OpenAI Agents SDK Configuration

OPENAI AGENTS SDK(1)Agent Framework ReferenceOPENAI AGENTS SDK(1)

NAME

openai-agents-sdk — The OpenAI Agents SDK is the successor to Swarm, providing a production-ready Python framework for building multi-agent systems with OpenAI models.

METADATA

CATEGORY
SDK

PRICING
Free

LANGUAGE
Python

VERIFIED
2026-03-16

STATUS
ACTIVE

VENDOR
OpenAI

LINKS

Documentation Repository Website

CONFIG FILES

PATTERNS

SWARMAutonomous agents collaborate as peers without a central coordinator.

HIERARCHICALManager agent delegates tasks to worker agents in a tree structure.

PROTOCOLS

mcp

DESCRIPTION

The OpenAI Agents SDK is the successor to Swarm, providing a production-ready Python framework for building multi-agent systems with OpenAI models. It supports swarm and hierarchical orchestration patterns with handoffs between agents, built-in guardrails, and MCP tool integration. Configuration is driven by AGENTS.md files for agent instructions.