openai/openai-agents-python
A lightweight, powerful framework for multi-agent workflows
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The maintainers of openai/openai-agents-python usually reply to a pull request within 1 day. 4 beginner-friendly issues are open now.
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- Indexed issues
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- Dominant language
- Python
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- MIT
- Last GitHub push
- Oct 19, 2026
- Latest indexed
- Sep 19, 2026
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5412 · 1 comment ·
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5411 ·
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 76/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5409 · 1 comment ·
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5408 ·
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[Proposal] Payment guardrail: external spend authority + auditable receipts for agents that payOpen
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5407 ·
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5405 · 1 comment ·
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5396 · 1 comment ·
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Invalid handoff arguments end the run, while invalid function tool arguments go back to the modelOpen
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 62/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5392 · 4 comments ·
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fix(typing): explicitly specialize ToolContext[Any] in ToolFunctionWithToolContextMay be free again @AbarnaaSree claimed this 7 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 85/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5387 · 3 comments ·
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5386 · 9 comments ·
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5383 ·
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Tool-calling runs get quadratically slower: completed tool calls are re-fingerprinted every turnOpen
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 32/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5382 · 2 comments ·
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5353 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·
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ShellTool: empty ShellResult(output=[]) fabricates stdout "(no output)" in the model-visible shell_call_output and persisted shell_outputMay be free again @AbarnaaSree claimed this 7 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 77/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5348 · 10 comments ·
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Difficulty 3/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 70/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5342 · 7 comments ·
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5336 · 3 comments ·
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
openai/openai-agents-python#5322 · 2 comments ·
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