Introducing the Agents API

Practical AI: Tools, Models & Frameworksapi

What changed

Build and launch cloud agents with the Agents API, a managed service powered by the Codex harness for orchestration, long-running sessions, and tool use.

Why it matters

A concrete addition to Practical AI: Tools, Models & Frameworks: it changes what's available to builders today rather than being general commentary.

How it compares

Related prior coverage to compare against:

  • Expanding Managed Agents in Gemini API: background tasks, remote MCP and more
  • The next evolution of the Agents SDK
  • Introducing workspace agents in ChatGPT

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