> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://arizeai-433a7140.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# OpenAI Agents SDK Tracing

> Use Phoenix and OpenAI Agents SDK for powerful multi-agent tracing

export const projectName_0 = "agents"

<Note>Looking for TypeScript? See the [TypeScript guide](/docs/phoenix/integrations/typescript/openai-agents).</Note>

## 1. Install

```bash theme={null}
pip install openinference-instrumentation-openai-agents openai-agents
```

## 2. Set up Tracing

Add your OpenAI API key as an environment variable:

```shell theme={null}
export OPENAI_API_KEY=[your_key_here]
```

Connect your application to Phoenix with the `register` function:

<CodeBlock language="python">
  {`from phoenix.otel import register

    # configure the Phoenix tracer
    tracer_provider = register(
    project_name="${projectName_0}", # Default is 'default'
    auto_instrument=True # Auto-instrument your app based on installed OI dependencies
    )`}
</CodeBlock>

Run your `agents`code.

```python theme={null}
from agents import Agent, Runner

agent = Agent(name="Assistant", instructions="You are a helpful assistant")
result = Runner.run_sync(agent, "Write a haiku about recursion in programming.")
print(result.final_output)
```

View your traces in Phoenix.

## Resources

* [Example notebook](https://colab.research.google.com/github/Arize-ai/phoenix/blob/c02f0e7d807129952afa5da430299aec32fafcc9/tutorials/evals/openai_agents_cookbook.ipynb#L4)