AI AGENTS

openai-agents-python

by OpenAI

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Overview

Official OpenAI Python Agents SDK: a lightweight framework for building agentic AI apps and multi-agent workflows.

Details

OpenAI Agents SDK is OpenAI’s official Python package for building agentic AI apps. The GitHub repository describes it as “a lightweight, powerful framework for multi-agent workflows.” OpenAI’s API docs identify the Agents SDK as the code-first path for agent apps and link to both the Python SDK GitHub repository and the SDK documentation. The documentation shows installation with `pip install openai-agents`.

When to Use

Use it when building agentic AI applications in Python with OpenAI’s official code-first Agents SDK. Use it for multi-agent workflows where a lightweight framework from OpenAI is preferred.

Getting Started

Read the official SDK documentation at https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/.
Install the Python package with `pip install openai-agents`, as shown in the official documentation.
Review OpenAI’s Agents SDK API guide at https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents.
Inspect the GitHub repository at https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python for source code and examples.

Key Features

•Official OpenAI Agents SDK for Python.
•Described by the repository as lightweight and powerful.
•Supports building multi-agent workflows.
•Positioned in OpenAI API docs as the code-first path for agent apps.
•Installable as the `openai-agents` Python package.

Capabilities

•agentic-ai-app-development
•multi-agent-workflows
•python-sdk
•code-first-agent-apps

Last updated May 31, 2026