> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.costgraph.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# OpenAI

> Bring OpenAI cost into CostGraph, pulled by us or pushed by you

OpenAI bills API usage per model and token bucket, so model spend lands beside your infrastructure cost.

CostGraph reads OpenAI as **FOCUS 1.2** records at a grain of day x model x token bucket (billed cost + quantity).

## Choose how the data reaches us

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="CostGraph pulls it" icon="cloud-arrow-down">
    You supply read-only credentials and we call OpenAI once a day. Nothing to run.
  </Card>

  <Card title="You push it" icon="cloud-arrow-up">
    You send us FOCUS records over the API. Credentials never leave your infrastructure.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Let CostGraph pull

1. Open **Settings -> Integrations** and pick **OpenAI**.
2. Name the connection and pick the tenant these charges belong to.
3. Fill in the values the form asks for. It lists exactly the variables OpenAI
   needs, marks which are optional, and explains the permission each one requires.
4. Select **Connect**.

CostGraph verifies the credentials with a short fetch before saving, so a wrong
value or a missing permission fails while you are still on the form.

<Note>
  Credentials are encrypted at rest and used only to read billing data. Revoke them in
  OpenAI at any time and the connection stops; nothing else is affected.
</Note>

## Push it yourself

Send the charges to CostGraph as FOCUS records instead. [Push FOCUS data](/costgraph/integrations/focus-push) covers the connection id,
the `focus:write` key, and the request shape.

## What CostGraph does with it

Records land as raw billing rows, are normalised into line items, and roll up into
daily cost. From there OpenAI spend appears in Cost Overview and in anomaly
detection alongside every other provider.