OpenAI 推出 Agents API：将 Codex 拆为云端服务，Agent 创建简化为一次 API 调用

OpenAI Launches Agents API: Splitting Codex into Cloud Service, Making Agent Creation as Simple as an API Call AIbase基地 Published inAI News · 3 min read · Sep 14, 2026 1 OpenAI has recently released four product updates, covering the areas of Agents, voice interaction, data management, and financial services. What truly caught developers' attention is the Agents API. It breaks down the capabilities of Codex into a cloud service, delivering them in the "capability as a service" model, significantly lowering the barrier to building intelligent agents. This is seen as a key step for OpenAI to shift from selling a single model to building a developer ecosystem, and also the result of its previous Codex initiatives. The key point of this move lies in the change of positioning. In the past, OpenAI mainly provided models, and developers had to build their own frameworks, manage context, and connect tools. Now, the orchestration, execution, and hosting of agents are all included in the cloud, and a single API call can launch a managed agent. For small teams, this means they no longer need to build their own complex context budgeting, compression, and memory mechanisms, but can directly run their business on top of OpenAI's platform. The competition around harness (execution framework) is intensifying. DeepSeek, Anthropic, and Google have each made their own moves in this technical field. The core of the competition is the extension of AI capabilities from "intelligence" to "execution" — whoever can truly turn models into workable, tool-attaching, and long-task-running execution entities will grasp the next phase. Office agents have become the most intense battlefield: Google has a full-stack advantage, with models, tools, and office suites all available, but faces the real challenge of integrating multiple products. Meanwhile, several major tech companies in China are also competing closely in the office scenario, with their core strategy being to translate existing platform advantages into agent capabilities. The real test is the ability of enterprises to restructure traditional business resources. OpenAIAgentsAPICodexAI Capabilities This article is from AIbase Daily Scan to view Welcome to the [AI Daily] column! This is your daily guide to exploring the world of artificial intelligence. Every day, we present you with hot topics in the AI field, focusing on developers, helping you understand technical trends, and learning about innovative AI product applications. —— Created by the AIbase Daily Team © Copyright AIbase Base 2024, Click to View Source -