Guide

Agents API overview

OpenAI · developers.openai.com

OpenAI's docs for the managed route: it runs sessions, orchestration, context compaction and a sandbox while you supply the tools.

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It answers 2 questions

  1. Which platform or framework should I build my agents on?
  2. Should I put an AI agent in my product, or is a simple workflow enough?

Read with it

  1. OpenAI's orchestration patterns apply whichever stack you choose. openai.com Guide A Practical Guide to Building Agents OpenAI
  2. The person who started the framework wars explains what orchestration is for. sequoiacap.com Podcast LangChain's Harrison Chase on Building the Orchestration Layer for AI Agents Sequoia Training Data
  3. The market leader maps the whole landscape, including its competitors. langchain.com Article The best AI agent frameworks in 2026 LangChain
  4. A builder-team's practical ranking of open-source options you can self-host. firecrawl.dev Article The best open source frameworks for building AI agents Firecrawl
  5. A decision-tree comparison instead of a feature dump. codebridge.tech Article LangGraph vs CrewAI vs Microsoft Agent Framework vs OpenAI Agents SDK Codebridge
  6. Current production-readiness notes on each major framework's latest release. openagents.org Article CrewAI vs LangGraph vs AutoGen vs OpenAgents Compared OpenAgents
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