Introduction to OpenAI Agents SDK

An SDK, or Software Development Kit, is a curated collection of libraries, tools, and documentation that lets developers stand on the shoulders of someone else’s hard work. I really like this (cheeky) definition, as it states in plain terms what every developer wants with an SDK: to write fewer lines of code. Good SDKs remove the drudgery of wiring, configuration, and boilerplate so that developers can focus on what makes their application unique.

OpenAI Agents SDK is used to build AI agents and is beautiful in its simplicity. Instead of confronting you with custom configuration languages or labyrinthine class hierarchies, it ships a handful of clear-cut primitives—agents, runners, tools, handoffs, guardrails, and tracing—implemented in idiomatic Python. With those six building blocks (you could even call them LEGO blocks), you can spin up a single-agent or multi-agent prototype within minutes.

Here is what you will learn...