OpenAI Agents SDK
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI |
| Language | Python |
| License | MIT |
| GitHub | openai/openai-agents-python |
Overview
Section titled “Overview”The OpenAI Agents SDK is OpenAI’s official framework for building AI agents. It provides a minimal, opinionated API for creating agents with tool calling, handoffs between agents, and guardrails — all using native OpenAI models.
Key Features
Section titled “Key Features”- Agent primitives — Agents, tools, handoffs, guardrails
- Native OpenAI integration — First-class support for GPT-4o, o1, Codex
- Tracing — Built-in execution tracing for debugging
- Handoffs — Agent-to-agent delegation
- Guardrails — Input/output validation
When to Use
Section titled “When to Use”✅ Building on OpenAI models exclusively ✅ Want minimal framework overhead ✅ Simple agent-to-agent handoff patterns ✅ Need OpenAI-native tracing
❌ Multi-provider model support needed ❌ Complex graph-based workflows