AI 101

OpenAI Agents SDK

Also known as: Agents SDK

Agents

The OpenAI Agents SDK is OpenAI’s framework for building agents around a few core primitives:

  • Handoffs — one agent transfers control to another.
  • Guardrails — input/output checks around the model.
  • Tracing — built-in observation of the run.

Positioning: it's deliberately lean — a small set of primitives you compose, rather than a huge abstraction. If you're already on OpenAI models, it's the path of least resistance.