Cookbook overview

Jump into curated build guides for chat, embeddings, and image workflows across Heroku AI’s OpenAI-compatible APIs.

Heroku AI cookbook

Blueprints for shipping production AI faster

These recipes adapt OpenAI’s latest patterns to Heroku’s managed inference stack. Copy them as-is or remix the ideas to accelerate your next assistant, voice experience, or enterprise integration.

Adapt each recipe

• Switch clients to https://us.inference.heroku.com/v1 and reuse your INFERENCE_KEY.
• Store credentials in Heroku Config Vars, not source code.
• Attach guardrails (input/output filters) before connecting production tools.

Reference apps

End-to-end templates for chat, retrieval, and image workflows using the OpenAI SDK.

Launch examples →Prompt patterns

Reuseable templates and evaluation loops for chat completions.

Harden prompts →Embeddings & RAG

Retrieval playbooks using cohere-embed-multilingual and chat completions.

Build search →Image workflows

Preserve brand detail with high-fidelity edits and automated asset pipelines.

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