From bcc952386c6bbbac20d41f3c1a655c13a4e68ded Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "vol@" <vol@openai.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:51:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update openai-harmony.md

Remove unnecessary tool calling invitations from the basic system message.
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 articles/openai-harmony.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/articles/openai-harmony.md b/articles/openai-harmony.md
index c09a940f7e..fed9b4c6b5 100644
--- a/articles/openai-harmony.md
+++ b/articles/openai-harmony.md
@@ -229,6 +229,18 @@ Current date: 2025-06-28
 
 Reasoning: high
 
+# Valid channels: analysis, commentary, final. Channel must be included for every message.<|end|>
+```
+
+If functions calls are present in the developer message section, use:
+
+```
+<|start|>system<|message|>You are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI.
+Knowledge cutoff: 2024-06
+Current date: 2025-06-28
+
+Reasoning: high
+
 # Valid channels: analysis, commentary, final. Channel must be included for every message.
 Calls to these tools must go to the commentary channel: 'functions'.<|end|>
 ```