OpenAI Agents SDK
OpenAI's lightweight SDK for building agentic workflows
Our Take
Minimal and opinionated — OpenAI's Agents SDK does less than LangGraph or CrewAI but does it with far less boilerplate. The handoff primitive for routing between specialized agents is elegant. Now supports 100+ LLMs via any OpenAI-compatible API and LiteLLM. Sessions provide persistent state, and MCP integration is first-class. A strong default choice for teams that want simplicity.
Pros
- + Extremely simple API
- + Built-in tracing and debugging
- + Elegant agent handoff pattern
- + Lightweight, minimal dependencies
Cons
- - Limited orchestration patterns compared to LangGraph
- - Still pre-1.0, API may evolve
- - Non-OpenAI model support is maturing
Details
- Pricing Model
- open-source
- Starting Price
- $0
- Self-Hosted
- Yes
- Cloud Hosted
- No
- Founded
- 2025
- Repository
- GitHub →
Best For
- • Simple agentic loops
- • Tool-use agents
- • Handoff patterns between agents
- • MCP server integration
Integrations
OpenAI Any OpenAI-compatible API LiteLLM MCP servers
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