Open Agent SDK

Build production-ready AI agents in minutes using your own hardware

What you can build:

Copy editors that analyze manuscripts and track writing patterns
Git commit generators that write meaningful commit messages
Market analyzers that research competitors and summarize findings
Code reviewers, data analysts, research assistants, and more

Why local?

No API costs - use your hardware, not OpenAI's
Privacy - your data never leaves your machine
Control - pick your model (Qwen, Llama, Mistral, etc.)

How fast? From zero to working agent in under 5 minutes. Familiar patterns (inspired by Claude SDK), batteries-included features (streaming, tools, hooks, auto-execution), and production-ready quality.

Overview

Open Agent SDK provides a clean, streaming API for working with OpenAI-compatible local model servers. Drop-in similar patterns to popular SDKs, working with LM Studio, Ollama, llama.cpp, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint—complete with streaming, tool call aggregation, hooks, and automatic tool execution.

Supported Providers

✅ Supported (OpenAI-Compatible Endpoints)

LM Studio - http://localhost:1234/v1
Ollama - http://localhost:11434/v1
llama.cpp server - OpenAI-compatible mode
vLLM - OpenAI-compatible API
Text Generation WebUI - OpenAI extension
Any OpenAI-compatible local endpoint
Local gateways proxying cloud models - e.g., Ollama or custom gateways that route to cloud providers

❌ Not Supported (Use Official SDKs)

Claude/OpenAI direct - Use their official SDKs, unless you proxy through a local OpenAI-compatible gateway
Cloud provider SDKs - Bedrock, Vertex, Azure, etc. (proxied via local gateway is fine)

Quick Start

Installation

pip install open-agent-sdk

For development:

git clone https://github.com/slb350/open-agent-sdk.git
cd open-agent-sdk
pip install -e .

Simple Query (LM Studio)

import asyncio
from open_agent import query, AgentOptions

async def main():
    options = AgentOptions(
        system_prompt="You are a professional copy editor",
        model="qwen2.5-32b-instruct",
        base_url="http://localhost:1234/v1",
        max_turns=1,
        temperature=0.1
    )

    result = query(prompt="Analyze this text...", options=options)

    response_text = ""
    async for msg in result:
        if hasattr(msg, 'content'):
            for block in msg.content:
                if hasattr(block, 'text'):
                    response_text += block.text

    print(response_text)

asyncio.run(main())

Multi-Turn Conversation (Ollama)

from open_agent import Client, AgentOptions, TextBlock, ToolUseBlock
from open_agent.config import get_base_url

def run_my_tool(name: str, params: dict) -> dict:
    # Replace with your tool execution logic
    return {"result": f"stub output for {name}"}

async def main():
    options = AgentOptions(
        system_prompt="You are a helpful assistant",
        model="kimi-k2:1t-cloud",  # Use your available Ollama model
        base_url=get_base_url(provider="ollama"),
        max_turns=10
    )

    async with Client(options) as client:
        await client.query("What's the capital of France?")

        async for msg in client.receive_messages():
            if isinstance(msg, TextBlock):
                print(f"Assistant: {msg.text}")
            elif isinstance(msg, ToolUseBlock):
                print(f"Tool used: {msg.name}")
                tool_result = run_my_tool(msg.name, msg.input)
                client.add_tool_result(msg.id, tool_result)

asyncio.run(main())

See examples/tool_use_agent.py for progressively richer patterns (manual loop, helper function, and reusable agent class) demonstrating add_tool_result() in context.

Function Calling with Tools

Define tools using the @tool decorator for clean, type-safe function calling:

from open_agent import tool, Client, AgentOptions, TextBlock, ToolUseBlock

# Define tools
@tool("get_weather", "Get current weather", {"location": str, "units": str})
async def get_weather(args):
    return {
        "temperature": 72,
        "conditions": "sunny",
        "units": args["units"]
    }

@tool("calculate", "Perform calculation", {"a": float, "b": float, "op": str})
async def calculate(args):
    ops = {"+": lambda a, b: a + b, "-": lambda a, b: a - b}
    result = ops[args["op"]](args["a"], args["b"])
    return {"result": result}

# Enable automatic tool execution (recommended)
options = AgentOptions(
    system_prompt="You are a helpful assistant with access to tools.",
    model="qwen2.5-32b-instruct",
    base_url="http://localhost:1234/v1",
    tools=[get_weather, calculate],
    auto_execute_tools=True,      # 🔥 Tools execute automatically
    max_tool_iterations=10         # Safety limit for tool loops
)

async with Client(options) as client:
    await client.query("What's 25 + 17?")

    # Simply iterate - tools execute automatically!
    async for block in client.receive_messages():
        if isinstance(block, ToolUseBlock):
            print(f"Tool called: {block.name}")
        elif isinstance(block, TextBlock):
            print(f"Response: {block.text}")

Advanced: Manual Tool Execution

For custom execution logic or result interception:

# Disable auto-execution
options = AgentOptions(
    system_prompt="You are a helpful assistant with access to tools.",
    model="qwen2.5-32b-instruct",
    base_url="http://localhost:1234/v1",
    tools=[get_weather, calculate],
    auto_execute_tools=False  # Manual mode
)

async with Client(options) as client:
    await client.query("What's 25 + 17?")

    async for block in client.receive_messages():
        if isinstance(block, ToolUseBlock):
            # You execute the tool manually
            tool = {"calculate": calculate, "get_weather": get_weather}[block.name]
            result = await tool.execute(block.input)

            # Return result to agent
            await client.add_tool_result(block.id, result)

            # Continue conversation
            await client.query("")

Key Features:

Automatic execution (v0.3.0+) - Tools run automatically with safety limits
Type-safe schemas - Simple Python types (str, int, float, bool) or full JSON Schema
OpenAI-compatible - Works with any OpenAI function calling endpoint
Clean decorator API - Similar to Claude SDK's @tool
Hook integration - PreToolUse/PostToolUse hooks work in both modes

See examples/calculator_tools.py and examples/simple_tool.py for complete examples.

Context Management

Local models have fixed context windows (typically 8k-32k tokens). The SDK provides opt-in utilities for manual history management—no silent mutations, you stay in control.

Token Estimation & Truncation

from open_agent import Client, AgentOptions
from open_agent.context import estimate_tokens, truncate_messages

async with Client(options) as client:
    # Long conversation...
    for i in range(50):
        await client.query(f"Question {i}")
        async for msg in client.receive_messages():
            pass

    # Check token usage
    tokens = estimate_tokens(client.history)
    print(f"Context size: ~{tokens} tokens")

    # Manually truncate when needed
    if tokens > 28000:
        client.message_history = truncate_messages(client.history, keep=10)

Recommended Patterns

1. Stateless Agents (Best for single-task agents):

# Process each task independently - no history accumulation
for task in tasks:
    async with Client(options) as client:
        await client.query(task)
        # Client disposed, fresh context for next task

2. Manual Truncation (At natural breakpoints):

from open_agent.context import truncate_messages

async with Client(options) as client:
    for task in tasks:
        await client.query(task)
        # Truncate after each major task
        client.message_history = truncate_messages(client.history, keep=5)

3. External Memory (RAG-lite for research agents):

# Store important facts in database, keep conversation context small
database = {}
async with Client(options) as client:
    await client.query("Research topic X")
    # Save response to database
    database["topic_x"] = extract_facts(response)

    # Clear history, query database when needed
    client.message_history = truncate_messages(client.history, keep=0)

Why Manual?

The SDK intentionally does not auto-compact history because:

Domain-specific needs: Copy editors need different strategies than research agents
Token accuracy varies: Each model family has different tokenizers
Risk of breaking context: Silently removing messages could break tool chains
Natural limits exist: Compaction doesn't bypass model context windows

Installing Token Estimation

For better token estimation accuracy (optional):

pip install open-agent-sdk[context]  # Adds tiktoken

Without tiktoken, falls back to character-based approximation (~75-85% accurate).

See examples/context_management.py for complete patterns and usage.

Lifecycle Hooks

Monitor and control agent behavior at key execution points with Pythonic lifecycle hooks—no subprocess overhead or JSON protocols.

Quick Example

from open_agent import (
    AgentOptions, Client,
    PreToolUseEvent, PostToolUseEvent, UserPromptSubmitEvent,
    HookDecision,
    HOOK_PRE_TOOL_USE, HOOK_POST_TOOL_USE, HOOK_USER_PROMPT_SUBMIT
)

# Security gate - block dangerous operations
async def security_gate(event: PreToolUseEvent) -> HookDecision | None:
    if event.tool_name == "delete_file":
        return HookDecision(
            continue_=False,
            reason="Delete operations require approval"
        )
    return None  # Allow by default

# Audit logger - track all tool executions
async def audit_logger(event: PostToolUseEvent) -> None:
    print(f"Tool executed: {event.tool_name} -> {event.tool_result}")
    return None

# Input sanitizer - validate user prompts
async def sanitize_input(event: UserPromptSubmitEvent) -> HookDecision | None:
    if "DELETE" in event.prompt.upper():
        return HookDecision(
            continue_=False,
            reason="Dangerous keywords detected"
        )
    return None

# Register hooks in AgentOptions
options = AgentOptions(
    system_prompt="You are a helpful assistant",
    model="qwen2.5-32b-instruct",
    base_url="http://localhost:1234/v1",
    tools=[my_file_tool, my_search_tool],
    hooks={
        HOOK_PRE_TOOL_USE: [security_gate],
        HOOK_POST_TOOL_USE: [audit_logger],
        HOOK_USER_PROMPT_SUBMIT: [sanitize_input],
    }
)

async with Client(options) as client:
    await client.query("Write to /etc/config")  # UserPromptSubmit fires
    async for block in client.receive_messages():
        if isinstance(block, ToolUseBlock):  # PreToolUse fires
            result = await tool.execute(block.input)
            await client.add_tool_result(block.id, result)  # PostToolUse fires

Hook Types

PreToolUse - Fires before tool execution (or yielding to user)

Block operations: Return HookDecision(continue_=False, reason="...")
Modify inputs: Return HookDecision(modified_input={...}, reason="...")
Allow: Return None

PostToolUse - Fires after tool result added to history

Observational only (tool already executed)
Use for audit logging, metrics, result validation
Return None (decision ignored for PostToolUse)

UserPromptSubmit - Fires before sending prompt to API

Block prompts: Return HookDecision(continue_=False, reason="...")
Modify prompts: Return HookDecision(modified_prompt="...", reason="...")
Allow: Return None

Common Patterns

Pattern 1: Redirect to Sandbox

async def redirect_to_sandbox(event: PreToolUseEvent) -> HookDecision | None:
    """Redirect file operations to safe directory."""
    if event.tool_name == "file_writer":
        path = event.tool_input.get("path", "")
        if not path.startswith("/tmp/"):
            safe_path = f"/tmp/sandbox/{path.lstrip('/')}"
            return HookDecision(
                modified_input={"path": safe_path, "content": event.tool_input.get("content", "")},
                reason="Redirected to sandbox"
            )
    return None

Pattern 2: Compliance Audit Log

audit_log = []

async def compliance_logger(event: PostToolUseEvent) -> None:
    """Log all tool executions for compliance."""
    audit_log.append({
        "timestamp": datetime.now(),
        "tool": event.tool_name,
        "input": event.tool_input,
        "result": str(event.tool_result)[:100],
        "user": get_current_user()
    })
    return None

Pattern 3: Safety Instructions

async def add_safety_warning(event: UserPromptSubmitEvent) -> HookDecision | None:
    """Add safety instructions to risky prompts."""
    if "write" in event.prompt.lower() or "delete" in event.prompt.lower():
        safe_prompt = event.prompt + " (Please confirm this is safe before proceeding)"
        return HookDecision(
            modified_prompt=safe_prompt,
            reason="Added safety warning"
        )
    return None

Hook Execution Flow

Hooks run sequentially in the order registered
First non-None decision wins (short-circuit behavior)
Hooks run inline on event loop (spawn tasks for heavy work)
Works with both Client and query() function

Breaking Change (v0.2.4)

Client.add_tool_result() is now async to support PostToolUse hooks:

# Old (v0.2.3 and earlier)
client.add_tool_result(tool_id, result)

# New (v0.2.4+)
await client.add_tool_result(tool_id, result)

Why Hooks?

Security gates: Block dangerous operations before they execute
Audit logging: Track all tool executions for compliance
Input validation: Sanitize user prompts before processing
Monitoring: Observe agent behavior in production
Control flow: Modify tool inputs or redirect operations

See examples/hooks_example.py for 4 comprehensive patterns (security, audit, sanitization, combined).

Interrupt Capability

Cancel long-running operations cleanly without corrupting client state. Perfect for timeouts, user cancellations, or conditional interruptions.

Quick Example

from open_agent import Client, AgentOptions
import asyncio

async def main():
    options = AgentOptions(
        system_prompt="You are a helpful assistant.",
        model="qwen2.5-32b-instruct",
        base_url="http://localhost:1234/v1"
    )

    async with Client(options) as client:
        await client.query("Write a detailed 1000-word essay...")

        # Timeout after 5 seconds
        try:
            async def collect_messages():
                async for block in client.receive_messages():
                    print(block.text, end="", flush=True)

            await asyncio.wait_for(collect_messages(), timeout=5.0)
        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
            await client.interrupt()  # Clean cancellation
            print("\n⚠️ Operation timed out!")

        # Client is still usable after interrupt
        await client.query("Short question?")
        async for block in client.receive_messages():
            print(block.text)

Common Patterns

1. Timeout-Based Interruption

try:
    await asyncio.wait_for(process_messages(client), timeout=10.0)
except asyncio.TimeoutError:
    await client.interrupt()
    print("Operation timed out")

2. Conditional Interruption

# Stop if response contains specific content
full_text = ""
async for block in client.receive_messages():
    full_text += block.text
    if "error" in full_text.lower():
        await client.interrupt()
        break

3. User Cancellation (from separate task)

async def stream_task():
    await client.query("Long task...")
    async for block in client.receive_messages():
        print(block.text, end="")

async def cancel_button_task():
    await asyncio.sleep(2.0)  # User waits 2 seconds
    await client.interrupt()  # User clicks cancel

# Run both concurrently
await asyncio.gather(stream_task(), cancel_button_task())

4. Interrupt During Auto-Execution

options = AgentOptions(
    tools=[slow_tool, fast_tool],
    auto_execute_tools=True,
    max_tool_iterations=10
)

async with Client(options) as client:
    await client.query("Use tools...")

    tool_count = 0
    async for block in client.receive_messages():
        if isinstance(block, ToolUseBlock):
            tool_count += 1
            if tool_count >= 2:
                await client.interrupt()  # Stop after 2 tools
                break

How It Works

When you call client.interrupt():

Active stream closure - HTTP stream closed immediately (not just a flag)
Clean state - Client remains in valid state for reuse
Partial output - Text blocks flushed to history, incomplete tools skipped
Idempotent - Safe to call multiple times
Concurrent-safe - Can be called from separate asyncio tasks

Example

See examples/interrupt_demo.py for 5 comprehensive patterns:

Timeout-based interruption
Conditional interruption
Auto-execution interruption
Concurrent interruption (simulated cancel button)
Interrupt and retry

🚀 Practical Examples

We've included two production-ready agents that demonstrate real-world usage:

📝 Git Commit Agent

examples/git_commit_agent.py

Analyzes your staged git changes and writes professional commit messages following conventional commit format.

# Stage your changes
git add .

# Run the agent
python examples/git_commit_agent.py

# Output:
# ✓ Found staged changes in 3 file(s)
# 🤖 Analyzing changes and generating commit message...
#
# 📝 Suggested commit message:
# feat(auth): Add OAuth2 integration with refresh tokens
#
# - Implement token refresh mechanism
# - Add secure cookie storage for tokens
# - Update login flow to support OAuth2 providers
# - Add tests for token expiration handling

Features:

Analyzes diff to determine commit type (feat/fix/docs/etc)
Writes clear, descriptive commit messages
Interactive mode: accept, edit, or regenerate
Follows conventional commit standards

📊 Log Analyzer Agent

examples/log_analyzer_agent.py

Intelligently analyzes application logs to identify patterns, errors, and provide actionable insights.

# Analyze a log file
python examples/log_analyzer_agent.py /var/log/app.log

# Analyze with a specific time window
python examples/log_analyzer_agent.py app.log --since "2025-10-15T00:00:00" --until "2025-10-15T12:00:00"

# Interactive mode for drilling down
python examples/log_analyzer_agent.py app.log --interactive

Features:

Automatic error pattern detection
Time-based analysis (peak error times)
Root cause suggestions
Interactive mode for investigating specific issues
Supports multiple log formats (JSON, Apache, syslog, etc)
Time range filtering with --since / --until

Sample Output:

📊 Log Summary:
  Total entries: 45,231
  Errors: 127 (0.3%)
  Warnings: 892

🔴 Top Error Patterns:
  - Connection Error: 67 occurrences
  - NullPointerException: 23 occurrences
  - Timeout Error: 19 occurrences

⏰ Peak error time: 2025-10-15T14:00:00
   Errors in that hour: 43

🤖 ANALYSIS REPORT:
Main Issues (Priority Order):
1. Database connection pool exhaustion during peak hours
2. Unhandled null values in user authentication flow
3. External API timeouts affecting payment processing

Recommendations:
1. Increase connection pool size from 10 to 25
2. Add null checks in AuthService.validateUser() method
3. Implement circuit breaker for payment API with 30s timeout

Why These Examples?

These agents demonstrate:

Practical Value: Solve real problems developers face daily
Tool Integration: Show how to integrate with system commands (git, file I/O)
Multi-turn Conversations: Interactive modes for complex analysis
Structured Output: Parse and format LLM responses for actionable results
Privacy-First: Keep your code and logs local while getting AI assistance

Configuration

Open Agent SDK uses config helpers to provide flexible configuration via environment variables, provider shortcuts, or explicit parameters:

Environment Variables (Recommended)

export OPEN_AGENT_BASE_URL="http://localhost:1234/v1"
export OPEN_AGENT_MODEL="qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507"

from open_agent import AgentOptions
from open_agent.config import get_model, get_base_url

# Config helpers read from environment
options = AgentOptions(
    system_prompt="...",
    model=get_model(),      # Reads OPEN_AGENT_MODEL
    base_url=get_base_url() # Reads OPEN_AGENT_BASE_URL
)

Provider Shortcuts

from open_agent.config import get_base_url

# Use built-in defaults for common providers
options = AgentOptions(
    system_prompt="...",
    model="llama3.1:70b",
    base_url=get_base_url(provider="ollama")  # → http://localhost:11434/v1
)

Available providers: lmstudio, ollama, llamacpp, vllm

Fallback Values

# Provide fallbacks when env vars not set
options = AgentOptions(
    system_prompt="...",
    model=get_model("qwen2.5-32b-instruct"),         # Fallback model
    base_url=get_base_url(provider="lmstudio")       # Fallback URL
)

Configuration Priority:

Environment variable (default behaviour)
Fallback value passed to the config helper
Provider default (for base_url only)

Need to force a specific model even when OPEN_AGENT_MODEL is set? Call get_model("model-name", prefer_env=False) to ignore the environment variable for that lookup.

Benefits:

Switch between dev/prod by changing environment variables
No hardcoded URLs or model names
Per-agent overrides when needed

See docs/configuration.md for complete guide.

Why Not Just Use OpenAI Client?

Without open-agent-sdk (raw OpenAI client):

from openai import AsyncOpenAI

client = AsyncOpenAI(base_url="http://localhost:1234/v1", api_key="not-needed")
response = await client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen2.5-32b-instruct",
    messages=[{"role": "system", "content": system_prompt},
              {"role": "user", "content": user_prompt}],
    stream=True
)

async for chunk in response:
    # Complex parsing of chunks
    # Extract delta content
    # Handle tool calls manually
    # Track conversation state yourself

With open-agent-sdk:

from open_agent import query, AgentOptions

options = AgentOptions(
    system_prompt=system_prompt,
    model="qwen2.5-32b-instruct",
    base_url="http://localhost:1234/v1"
)

result = query(prompt=user_prompt, options=options)
async for msg in result:
    # Clean message types (TextBlock, ToolUseBlock)
    # Automatic streaming and tool call handling

Value: Familiar patterns + Less boilerplate + Easy migration

Why Not LangChain?

Open Agent SDK and LangChain serve different needs:

Open Agent SDK is a focused library (~900 LOC) specifically for streaming conversations with local OpenAI-compatible models. Clean API, minimal dependencies (openai + pydantic), read the entire codebase in 10 minutes.

LangChain is a comprehensive framework (100k+ LOC) for building AI applications with 300+ integrations, RAG pipelines, document loaders, vector databases, and complex orchestration.

When to Use Each

Use Open Agent SDK when:

Running local models (LM Studio, Ollama, llama.cpp)
You want claude-agent-sdk style ergonomics
You need minimal dependencies and fast install
Building focused agents (copy editor, log analyzer, commit writer)
You prefer readable code over framework abstractions

Use LangChain when:

You need RAG with vector databases (Pinecone, Chroma, etc.)
You want pre-built integrations (Google Search, document loaders, etc.)
Building complex multi-agent orchestration systems
Your team already knows LangChain

Philosophy: Open Agent SDK is "do one thing well" (like Flask), LangChain is "batteries included" (like Django). Both are excellent tools for their respective use cases.

API Reference

AgentOptions

class AgentOptions:
    system_prompt: str                          # System prompt
    model: str                                  # Model name (required)
    base_url: str                               # OpenAI-compatible endpoint URL (required)
    tools: list[Tool] = []                      # Tool instances for function calling
    hooks: dict[str, list[HookHandler]] = None  # Lifecycle hooks for monitoring/control
    auto_execute_tools: bool = False            # Enable automatic tool execution (v0.3.0+)
    max_tool_iterations: int = 5                # Max tool calls per query in auto mode
    max_turns: int = 1                          # Max conversation turns
    max_tokens: int | None = 4096               # Tokens to generate (None uses provider default)
    temperature: float = 0.7                    # Sampling temperature
    timeout: float = 60.0                       # Request timeout in seconds
    api_key: str = "not-needed"                 # Most local servers don't need this

Note: Use config helpers (get_model(), get_base_url()) for environment variable and provider support.

query()

Simple single-turn query function.

async def query(prompt: str, options: AgentOptions) -> AsyncGenerator

Returns an async generator yielding messages.

Client

Multi-turn conversation client with tool monitoring.

async with Client(options: AgentOptions) as client:
    await client.query(prompt: str)
    async for msg in client.receive_messages():
        # Process messages

Message Types

TextBlock - Text content from model
ToolUseBlock - Tool calls from model (has id, name, input fields)
ToolResultBlock - Tool execution results to send back to model
ToolUseError - Tool call parsing error (malformed JSON, missing fields)
AssistantMessage - Full message wrapper

Tool System

@tool(name: str, description: str, input_schema: dict)
async def my_tool(args: dict) -> Any:
    """Tool handler function"""
    return result

# Tool class
class Tool:
    name: str
    description: str
    input_schema: dict[str, type] | dict[str, Any]
    handler: Callable[[dict], Awaitable[Any]]

    async def execute(arguments: dict) -> Any
    def to_openai_format() -> dict

Schema formats:

Simple: {"param": str, "count": int} - All parameters required
JSON Schema: Full schema with type, properties, required, etc.

Hooks System

# Event types
@dataclass
class PreToolUseEvent:
    tool_name: str
    tool_input: dict[str, Any]
    tool_use_id: str
    history: list[dict[str, Any]]

@dataclass
class PostToolUseEvent:
    tool_name: str
    tool_input: dict[str, Any]
    tool_result: Any
    tool_use_id: str
    history: list[dict[str, Any]]

@dataclass
class UserPromptSubmitEvent:
    prompt: str
    history: list[dict[str, Any]]

# Hook decision
@dataclass
class HookDecision:
    continue_: bool = True
    modified_input: dict[str, Any] | None = None
    modified_prompt: str | None = None
    reason: str | None = None

# Hook handler signature
HookHandler = Callable[[HookEvent], Awaitable[HookDecision | None]]

# Hook constants
HOOK_PRE_TOOL_USE = "pre_tool_use"
HOOK_POST_TOOL_USE = "post_tool_use"
HOOK_USER_PROMPT_SUBMIT = "user_prompt_submit"

Hook behavior:

Return None to allow by default
Return HookDecision(continue_=False) to block
Return HookDecision(modified_input={...}) to modify (PreToolUse)
Return HookDecision(modified_prompt="...") to modify (UserPromptSubmit)
Raise exception to abort entirely

Recommended Models

Local models (LM Studio, Ollama, llama.cpp):

GPT-OSS-120B - Best in class for speed and quality
Qwen 3 30B - Excellent instruction following, good for most tasks
GPT-OSS-20B - Solid all-around performance
Mistral 7B - Fast and efficient for simple agents

Cloud-proxied via local gateway (Ollama cloud provider, custom gateway):

kimi-k2:1t-cloud - Tested and working via Ollama gateway
deepseek-v3.1:671b-cloud - High-quality reasoning model
qwen3-coder:480b-cloud - Code-focused models
Your base_url still points to localhost gateway (e.g., http://localhost:11434/v1)
Gateway handles authentication and routing to cloud provider
Useful when you need larger models than your hardware can run locally

Architecture guidance:

Prefer MoE (Mixture of Experts) models over dense when available - significantly faster
Start with 7B-30B models for most agent tasks - they're fast and capable
Test models with your specific use case - the LLM landscape changes rapidly

Project Structure

open-agent-sdk/
├── open_agent/
│   ├── __init__.py        # query, Client, AgentOptions exports
│   ├── client.py          # Streaming query(), Client, tool helper
│   ├── config.py          # Env/provider helpers
│   ├── context.py         # Token estimation and truncation utilities
│   ├── hooks.py           # Lifecycle hooks (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, UserPromptSubmit)
│   ├── tools.py           # Tool decorator and schema conversion
│   ├── types.py           # Dataclasses for options and blocks
│   └── utils.py           # OpenAI client + ToolCallAggregator
├── docs/
│   ├── configuration.md
│   ├── provider-compatibility.md
│   └── technical-design.md
├── examples/
│   ├── git_commit_agent.py     # 🌟 Practical: Git commit message generator
│   ├── log_analyzer_agent.py   # 🌟 Practical: Log file analyzer
│   ├── calculator_tools.py     # Function calling with @tool decorator
│   ├── simple_tool.py          # Minimal tool usage example
│   ├── tool_use_agent.py       # Complete tool use patterns
│   ├── context_management.py   # Manual history management patterns
│   ├── hooks_example.py        # Lifecycle hooks patterns (security, audit, sanitization)
│   ├── interrupt_demo.py       # Interrupt capability patterns (timeout, conditional, concurrent)
│   ├── simple_lmstudio.py      # Basic usage with LM Studio
│   ├── ollama_chat.py          # Multi-turn chat example
│   ├── config_examples.py      # Configuration patterns
│   └── simple_with_env.py      # Environment variable config
├── tests/
│   ├── integration/               # Integration-style tests using fakes
│   │   └── test_client_behaviour.py  # Streaming, multi-turn, tool flow coverage
│   ├── test_agent_options.py
│   ├── test_auto_execution.py     # Automatic tool execution
│   ├── test_client.py
│   ├── test_config.py
│   ├── test_context.py            # Context utilities (token estimation, truncation)
│   ├── test_hooks.py              # Lifecycle hooks (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, UserPromptSubmit)
│   ├── test_interrupt.py          # Interrupt capability (timeout, concurrent, reuse)
│   ├── test_query.py
│   ├── test_tools.py              # Tool decorator and schema conversion
│   └── test_utils.py
├── CHANGELOG.md
├── pyproject.toml
└── README.md

Examples

🌟 Practical Agents (Production-Ready)

git_commit_agent.py – Analyzes git diffs and writes professional commit messages
log_analyzer_agent.py – Parses logs, finds patterns, suggests fixes with interactive mode
tool_use_agent.py – Complete tool use patterns: manual, helper, and agent class

Core SDK Usage

simple_lmstudio.py – Minimal streaming query with hard-coded config (simplest quickstart)
simple_with_env.py – Using environment variables with config helpers and fallbacks
config_examples.py – Comprehensive reference: provider shortcuts, priority, and all config patterns
ollama_chat.py – Multi-turn chat loop with Ollama, including tool-call logging
context_management.py – Manual history management patterns (stateless, truncation, token monitoring, RAG-lite)
hooks_example.py – Lifecycle hooks patterns (security gates, audit logging, input sanitization, combined)

Integration Tests

Located in tests/integration/:

test_client_behaviour.py – Fake AsyncOpenAI client covering streaming, multi-turn history, and tool-call flows without hitting real servers

Development Status

Released v0.1.0 – Core functionality is complete and available on PyPI. Multi-turn conversations, tool monitoring, and streaming are fully implemented.

Roadmap

Project planning and architecture
Core query() and Client class
Tool monitoring + Client.add_tool_result() helper
Tool use example (examples/tool_use_agent.py)
PyPI release - Published as open-agent-sdk
Provider compatibility matrix expansion
Additional agent examples

Tested Providers

✅ Ollama - Fully validated with kimi-k2:1t-cloud (cloud-proxied model)
✅ LM Studio - Fully validated with qwen/qwen3-30b model
✅ llama.cpp - Fully validated with TinyLlama 1.1B model

See docs/provider-compatibility.md for detailed test results.

Documentation

docs/technical-design.md - Architecture details
docs/configuration.md - Configuration guide
docs/provider-compatibility.md - Provider test results
examples/ - Usage examples

Testing

Integration-style tests run entirely against lightweight fakes, so they are safe to execute locally and in pre-commit:

python -m pytest tests/integration

Add -k or a specific path when you want to target a subset of the unit tests (tests/test_client.py, etc.). If you use a virtual environment, prefix commands with ./venv/bin/python -m.

Pre-commit Hooks

Install hooks once per clone:

pip install pre-commit
pre-commit install

Running pre-commit run --all-files will execute formatting checks and the integration tests (python -m pytest tests/integration) before you push changes.

Requirements

Python 3.10+
openai 1.0+ (for AsyncOpenAI client)
pydantic 2.0+ (for types, optional)
Some servers require a dummy api_key; set any non-empty string if needed

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Acknowledgments

API design inspired by claude-agent-sdk
Built for local/open-source LLM enthusiasts

Status: Alpha - API stabilizing, feedback welcome

Star ⭐ this repo if you're building AI agents with local models!

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Open Agent SDK

Overview

Supported Providers

✅ Supported (OpenAI-Compatible Endpoints)

❌ Not Supported (Use Official SDKs)

Quick Start

Installation

Simple Query (LM Studio)

Multi-Turn Conversation (Ollama)

Function Calling with Tools

Context Management

Token Estimation & Truncation

Recommended Patterns

Why Manual?

Installing Token Estimation

Lifecycle Hooks

Quick Example

Hook Types

Common Patterns

Hook Execution Flow

Breaking Change (v0.2.4)

Why Hooks?

Interrupt Capability

Quick Example

Common Patterns

How It Works

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Why These Examples?

Configuration

Environment Variables (Recommended)

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Fallback Values

Why Not Just Use OpenAI Client?

Why Not LangChain?

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query()

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Examples

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