OpenAI Agents SDK (Python)

OpenAI's lightweight framework for multi-agent workflows

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Last commit17 Oct 2026
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Agents, handoffs, guardrails and tracing, with MCP server support. Works with OpenAI and other model providers.

At a glance

Runs asLibrary
TypeAgent tooling
Maintained byOfficial
InstallPyPI: openai-agents

Sources: github.com/openai/openai-agents-python, checked 19 Oct 2026. “Runs as” is from this listing. Blank means we haven't found it in official docs yet, not that it's unsupported.

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