Basic Agent

Code

1from kern.agent import Agent, RunOutput  # noqa
2from kern.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
3
4agent = Agent(model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"), markdown=True)
5
6# Get the response in a variable
7# run: RunOutput = agent.run("Share a 2 sentence horror story")
8# print(run.content)
9
10# Print the response in the terminal
11run_response = agent.run("Share a 2 sentence horror story")
12
13# Access metrics from the response
14# print(run_response.metrics)

Usage

Set up your virtual environment

1uv venv --python 3.12
2source .venv/bin/activate

1uv venv --python 3.12
2.venv\Scripts\activate

Set your API key

1export OPENAI_API_KEY=xxx

Install dependencies

1uv pip install -U openai kern-ai

Run Agent

1python cookbook/11_models/openai/chat/basic.py