4 guides covering common problems, patterns, and production issues in OpenAI Agents SDK.
The OpenAI Agents SDK is OpenAI's official Python and Node.js SDK for building production agents, replacing the deprecated Assistants API. It provides tool use, multi-agent handoffs, built-in tracing, and integration with the new Responses API and Conversations API.
The Assistants API shuts down August 26, 2026. Here is exactly what changes, what you need to rewrite, and what stays the same.
The Agents SDK handoff system lets agents delegate to specialists. Here is how it works and the patterns that hold up in production.
An agent that responds helpfully to valid requests can still cause serious problems if it: processes inputs it should refuse, leaks PII in its outputs, returns data in the wrong format, or gets manipu...
Runner.run() waits for the full agent response before returning anything. Runner.run_streamed() returns a StreamedRunResult immediately and yields events as they are generated — tokens, tool calls, ag...
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