---
id: "openai-agents-sdk"
title: "OpenAI Agents SDK"
creator: "OpenAI"
creator_url: "https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/"
url: "https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/"
level: "intermediate"
level_max: null
category: "agents"
subcategory: "harnesses-and-frameworks"
region: "West"
license: "closed"
license_scope: "linked-resource"
models: ["gpt"]
source_date: null
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)

# OpenAI Agents SDK

by [OpenAI](https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/)

[Read the original →](https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/)

Lightweight framework: handoffs, guardrails, tracing.

The Python SDK documentation describes building agent workflows with handoffs and safeguards. Read it alongside your own operational requirements, including whether optional diagnostic features are appropriate.

Level: [Intermediate](/levels/index.md#intermediate)
Models: gpt
Category: [Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)
Tags: [harness](/tags/harness/index.md), [framework](/tags/framework/index.md)
Source date: date not stated
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok
Prerequisites: Assumes basic LLM familiarity or the ability to read examples and configure a workflow.
Subcategory: [harnesses and frameworks](/agents/harnesses-and-frameworks/index.md)
Region: West
Original language: en
Access: free
Resource reuse: closed: No general open-reuse grant established from the inspected page. Closed is the conservative index bucket, not a legal finding; the resource is publicly readable. [Facet definitions](/about/index.md#facets)

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