OpenAI Agents SDK
MIT multi-agent workflows — tools, handoffs, tracing, MCP
AI Agents / Agents · OSS/MIT · 30.1k
Reviewed 2026-09-15 · last push 2026-10-17 · repo checked 2026-10-19
What's Good
MIT (openai/openai-agents-python; JS at openai/openai-agents-js). `pip install openai-agents`. Agents, tools, handoffs, sessions, tracing, voice/realtime extras, sandbox agents (beta). MCP via stdio/HTTP. Provider-agnostic enough for non-OpenAI models; first-class Responses/Chat Completions paths. Docs at openai.github.io/openai-agents-python.
The Catch
Vs openai-codex-cli (terminal coding agent), Vercel AI SDK (app AI primitives), and Microsoft Agent Framework: this is the workflow SDK, not the Codex CLI seat. OpenAI API keys and hosted tools meter; sandbox/realtime extras add surface area. Do not confuse with ChatGPT product seats.
Verdict
MIT OpenAI agent workflow SDK. Build multi-agent loops; API spend is separate.
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