OpenAI launches AgentKit beta for building and evaluating agents

OpenAI launched AgentKit beta, a suite to build, deploy, and evaluate AI agents efficiently.

• Agent Builder: a drag-and-drop tool to build workflows.
• Connector Registry: centralized admin panel to manage data sources and tools across ChatGPT and API, including connectors like Dropbox, Google Drive, SharePoint, and Teams, plus third-party MCPs.
• Guardrails: Open-source safety layer (Python/JavaScript) to mask PII, detect jailbreaks, and enforce safeguards.
• ChatKit: Embeddable, customizable chat UI toolkit handling streaming, threads, and agent thinking.
• Evals upgrades: Datasets, trace grading, automated prompt optimization, and third-party model support; beta adds custom tool calls and custom graders.

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