# openai-agents-sdk

Guides development of Python AI agents with openai-agents, covering multi-agent handoffs, @function_tool decorators, SQLite sessions, and offline testing.

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- Author: laguagu
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- Source: https://github.com/laguagu/claude-code-nextjs-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/openai-agents-sdk/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-18
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## What it does

This skill targets the Python `openai-agents` and `agents` packages, with zero support for the TypeScript SDK. It provides implementation patterns for agent handoffs, structured outputs with Pydantic, and streaming through the `stream_events()` async iterator. It also covers Azure OpenAI connectivity natively or via LiteLLM.

A key focus is runtime orchestration. Calling `Runner.run_sync` inside an active event loop like an async web route or a notebook causes an immediate error; the skill directs you to `await Runner.run(...)` instead. For delegation, it distinguishes between passing execution outright via `handoffs` and keeping manager control using `agent.as_tool()`.

Offline testing relies on `agents.testing` with `ScriptedModel` and disabled tracing to verify multi-turn logic without spending API credits. Guardrails and prompt schemas do not replace authorization checks, so side effects must be gated directly inside your tool functions.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add laguagu/claude-code-nextjs-skills --skill openai-agents-sdk -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/openai-agents-sdk/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/openai-agents-sdk/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add laguagu/claude-code-nextjs-skills --skill openai-agents-sdk -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/openai-agents-sdk/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add laguagu/claude-code-nextjs-skills --skill openai-agents-sdk -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/openai-agents-sdk/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install laguagu/claude-code-nextjs-skills openai-agents-sdk
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/openai-agents-sdk/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add laguagu/claude-code-nextjs-skills --skill openai-agents-sdk -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/laguagu/claude-code-nextjs-skills --path skills/openai-agents-sdk
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/openai-agents-sdk/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add laguagu/claude-code-nextjs-skills --skill openai-agents-sdk -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/laguagu/claude-code-nextjs-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/openai-agents-sdk/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- orchestrate multi-agent workflows using handoffs or `agent.as_tool()`
- declare structured tool functions with the `@function_tool` decorator
- persist multi-turn conversational history using `SQLiteSession`
- mock agent runs offline using `agents.testing.ScriptedModel`
- handle streaming completions via the `stream_events()` async iterator

## Example prompts
- Create an order support agent using openai-agents with SQLiteSession persistence and an OrderAnswer Pydantic output schema
- How do I delegate tasks to a sub-agent using agent.as_tool() instead of a full handoff?
- Write an offline test for an openai-agents workflow using ScriptedModel and RunConfig

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: openai-agents-sdk
description: OpenAI Agents SDK (Python) development. Use when building AI agents, multi-agent handoffs, function tools, guardrails, sessions, streaming, or tracing with the `openai-agents` / `agents` Python package — including Azure OpenAI through its native client or LiteLLM. Triggers on imports from `agents`, uses of `Runner.run_sync`/`Runner.run_streamed`, `@function_tool`, `AgentOutputSchema`, `SQLiteSession`, or questions about the openai-agents-python SDK. Python only — not the TypeScript `@openai/agents` SDK.
---

# OpenAI Agents SDK for Python

Use this skill for `openai-agents` / `agents`, not the TypeScript SDK.
Resolve the installed package and its provider integrations before implementing
an API. Current [SDK documentation](https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/)
and a matching source tag take precedence over static examples.

Choose a model from the current [OpenAI model catalog](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models)
and [model-selection guide](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/model-selection).
Check the selected model's tools, reasoning settings and provider availability;
an SDK fallback or a demo ID is not a permanent recommendation.

The wheel ships no docs. Offline, read the installed source: the version from
`importlib.metadata.version("openai-agents")`, public exports in
`agents/__init__.py`, docstrings and types in the package directory
(`python -c "import agents; print(agents.__file__)"`). The documentation
source is `docs/` at repository tag `v<version>`.

## Core shape

`Runner.run_sync` raises inside a running event loop (async handlers and
notebooks); use `await Runner.run(...)`. `Runner.run_streamed(...)` itself
is not awaited; consume its `stream_events()` async iterator to completion.

Checked with openai-agents 0.22.3; confirm names in the installed source for
another version:

```python
import asyncio
from pydantic import BaseModel
from agents import Agent, ModelSettings, Runner, SQLiteSession, function_tool
from openai.types.shared import Reasoning

class OrderAnswer(BaseModel):
    order_id: str
    status: str
    reply: str

@function_tool
def get_order_status(order_id: str) -> str:
    """Return an order's shipping status.

    Args:
        order_id: Order ID given by the customer.
    """
    return f"{order_id}: shipped"  # authorize and read the app's data here
````
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