AI & agents
OpenAI opens Agents API in public beta
- Published
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- OpenAI blog
Summary
OpenAI has launched the Agents API in public beta, exposing the same agent harness and infrastructure that powers Codex. A single API call can create a production-ready agent by specifying its task, model, tools, and environment, with execution in OpenAI-hosted sandboxes or partner environments such as Cloudflare, Modal, and Vercel. Automatic context compaction for long sessions, tool search, and parallel subagents are included.
Why it matters for our work
Teams can now rent the hardest parts of agent engineering — long-running execution, context management, and environments — and focus their own effort on tools and workflows, shortening the path from prototype to everyday human-AI collaboration.
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