AI AGENTS
openai-agents-python
by OpenAI
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