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7/20/2026
The original title is "OpenAI Agents SDK: Building Production AI Agents (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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