--- title: OpenAI Launches Agents API for Cloud-Based AI Agents description: OpenAI has launched the Agents API, a managed cloud service for building AI agents that can use multiple tools, maintain long-running sessions, and handle... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xbpi7uab1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI Launches Agents API for Cloud-Based AI Agents | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI has launched the Agents API, a managed cloud service for building AI agents that can use multiple tools, maintain long-running sessions, and handle... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xbpi7uab1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xbpI7UAB1.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI Launches Agents API for Cloud-Based AI Agents **[AI](https://daily.dev/sources/ai)** · [@robertheatwole](https://daily.dev/robertheatwole) · 10 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary OpenAI has launched the Agents API, a managed cloud service for building AI agents that can use multiple tools, maintain long-running sessions, and handle complex multi-step tasks like booking a flight. Powered by the Codex harness, it manages orchestration and infrastructure so developers can focus on agent logic rather than backend plumbing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@petecapecod** · 1 upvotes > Cool this definitely sounds like something I have to try out. I like swarms lol ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/xbpi7uab1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/xbpi7uab1","headline":"OpenAI Launches Agents API for Cloud-Based AI Agents","text":"Shared: OpenAI Launches Agents API for Cloud-Based AI Agents","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/xbpi7uab1","datePublished":"2026-09-13T05:46:04.845Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T05:47:11.924Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Robert Heatwole","url":"https://daily.dev/robertheatwole","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJ8y--BQLHXAeSYc0ukvUwIb-2_pJ4qd80WXRyCy_aMODIEBgis=s96-c","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":40}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--CxzD6vbw--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2005","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":10},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/YZK2ygGXv"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Cool this definitely sounds like something I have to try out. 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