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How does your AI think and act?
Which models and infrastructure power it?
How do you build, observe, and extend it?
These tools integrates with
OpenAI API
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OpenAI Agents SDK

Choose OpenAI API when…

  • •You need the broadest ecosystem and most integrations
  • •GPT-4 or o-series reasoning models are required
  • •Assistants API, fine-tuning, or batch API are needed

Choose OpenAI Agents SDK when…

  • •You're building multi-agent systems on top of OpenAI models
  • •You want explicit, auditable agent handoffs with full context passing
  • •You need a production-hardened framework with built-in tracing and guardrails
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OpenAI API
OpenAI Agents SDK
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LLM Infrastructure
Agent Frameworks
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OpenAI API

API access to GPT-4o, o1, and other OpenAI models including embeddings and image generation. The most widely used LLM API in production.

OpenAI Agents SDK

OpenAI's production-grade agent framework, successor to Swarm. Core abstraction is explicit handoffs between agents carrying full context. Built for reliable multi-agent pipelines with native OpenAI tool use, tracing, and guardrails.

OpenAI API Website ↗
OpenAI Agents SDK Website ↗GitHub ↗

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Only OpenAI API (28)

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Only OpenAI Agents SDK (3)

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