400K tokens
Context window
OpenAI ChatGPT
GPT-5 mini
Cheap structured extraction at volume
128K tokens
Max output
$0.25
Input per 1M
$2
Output per 1M
late 2024
Knowledge cutoff
text, image
Modalities
Last verified 20 May 2026 Report a correction
What it tends to refuse
Same categories, stricter on borderline security questions
The price difference is large enough that it is worth routing anything routine here and keeping the bigger model for reasoning.
Standing rules for this model go in AGENTS.md, not in every message.
See the config files.
Written for ChatGPT
All 16- CheatsheetUniversal
Forcing an output format that holds
The phrasings that actually constrain output, and the ones people use that do not. Tested by asking for the same thing twenty times and counting the…
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ChatGPT commands and keyboard shortcuts
The commands and shortcuts that are not in the interface anywhere, collected in one table. Mostly keyboard, mostly undocumented.
Tested on GPT-5 · May 2026
Senior engineer who reads before changing
Turns the model into a colleague who answers the question you asked, touches only what you pointed at, and says out loud which parts it did not…
Tested on Claude Sonnet · May 2026
Editor who does not flatten your voice
Separates fixing what is wrong from rewriting what is fine, and only does the first unless you ask. Stops the slide into the same neutral register…
Tested on GPT-5 · May 2026
- ErrorChatGPT
429 Too Many Requests / Rate limit reached
You crossed a request or token limit for your tier. The fix is backoff with jitter and batching, not a shorter sleep, and the header tells you which…
Tested on GPT-5 · May 2026
- ErrorChatGPTGemini
This model's maximum context length is N tokens
The request is longer than the model can hold, counting your prompt, the whole conversation history and the space reserved for the answer. Usually it…
Tested on GPT-5 · May 2026