OpenAI publishes a 34-page practical guide to building agents
Arindam_1729 · x · 2026-07-21
OpenAI is being praised for releasing a 34-page practical field guide on building AI agents, packed with code rather than theory.
The guide covers the three core building blocks of every agent — model, tools, and instructions — plus single-agent vs. multi-agent setups, manager/handoff patterns, guardrails, and when control should return to a human. The attached article adds a warning: agents will execute whatever you hand them, so Skills, MCP servers, and other tools need careful trust boundaries and safety checks.
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