OpenAI Agents SDK

What it is

The OpenAI Agents SDK is a minimal framework for agentic workflows: agents, handoffs, guardrails, and tracing. It grew out of the experimental "Swarm" project and is now OpenAI's recommended path for building agents on their models.

Why people use it

• Tiny surface area — easy to read and adopt.
• First-class tracing/observability via OpenAI's dashboard.
• Native handoffs between specialized agents.

Watch-outs

• Optimized for OpenAI models (works with others but the ergonomics assume them).
• Still young; patterns are stabilizing.

Note

Tracked as a new launch — post written when it shipped.