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OpenAI Agents SDK

Last updatedUpdated: by Jakub Žovák · 1 min read

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created 19.03.2025, 18:00
modified 08.11.2025, 18:12
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OpenAI Agents SDK:
The OpenAI Agents SDK enables you to build agentic AI apps in a lightweight, easy-to-use package with very few abstractions. It’s a production-ready upgrade of our previous experimentation for agents, Swarm. The Agents SDK has a very small set of primitives:

  • Agents, which are LLMs equipped with instructions and tools
  • Handoffs, which allow agents to delegate to other agents for specific tasks
  • Guardrails, which enable the inputs to agents to be validated

# Core Concepts

openai/openai-agents-python:

  • Agents: LLMs configured with instructions, tools, guardrails, and handoffs
  • Handoffs: A specialized tool call used by the Agents SDK for transferring control between agents
  • Guardrails: Configurable safety checks for input and output validation
  • Tracing: Built-in tracking of agent runs, allowing you to view, debug and optimize your workflows