OpenAI Agents

openai • Updated 2026 Sep 11 6:23


pip install openai-agents


from agents import Agent, Runner

agent = Agent(name="Assistant", instructions=
                      "You are a helpful assistant")

result = Runner.run_sync(agent, 
                    "Write a haiku about recursion in programming.")
                    
print(result.final_output)

OpenAI Agents Usages

OpenAI Agents Tools

OpenAI Agents Handoffs

Quickstart - OpenAI Agents SDK

Make sure you've followed the base quickstart instructions for the Agents SDK, and set up a virtual environment. Then, install the optional voice dependencies from the SDK:

https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/voice/quickstart/

MCP

Model context protocol (MCP) - OpenAI Agents SDK

The Model context protocol (aka MCP) is a way to provide tools and context to the LLM. From the MCP docs: