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/functions.html#int) | [`None`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/constants.html#None) **Default:** `128`

##### max\_questions

The API accepts at most 200 questions per request; a 201st returns HTTP 400.

`DecisionRequest.questions.maxItems` in [https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi/blob/main/openapi.yaml](https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi/blob/main/openapi.yaml). The shared planner splits speculative fields into a second request when needed; a request that still exceeds the cap raises `ModelAPIError` before image URLs are downloaded or the SDK is called.

**Type:** [`int`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/functions.html#int) | [`None`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/constants.html#None) **Default:** `200`

##### max\_choice\_options

The API takes at most this many options in one pick-one; a 256th is a 400.

`QuestionParamChoice` in [https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi/blob/main/openapi.yaml](https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi/blob/main/openapi.yaml)

**Type:** [`int`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/functions.html#int) | [`None`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/constants.html#None) **Default:** `255`

##### max\_score\_levels

The API takes at most this many levels in one rubric; an 11th is a 400.

`QuestionParamScore` in [https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi/blob/main/openapi.yaml](https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi/blob/main/openapi.yaml)

**Type:** [`int`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/functions.html#int) | [`None`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/constants.html#None) **Default:** `10`

##### model\_name

The model name.

**Type:** `OpenAIDecisionsModelName`

##### system

The system / model provider.

**Type:** [`str`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/stdtypes.html#str)

#### Methods

##### \_\_init\_\_

```python
def __init__(
    model_name: OpenAIDecisionsModelName,
    *,
    provider: Literal['openai-decisions'] | OpenAIDecisionsProvider = 'openai-decisions',
    profile: ModelProfileSpec | None = None,
    settings: ModelSettings | None = None,
)
```

Initialize an OpenAI Decisions model.

###### Parameters

**`model_name`** : `OpenAIDecisionsModelName`

The name of the OpenAI model to use, such as `gpt-6-luna`.

**`provider`** : [`Literal`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Literal)\['openai-decisions'\] | `OpenAIDecisionsProvider` _Default:_ `'openai-decisions'`

The provider to use for the API's URL and key.

**`profile`** : [`ModelProfileSpec`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/profiles/#pydantic_ai.profiles.ModelProfileSpec) | [`None`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/constants.html#None) _Default:_ `None`

The model profile to use. Defaults to one selected by the provider.

**`settings`** : [`ModelSettings`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/settings/#pydantic_ai.settings.ModelSettings) | [`None`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/constants.html#None) _Default:_ `None`

Model-specific settings used as defaults for this model.

##### decide

`@async`

```python
def decide(
    request: DecisionRequest,
    model_settings: DecisionModelSettings,
) -> DecisionResponse
```

Send one request to the `/v1/decisions` endpoint.

###### Returns

`DecisionResponse`

### OpenAIDecisionsModelName

The ID of the model to ask, such as `gpt-6-luna`, which the Responses API also serves.

**Default:** `str | Literal['gpt-6-luna']`