# OpenAIImageBuilderExtensions

> Tracon documentation. Tracon is a .NET package family that adds a control
> plane on Microsoft Agent Framework, published as NuGet packages that run
> inside your own ASP.NET Core application.
>
> Page: https://tracon.dev/api/tracon.openaiimagebuilderextensions/
> Summary: OpenAIImageBuilderExtensions: Adds OpenAI image generation to the Tracon chain.

<div class="api-provenance">Namespace Tracon · Assembly <code>Tracon.OpenAI.dll</code></div>

Adds OpenAI image generation to the Tracon chain.

```csharp
public static class OpenAIImageBuilderExtensions
```

<dl class="api-relations"><dt>Inheritance</dt><dd><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object">object</a> ← <a href="/api/tracon.openaiimagebuilderextensions/">OpenAIImageBuilderExtensions</a></dd><dt>Inherited Members</dt><dd><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype">object.GetType()</a>, <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.memberwiseclone">object.MemberwiseClone()</a>, <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring">object.ToString()</a>, <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.equals#system-object-equals(system-object)">object.Equals(object?)</a>, <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.equals#system-object-equals(system-object-system-object)">object.Equals(object?, object?)</a>, <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.referenceequals">object.ReferenceEquals(object?, object?)</a>, <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode">object.GetHashCode()</a></dd></dl>

## Methods

### <a id="Tracon_OpenAIImageBuilderExtensions_UseOpenAIImages_Tracon_ITraconBuilder_System_Action_Tracon_TraconImageOptions__"></a> UseOpenAIImages\(ITraconBuilder, Action<TraconImageOptions\>?\)

Registers the OpenAI image generator.

```csharp
public static ITraconBuilder UseOpenAIImages(this ITraconBuilder builder, Action<TraconImageOptions>? configure = null)
```

#### Parameters

`builder` [ITraconBuilder](/api/tracon.itraconbuilder/)

The Tracon chain.

`configure` [Action](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.action\-1)<[TraconImageOptions](/api/tracon.traconimageoptions/)\>?

Optional image-tool settings.

#### Returns

 [ITraconBuilder](/api/tracon.itraconbuilder/)

The continuation of the chain.

#### Remarks

Call [OpenAIProviderExtensions.UseOpenAI](/api/tracon.openaiproviderextensions/)
first. This call shares the authenticated OpenAI client that `UseOpenAI`
registers and does not add a package or a second connection pool.

The `generate_image` tool stays absent until
[TraconImageOptions.Enabled](/api/tracon.traconimageoptions/#Tracon_TraconImageOptions_Enabled) is true. Registering this
generator alone does not expose a paid capability to agents.

```csharp
builder.AddTracon()
       .UseOpenAI(builder.Configuration["OpenAI:ApiKey"]!)
       .UseOpenAIImages(options =>
       {
           options.Enabled = true;
           options.Model = "gpt-image-1";
       });
```