OpenAI Agents SDK
Developer OpenAI
A lightweight SDK for building agentic AI applications with agents, tools, handoffs, guardrails, and tracing.
- Reference type
- Agent framework
- Primary use
- General purpose
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Pricing
- Unknown pricing
- Review status
- Not verified
Overview and best use cases
OpenAI Agents SDK is a software-development kit for building agentic AI applications. Its core primitives include agents with instructions and tools, handoffs between agents, guardrails for validation, and tracing for inspecting agent workflows.
Official releases
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Related skills and compatibility
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