OpenAI Agents API: Build an AI Agent in Python
*Disclaimer:* This video features an AI-generated avatar of one of our own Oxylabs experts, created with their full knowledge and consent. The voice and likeness are their own, recreated with AI. The video itself was produced using AI to make our production process more efficient while keeping the people and expertise behind it genuine. ⚒️ *TRY OXYLABS' WEB API WITH FREE CREDITS* 👉 https://oxy.yt/KRdR The OpenAI Agents API lets you build an AI agent in pure Python – no LangChain, CrewAI, or AutoGen required. Until now, building AI agents meant installing a heavy framework, wiring up tool calls, and hosting the agent loop yourself. With the OpenAI Agents API, you define the model, instructions, and tools in a single call, and OpenAI runs the loop on its own servers. In this AI agent tutorial, we build an agent from scratch and connect it to live web data. This is a practical, code-along OpenAI API tutorial – no agent framework needed. We cover what the OpenAI Agents API is, how it differs from the OpenAI Agents SDK, how to run and stream your first agent session in Python, and how to connect it to Oxylabs Web Scraper API over MCP. The part most tutorials skip is what happens when an agent doesn't have the data. Without live access, it falls back on training data and gives you an outdated guess. That's the gap we close here – whether you're exploring agentic AI for the first time or building AI agents for a production workflow. 📚 *ADDITIONAL RESOURCES* ✏️ OpenAI documentation: https://oxy.yt/tE2I ✏️ AI Agent Frameworks tutorial: https://oxy.yt/RE7z ✏️ LLM Fine-Tuning tutorial: https://oxy.yt/aE4i ✏️ Deep Research Agent tutorial: https://oxy.yt/BE5s ✏️ How to build an MCP server: https://oxy.yt/eE6P 🔧 *OUR SCRAPING SOLUTIONS* Residential Proxies: 👉 https://oxy.yt/gEMb Mobile Proxies: 👉 https://oxy.yt/9E14 ISP Proxies: 👉 https://oxy.yt/jWhF Dedicated ISP Proxies: 👉 https://oxy.yt/bWjy Datacenter Proxies: 👉 https://oxy.yt/JE0k ⏳ *TIMESTAMPS* 0:00 Intro 0:41 What is OpenAI Agents API 2:06 Setup the environment 3:16 First Agents API session 4:19 The gap – no live web data 4:46 Connect Web Scraper API over MCP 6:15 Run through the connected tool 6:55 Things to keep in mind 7:31 Ethical and responsible scraping 7:42 Outro 💬 *CONNECT WITH US* 24/7 Support Team: [email protected] Website: oxylabs.io LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/oxylabs-io Social: https://x.com/Oxylabs_io #OpenAI #AIAgents #Python #MCP #WebScraping #Oxylabs © 2026 Oxylabs. All rights reserved.