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Building Agents with OpenAI Agents SDK

You're reading from Building Agents with OpenAI Agents SDK Create practical AI agents and agentic systems through hands-on projects

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781806112012

Length 276 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

OpenAI Python library

Concepts

GPT/LLMs

Author (1):

Henry Habib

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: AI Agents

2. Introduction to AI Agents FREE CHAPTER

3. Introduction to OpenAI Agents SDK

4. Environment Setup and Developing Your First Agent

5. Part 2: OpenAI Agents SDK

6. Agent Tools and MCPs

7. Memory and Knowledge

8. Multi-Agent Systems and Handoffs

9. Model and Context Management

10. Agent System Management

11. Part 3: Build AI Agents

12. Building AI Agents and Agentic Systems

13. Other Books You May Enjoy

14. Index

Technical requirements

This chapter will be an overview of AI agents from a theoretical point of view to set a good foundation before we start building them. As a result, we will not be writing any code or developing any applications in this chapter. However, to follow along and complete the exercises and projects discussed throughout the rest of the book, make sure you have the following set up in your development environment:

Operating system: Windows 10/11, macOS, or Linux-based distribution (Ubuntu recommended).
Python version: Python 3.8 or later. You can verify your Python version by running python --version in your terminal or Command Prompt.
OpenAI account: Sign up at https://platform.openai.com/signup.
OpenAI API key: Obtained by creating an account with OpenAI. You will require this to utilize the OpenAI Agents SDK.
Code editor: VS Code, PyCharm, or any IDE/editor you prefer.

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Authors (1)

Henry Habib

Henry Habib

Henry Habib advises F500 companies on analytics and operations, with a particular focus on building intelligent AI-driven solutions, tools, and agents to create impact and improve productivity. He teaches online courses on how to build AI agents and automations for work, as well as other Gen AI topics, amassing a network of more than 400K students. He also facilitates technical programs at businesses and governmental organizations. A proponent of the no-code and Gen AI revolution, he believes that anyone can now create powerful and intelligent applications to automate their work without any deep technical skills. He also runs The Intelligent Worker, a platform for teaching working professionals how to be more productive with Gen AI, no-code, automation, and other technologies, with courses and a free newsletter. He is also a speaker on Gen AI to many large F500 organizations. As an instructor, Henry is passionate about teaching students how to succeed on any topic related to Gen AI, automation, no-code, data, and productivity. He does this by creating courses with engaging and helpful content and always being around to answer any questions. Henry resides in Toronto, Canada, with his wife, and enjoys building random AI apps and playing tennis in his free time.

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