OpenAI Agents SDK
OpenAI's official Python SDK for building agents with tool calling, handoffs, and tracing — the successor to the Assistants API.
MIT
Python
Why OpenAI Agents SDK?
Building production agents on OpenAI models with minimal framework overhead
Multi-agent workflows with structured handoffs between specialized agents
You want first-party support and deep OpenAI platform integration
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Last 12 months
Tradeoffs & Caveats
Know before you commitYou need provider-agnostic code — tightly coupled to OpenAI
Complex stateful workflows — consider Temporal for durability
Pricing
Free tier & paid plans
Open source, free to use
Free & open-source
Alternative Tools
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Type-safe Python agent framework from the Pydantic team — build agents with structured inputs/outputs validated by Pydantic models.
Microsoft's framework for building multi-agent AI systems where agents collaborate, debate, and solve complex tasks conversationally.
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Repository and installation options
View on GitHub
github.com/openai/openai-agents-python
pip install openai-agentsQuick Start
Copy and adapt to get going fast
from agents import Agent, Runner
agent = Agent(
name="Assistant",
instructions="You are a helpful assistant.",
model="gpt-4o",
)
result = Runner.run_sync(agent, "What is the capital of Japan?")
print(result.final_output)Community Notes
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