
Agents
The OpenAI Agents SDK, Explained (2026): What It Is & When to Use It
OpenAI's own lightweight agent framework — agents, handoffs, guardrails, tracing — is the least-friction way to build GPT-centric agents. What it gives you, and the one caveat (it's OpenAI-model-optimised) that decides if it's right.
Lena Fischer · 2h ago · 6 min