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openai-agents-sdk

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OpenAI Agents SDK — build agentic workflows with handoffs, guardrails, and tool integration. Single-agent to multi-agent orchestration. Tracing and observability. Python-first SDK from OpenAI.

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Overview

OpenAI Agents SDK provides a lightweight framework for building agentic AI workflows. Supports tool use, handoffs (agent-to-agent routing), guardrails, and tracing — built on the OpenAI API's native agent primitives.

Installation

uv pip install openai-agents

Basic Agent

from agents import Agent, Runner

agent = Agent(name="Helper", instructions="You are a helpful assistant.")
result = Runner.run_sync(agent, "What is the capital of France?")
print(result.final_output)

Tool Use

from agents import Agent, Runner, function_tool

@function_tool
def get_weather(city: str) -> str:
    return f"Weather in {city}: sunny, 22°C"

agent = Agent(name="WeatherBot", instructions="Use tools to answer weather queries.", tools=[get_weather])
result = Runner.run_sync(agent, "What's the weather in London?")
print(result.final_output)

Handoffs

from agents import Agent, Runner

triage = Agent(name="Triage", instructions="Route to the right specialist.")
billing = Agent(name="Billing", instructions="Handle billing questions.")
triage.handoffs = [billing]

result = Runner.run_sync(triage, "My invoice didn't arrive")

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