OpenAI is shutting down prompt objects on Nov 30: how to move your prompts into code

If you use reusable prompts in the OpenAI platform dashboard, there is a date to put in your calendar: November 30, 2026. According to OpenAI's deprecations page, the v1/prompts API and reusable prompt objects are scheduled to shut down that day. Deprecation was announced on June 3, 2026.

OpenAI's own migration advice is short: move the prompt content out of the managed prompt object and into your application code ( Migrate from prompt objects ). Here is what that looks like in practice.

const response = await client. responses. create ({ prompt: { id: " pmpt_123 ", version: " 1 ", variables: { customer_name: " Acme ", issue: " billing question " }, }, }); Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode After: the prompt lives in your code const response = await client. responses. create ({ model: " gpt-6-astra ", input: [ { role: " system ", content: " You are a helpful support assistant. Be concise, accurate, and friendly. " }, { role: " user ", content: " Customer name: Acme. Issue: billing question. Write a response to the customer. " }, ], }); Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode (Both snippets are adapted from OpenAI's guide.)

I built a free page, promptlikeengineer.com/migrate/openai, for the tedious part after you have copied the text. You paste each prompt, and it generates a TypeScript module and an import file. {{name}} variables become typed string arguments. Your text stays in your browser: the page sends it nowhere. It does not fetch anything from OpenAI and it does not test the output, so check the generated code before you ship it.

Whatever tool you use, the deadline is the same. If you have prompts only in the dashboard, copy them out now.