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7/20/2026

The original title is "OpenAI Agents SDK: Building Production AI Agents (2026)"
Original: OpenAI Agents SDK: Building Production AI Agents (2026)
Short summary
A comprehensive guide to the OpenAI Agents SDK (formerly Swarm), a Python library for building production multi-agent systems. It covers five core primitives — Agent, Runner, Tools, Handoffs, and Guardrails — with code examples for each. The SDK supports custom function tools, built-in web search and code interpreter tools, and agent-to-agent handoffs with full context transfer.
- •Five primitives: Agent, Runner, Tools, Handoffs, Guardrails — minimal abstraction
- •@function_tool decorator converts Python functions into agent-callable tools
- •Handoffs transfer conversation context between specialist agents seamlessly
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