OpenAI Agents SDK Patterns

The OpenAI Agents SDK (openai-agents) orchestrates LLM agents with tools, handoffs, and tracing.

When to Activate

• Defining agents with system prompts, tools, and handoffs
• Writing @function_tool decorators and tool schemas
• Running agents with Runner.run() or streaming with Runner.run_streamed()
• Implementing multi-agent handoffs (triage → specialist)
• Debugging tool call errors, context leaks, or infinite loops
• Integrating with Agentex ADK via adk.providers.openai
• Adding tracing spans for observability

Core Concepts