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OpenAI Agents SDK

Framework for building tool-using, guardrailed agents with tracing and handoff patterns.

verifiedRecently verifiedSource: openai-agents-docs
Health medium (39)

Best for

  • Developer teams building reliable tool-using agents.

Limitations

  • Production governance still requires external policy and approval layers.
  • Agent complexity can grow quickly without strict scope controls.

Use carefully when

  • No-code teams without engineering support.

Quickstart

  1. Start with single-agent tool orchestration before adding multi-agent handoffs.
  2. Instrument traces from day one for debugging and quality checks.

Setup checklist

  • • API key required: Yes
  • • SDK quality: high
  • • Self-host difficulty: medium

Health Meter

  • • Setup complexity: 43
  • • Safety & misuse risk: 48
  • • License/compliance risk: 18

Good baseline for controlled deployment.

Capabilities

  • toolCallingtrue
  • handoffstrue
  • tracingtrue
  • guardrailstrue
  • memoryPatternstrue

Benchmarks

githubStars
19114
githubForks
3174
activeMaintainerSignal
92

Community reviews

1 reviews • avg 5

Reliable developer workflow

5

Tracing plus handoffs made multi-tool orchestration much easier to debug.

Samples

Agent handoff flow

router agent -> research agent -> coding agent with policy checks

Last verified: 25/2/2026, 3:45:28 am • Source: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/agents-sdk
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