Library / SDK
Agents & Orchestration
OpenAI Agents SDK
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the six Ws · specification
W1
Who
Official open-source SDK from OpenAI.
W2
What
Compose agents, handoffs, and guardrails in Python.
W3
Where
A Python library on your infrastructure.
W4
When
When orchestrating multiple cooperating agents.
W5
Why
A lightweight, production-minded successor to Swarm.
W6
With
An OpenAI-compatible model and Python.
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