Is the new OpenAI Agents SDK for python supported in Azure OpenAI?

Question

Open AI recently made agentic development WAY easier with the OpenAI Agents SDK for Python.

I was trying to use this in my Azure OpenAI deployment, but wasnt successful. Is there any intent to support this API?

Answer 1

Yes, you can use the new OpenAI Agents SDK with Azure OpenAI.

I found the following blog post from Microsoft Tech Community, and have included a relevant snippet below.

Use Azure OpenAI and APIM with the OpenAI Agents SDK

Currently, we make use of the existing Chat Completions API rather than the newly released Responses API.

# from: Use Azure OpenAI and APIM with the OpenAI Agents SDK
from openai import AsyncAzureOpenAI
from agents import set_default_openai_client
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

# Load environment variables
load_dotenv()

# Create OpenAI client using Azure OpenAI
openai_client = AsyncAzureOpenAI(
    api_key=os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY"),
    api_version=os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION"),
    azure_endpoint=os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT"),
    azure_deployment=os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT")
)

# Set the default OpenAI client for the Agents SDK
set_default_openai_client(openai_client)

Answer 2

Hi MattSkogmo-5557

You can use SDK for Azure AI foundry Agent too.

Here is sample code -  

agent = project_client.agents.create_agent(
    model="gpt-4o-mini",
    name="my-agent",
    instructions="You are helpful agent",
    tools=code_interpreter.definitions,
    tool_resources=code_interpreter.resources,
)

# Create a thread with messages
thread = project_client.agents.create_thread()
message = project_client.agents.create_message(
    thread_id=thread.id,
    role="user",
    content="Could you please create a bar chart for the operating profit using the following data and provide the file to me? Company A: $1.2 million, Company B: $2.5 million, Company C: $3.0 million, Company D: $1.8 million",
)

# Ask the agent to perform work on the thread
run = project_client.agents.create_and_process_run(thread_id=thread.id, agent_id=agent.id)

# Fetch and log all messages to see the agent's response
messages = project_client.agents.list_messages(thread_id=thread.id)
print(f"Messages: {messages}")

Kindly refer below link: Azure Ai service Agent overview

Thank You.

Answer 3

Answered my own question via another, helpful route:
Yes, you can use it! @Ryan Little you are correct. Thanks, and here is a link to a more thoroughly worked example: https://github.com/hieumoscow/azure-openai-agents?tab=readme-ov-file

The agentic part of the example works great -- it will still complain a bit because it appears that tracing requires an openAI api key, but the rest is wonderful.